News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that in commemoration of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 24-30, 2022, staff from the United States Attorney’s Office will utilize a Twitter campaign to raise awareness about crime victims’ issues and rights and introduce the community to the important resources and services available.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - The former mayor of Crestwood, Ill., was sentenced today to a year in federal prison for improperly soliciting and receiving benefits from a representative of a red-light camera company that provided services to the Chicago suburb.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Today the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the Town of Clarksville, Indiana for violating Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN- Decardo Moore, 22, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder during a business robbery. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney announced the sentence today.

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $536,200 grant to the Pueblo of Jemez, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, for a feasibility study for the tribe’s energy independence. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan Indigenous Communities program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Central Falls man sentenced in 2018 to four years in federal prison on aggravated identity theft and fraud charges, and subsequently arrested twice for violating the terms of his federal supervised release after completing his term of incarceration, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Friday, May 6, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office will host a grand reopening ceremony at El Malpais National Conservation Area Ranger Station.

By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
SRP Statement of Interest NOFO grant opened on April 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: Yorktown, Va. - The National Park Service (NPS) at Colonial National Historical Park invites the community to recreate on a seven-mile section of the Colonial Parkway on three weekend days this year: Sunday, May 15, Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, November 6. Park staff will close the Parkway to vehicle...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ira Sims, age 24, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 100 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 3 years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy based in Williamsport.

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022
Area Port of Cleveland Sees Record Number of Drugs & Counterfeits 16,000 Pounds of Narcotics and $252 Million of Counterfeits Seized by CBP

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Murderer

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022
Migrants Rescued From Hidden Compartment by RGV Agents

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022
Unaccompanied Toddler Abandoned at Border in Rio Grande Valley, Texas
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Hannah Lapham, age 23, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 22, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to one year of probation for conspiring to make false statements during the purchase of firearms. The term of probation includes three months of home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that TYRONE BROWN, 26, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022
By the Numbers: How We’re Advancing Equity at the US Department of Labor

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022
Incorporating the Curb-Cut Effect into our Equity Work