News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA -A federal jury in Columbia convicted Gabriel L’Ambiance Ingram, a/k/a “Big Shot", a/k/a “Big Shot Rock", a/k/a “Rock", 33, Darrell Larod Crockett, a/k/a “Unc", a/k/a “Croc", 50, and Carl Michael Mann, II, a/k/a “Pike", 39, all of Rock Hill for multiple drug and gun charges relating to a multi-state drug operation out of the Rock Hill and Charlotte, North Carolina area.
By State Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
Release: As we mark the fourth annual International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, we recall that countless individuals have been killed, harmed, imprisoned, threatened, and harassed because of their beliefs. We honor the sacrifice and price paid by too many to...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gregory K. Harris, United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, joined by other regional U.S. Attorneys, provided an update this week on the cross-jurisdictional Firearms Trafficking Strike Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -United States Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Jerreil Lamounta Martin has been arrested on charges involving alleged straw purchasing and illegal sale of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - De’reek Banks has been sentenced for operating a scheme that caused approximately $48,000,000 in outstanding federal student loans to be fraudulently discharged by exploiting a program intended for disabled military veterans. Banks illegally pocketed about $891,000 in payments from more than 500 student loan borrowers. Many of these borrowers mistakenly believed that they had paid Banks for legitimate student debt relief services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with three counts of false statement during the acquisition of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
The Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” in the House section on Aug. 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging an Anchorage man with being a felon in possession of firearms and for the sale of stolen firearms.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published an eight page notice on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement on Senate passage of a Republican-led resolution to invoke the Congressional Review Act to undo the Biden administration’s recent finalization of Phase One rulemaking on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The rulemaking restored NEPA regulatory protections that were eliminated by the Trump administration in 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Richard Ansley, age 39, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Aug. 11, 2022, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS - A federal jury today convicted two men charged in connection with a conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Defendant Entered Senate Chamber, Paged Through Notebook, Took Out Papers on Senator’s Desk.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Chris Boone (25, St. Petersburg) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered Boone to forfeit a Hi-Point (model 4995).45 ACP caliber rifle and ammunition, which are traceable to the offense. Boone had pleaded guilty on April 12, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: NEW ALBANY - Cornelio Moran-Miranda, 39, of New Albany, Indiana, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts resident has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to filing fraudulent applications to obtain $2.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) announced response to severe drought conditions in the Colorado River System. These actions include unprecedented reductions in water allocations to Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico beginning in January 2023, given the first-ever Tier 2 shortage conditions for Lake Mead.
