News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John O’Hara, Jr., 43, of White River Junction, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge that he fraudulently converted tens of thousands of dollars in Social Security benefit payments. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss released O’Hara on conditions pending sentencing, which is scheduled for November 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging Russell Lucius Laffitte with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, and misapplication of bank funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Brandon Hall, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Martina Vega, 41, of Superior, Arizona, were charged by criminal complaint with Conspiring to Transport Illegal Aliens While Placing in Jeopardy the Life of Another. The complaint also charged Hall with Assaulting a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Sold Oxycodone, a Ghost Gun, Ammunition, and Firearm Parts to a Co-Conspirator and Provided Sensitive Law Enforcement Information to the Co-Conspirator in Exchange for Narcotics.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS“ was published in the Senate section on page S2910 on June 13
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Dover-Foxcroft man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to possessing with intent to distribute a mixture containing heroin and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 12, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States appreciated UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg’s tireless efforts to extend a truce in Yemen.
By Lucas Nava | Aug 12, 2022
Oregon State University berry authority Bernadine Strik presented on her research at the American Society of Horticultural Science's annual meeting Aug. 3 in Chicago.
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 12, 2022
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves said giving workers access to training to succeed and to the new, high-quality jobs of the future are essential to expand and diversify the nation’s workforce.
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 12, 2022
The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor recovered $608,000 in wages and liquidated damages from the operators of six northern California pizza restaurants who failed to properly compensate workers for overtime.
By Lucas Nava | Aug 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $26 million for the Solar and Wind Grid Services and Reliability Demonstration Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the Maryland Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE ANGEL SUAREZ, 39, of Veja Baja, Puerto Rico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Federal Grand Jury Indicts Accused Tops Shooter on Federal Hate Crimes and Firearms Charges in Buffalo, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Mark Grenon, 64, made his initial appearance today in federal court in Miami, Florida, after being extradited from Colombia. Grenon is charged-along with his three sons, Jonathan Grenon, 36, Jordan Grenon, 28, and Joseph Grenon, 34-with fraudulently marketing and selling “Miracle Mineral...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Virginia under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Diana Daffin, 69, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in federal court to selling unapproved drugs with the intent to defraud or mislead the FDA, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Gloucester County man yesterday on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl, and discharging a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Juan Miguel Alvarez was sentenced on July 2 to 21 years and 10 months in prison. Alvarez, 47, of Doña Ana, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, 2020, to production of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
