News from August 2022
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: Following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of the United States and Mexico.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Mohamed Mesallem and Islamic Meat and Poultry, Inc. (IMP) of Stockton, CA, on June 28, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, IMP waived its rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $975.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Summerset, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Exploitation of a Minor, Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet, and Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has awarded a total of $72.9 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) funding. The FY 2022 non-competitive awards were made to the departments of agriculture...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. Office of Public Affairs. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Viernes, 26 de agosto de 2022. Resumen de la visita de los fiscales estadounidenses del suroeste a México. Del 23 al 25 de agosto, una delegación de fiscales, sus jefes de división penal, y jefes de fuerzas de tarea contra el...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A U.S. federal district judge sentenced 52-year-old Sherri Lynn Smith to 51 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release for stealing nearly $300,000 from two seniors by accessing their bank accounts while employed as their caretaker.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL SMITH, also known as “Head," 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for narcotics trafficking, gun possession and money laundering offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Pea Ridge National Military Park to present special program “The Underground Railroad and Negro Motorist Green Book as Roads Maps to Freedom".
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Uruguay on the 197th anniversary of your independence on August 25th.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Downey man is in federal custody today after being arrested on federal charges of selling counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl to a 17-year-old Downey female who suffered a fatal overdose from the synthetic opioid.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Estonia, Ghana, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the occasion of the 2022 NPT Review Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Texas-based oil company and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act, pay a $7.1 million criminal fine, and compensate federal programs approximately $5.8 million in connection with the discharge of approximately 25,000 gallons of crude oil last October during an offshore leak in the 17-mile-long San Pedro Bay Pipeline, according to plea agreements filed today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: GREENSBORO - Ronnie Hiram Wessinger, Jr., age 49, of Gaffney, South Carolina, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William L. Osteen, Jr., to 180 months in prison followed by a three-year term of supervised release for two counts of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Herman Wilson also charged with attempting to obstruct, influence and impede at least one official proceeding.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tashan Layton, age 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Aug. 24, 2022, to 256 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for armed bank robbery, brandishing...
