News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Dakota Anderson, 25, of Beckley, was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for possession of prepubescent child pornography. Anderson must also register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the State of Louisiana has received $23,554,389 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Office for Victims of Crime, to enhance crime victim services in the State and to enhance State compensation payments to...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Worker Empowerment in South America grant opened on Aug. 26.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
There are four releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Benjamin Robert Laubbacher of Carlsbad pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he committed six robberies of grocery stores and other businesses during a 15-day period in 2021, including several heists where he displayed a handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge and admitted to committing six armed robberies of businesses, mostly 7-Eleven stores, during a two-week crime spree late last year.
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 signed a $3,458,752.00 cooperative agreement with Minnesota to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs. Minnesota is the first state to enter into a cooperative agreement under the program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and tax fraud, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Fremont, OH - Today, the House Agriculture Committee held the fifth in a series of listening sessions entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field" at Terra State Community College in Fremont, Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: The public is invited to Fort Donelson National Battlefield on Saturday, September 3 for a Civil War encampment demonstrating and discussing the engineering, design, manning of the noted River Batteries of Confederate Fort Donelson. The programs will be held at the River Batteries (Tour Stop #4), situated high above the Cumberland River, on the hour between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., with a break for the crew during the noon hour.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: On World Humanitarian Day, we honor the humanitarian aid workers who have sacrificed so much to protect and assist the world’s most vulnerable populations. We commend the bravery and compassion of those who put the welfare of others before their own. We are grateful for humanitarians around the world who continue to work in harsh environments, often at great risk to their lives.
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. – The Department of the Interior today announced a nearly $15.8 million investment in the Delaware River watershed to improve wildlife habitat, enhance resilience to climate change, and engage underserved communities in conservation. Funding for 45 grants will be provided by the U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The former president of the St. Louis Board of Alderman, along with a former alderman, pleaded guilty Friday to all charges against them and admitted accepting bribes to misuse their official positions in schemes that ran from 2020 through March of 2022. The alderman also admitted to committing insurance fraud in a separate case.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of First Degree Burglary was sentenced on Aug. 22, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - In an effort to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens, financial institutions and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in Springfield are joining together to help educate and prevent financial crimes, especially those committed against the elderly. The effort...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Charles K. Egunjobi, age 48, of Waldorf, Maryland, with operating an unlicensed money service business relating to numerous online romance scams. Egunjobi had his initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gina L. Simms. He was released under the supervision of the United States pre-trial services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Chadd E. Worley, 44, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
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 signed a cooperative agreement with Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: President and Treasurer of Super PAC Sentenced for Dark Money Scheme.
