News from December 2022
By Commerce Newswire Report | Dec 16, 2022
Montana received $5.6 million in its first grants from the Internet for All initiative, which aims to fund the widespread deployment of fast internet throughout the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Elizabeth Borough Police Chief pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Michael Alan Jones, 24, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a nine page proposed rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Defendant Arrested by FBI and Brought to US for Court Appearance.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - HERO Corps graduate and Omaha native Jeremy Smith never doubted that he’d serve his country. The only question for him was how - until he spoke to a Marine Corps recruiter in May 2006. Shortly after that conversation, Smith enlisted as a U.S. Marine tank mechanic, which eventually led to his assignment as a route clearance team leader during two combat deployments to Southwest Asia.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced the selection of seven states to participate in the second round of an initiative that seeks to align state policy and funding to advance competitive integrated employment for individuals with mental health conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has approved a consent decree resolving the department’s Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging race discrimination by the Housing Authority of Ashland, Alabama. The consent decree also resolves the department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Lorenzo Joshua Johnson, Jr., 41, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 27.25 years in federal prison after he was convicted at trial of drug trafficking and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon on April 8, 2022. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man has been sentenced to 240 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of a drug analogue, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and illegally possessing firearms as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently applying for and receiving Covid relief program funds for a fictitious business entity just five months after finishing a 70-month state prison sentence for armed robbery.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: During a meeting with Tanzanian Foreign Minister Tax on the margins of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman congratulated Foreign Minister Tax on her recent appointment. They discussed our increasing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn charging Mohammad David Hashimi, 35, of Potomac Falls, Virginia; Abdullah At Taqi, 23, of East Elmhurst, Queens, New York; Khalilullah Yousuf, 34, of Ontario, Canada; and Seema Rahman, 25, of Edison, New Jersey, with conspiring ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management announces a decision today on the Integrated Weed Management Plan for the Control and Eradication of Noxious and Invasive Species and Environmental Assessment. The plan identifies appropriate methods for prevention, control and eradication of noxious weeds...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Steven Rosa, 29, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 2 years of probation for theft of mail matter by a postal employee. Judge Conley also imposed a $2,000 fine as part of Rosa’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Danske Bank A/S (Danske Bank), a global financial institution headquartered in Denmark, pleaded guilty today and agreed to forfeit $2 billion to resolve the United States’ investigation into Danske Bank’s fraud on U.S. banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that XAVIER CRUZ, 28, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet B. Atterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawful possession of a firearm.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
U.S. Embassy Ottawa, Public Diplomacy Section, Annual Program Statement grant opened on Dec. 16.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
Building Global Alliances grant opened on Dec. 16.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
