News from December 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RALPH BERRY was sentenced today to life in prison for the June 2000 fatal shooting of innocent bystander Caprice Jones in the Bronx, New York. Jones was left paralyzed from the shooting and died from his...

By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
Release: Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez led the third U.S.-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD), conducted under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: CONCORD -Philip Wetmore, 32, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking and possessing firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
Release: Location Specific Data Will Help Maximize the Benefits of President Biden’s Agenda to Deliver an Equitable Clean Energy Transition for All of America
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, a federal jury convicted Marlon Thompson on all four counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin and cocaine base, the distribution of fentanyl that caused the death of the victim Fredrick Koenig, 36, on...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Tacoma - A 48-year-old Longview, Washington, man was arrested this morning on a criminal complaint charging seven counts of making interstate threats, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Mark Leonetti has allegedly repeatedly called U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives and left voicemails threatening bodily harm. Leonetti will appear today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Elina Martinez, 64, of Miami, FL, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute, and distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 48-year-old Aransas Pass resident has been ordered to federal prison for possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: A Massachusetts man was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for a scheme to illegally export defense technical data to foreign nationals in Turkey in connection with the fraudulent manufacturing of parts and components used by the U.S. military, in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) later determined that some of the parts were substandard and unsuitable for use by the military.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, issued the following statements after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its preliminary analysis of women’s representation in the workforce and the status of the gender pay gap between 2018 to 2021...

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today announced modified confidentiality protections for the Current Population Survey Public-Use File (CPS PUF), which will be phased in beginning with the January 2023 panel. Earlier this year, the Census Bureau announced that it was deferring the application of proposed confidentiality...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Company Self-Reported Violations of Contractual Provisions.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on December 9, 2022, following a three-day trial, a jury returned guilty verdicts against Sharmake Mohamed Abdullahi, age 31 of Fargo, ND, for Kidnapping and Attempted Witness Tampering.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN JONES, SR., 58, of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine. Judge Thompson also ordered Jones to serve 200 hours of community service while on supervised release.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Ocenture LLC, a privately held company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and its subsidiary, Carelumina LLC (collectively, “Ocenture"), have agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to Medicare by paying and receiving kickbacks in connection with genetic testing samples.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Publicly filed court documents, including a 16-count indictment unsealed today in Brooklyn, charge five Russian nationals - including a suspected Federal Security Service (FSB) officer - and two U.S. nationals with conspiracy and other charges related to a global procurement and money laundering scheme...

By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.