News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - John E. Murray, III, 56, of Alton Bay pled guilty in federal court today to twelve counts of production of child sexual abuse materials and four counts of sex trafficking of a minor, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an order on consent with the City and County of Honolulu to ensure pollutant discharge requirements are met at the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. This order on consent will ensure that discharges from this facility to the Pacific Ocean are safe for the marine environment, and that the facility is in compliance with the Clean Water Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Yesterday, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane of Algeria at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum. During the meeting, Secretary Raimondo congratulated Prime Minister Benabderrahmane on a successful Algerian International Fair (FIA). She also expressed her gratitude ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Huntsville resident has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography as well as multiple counts of cyberstalking, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA is investing $285 million in critical infrastructure to lower energy costs, expand access to clean energy for people across rural America, and combat climate change (PDF, 920 KB). USDA is also making an additional $300 million available under the Rural Energy for America Program, including $250 million through the Inflation Reduction Act, to spur further investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are calling ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) to help identify and mitigate potential conflicts...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
Release: Today, the United States and Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation (NCMOU), which improves our cooperation on energy security and strengthens our diplomatic and economic relationship.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: A 16-count superseding indictment was unsealed yesterday in Brooklyn charging five Russian nationals, Yevgeniy Grinin, Aleksey Ippolitov, Boris Livshits, Svetlana Skvortsova and Vadim Konoshchenok with conspiracy and other charges related to a global procurement and money laundering network on behalf...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - A federal jury convicted Jeremy Brown, 48, of Tampa, for possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun and an unregistered short-barreled rifle, two counts of possession of unregistered M67 fragmentation grenades, willful retention of national defense information and illegal storage of explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Joshua Olsen, 30, of Lee, New Hampshire, was charged in federal court with distribution of child sexual abuse materials, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News 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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Tiffani Meeks, 38, of Barboursville, pleaded guilty today to three counts of wire fraud, after defrauding a Cabell County business while its bookkeeper.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-Texas) led Congressional Republicans in criticizing the Treasury Department’s failure to defend U.S. business and economic interests in international tax negotiations.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK - The operator of three northern New Jersey restaurants has learned that not cooperating with a federal investigation and ignoring several federal court orders can get you arrested.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: ― The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the 2021 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM). Statistics showed the value of shipments in the nation’s manufacturing sector increased 16.8% from 2020 to $6.1 trillion in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 19 year-old Laredo resident has entered a guilty plea to transporting approximately 1.42 kilograms of fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Seattle - 26-year-old Kent, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 11 years in prison for his role as a drug trafficker and debt collector for a cartel-connected drug distribution ring, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Jorge Mondragon pleaded guilty in July 2022 to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Mohammad David Hashimi, Abdullah At Taqi, Khalilullah Yousuf, and Seema Rahman with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS"). Hashimi, Taqi, and Rahman were arrested this morning...
