News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Seattle - Two of three defendants charged in a failed attempt to smuggle more than 400 pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of fentanyl powder into Canada appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle today, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Erika A. Bocelle, 32, of Providence, Rhode Island and John...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: HOT SPRINGS - A Hot Springs woman was sentenced today to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Hot Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: MIDLAND, Texas - An Odessa woman pleaded guilty today to two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Jackson, TN - Charles Anthony Anderson, 56, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for production of child pornography and committing that offense as a registered sex offender. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Oversight Republicans sent letters to the Chief Executive Officer of Meta Platforms, Inc., Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing examining the state of AmeriCorps...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Oscar Molina-Avila to four years and four months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States for the purpose of impeding the lawful functions of the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of 48 internet domains associated with some of the world’s leading DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against six defendants who allegedly oversaw computer attack platforms commonly called “booter" services.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 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 State Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Namibian President Hage Geingob, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, and South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor, who together represent the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A neurosurgeon was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for accepting approximately $3.3 million in bribes for performing spinal surgeries at a now-defunct Long Beach hospital whose owner later was imprisoned for committing a massive workers’ compensation system scam.
By Gregory Burnett | Dec 15, 2022
The U.S. National Park Service announced the retirement of Bill Wright, superintendent at Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Davion Rivers (27, Bradenton) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Rivers to forfeit the firearm, which was traceable to the offense. A federal jury had found Rivers guilty on July 11, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
The Congressional Record published “Senate” in the Daily Digest section on Dec. 23, 2009.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony Blinken met today with Tunisian President Kais Saied in Washington, D.C. during the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit. Secretary Blinken reiterated the United States’ deep commitment to Tunisian democracy and to supporting the aspirations ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Request for Information on Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Competitive Program grant opened on Dec. 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Deron Lamar Foster (35, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The court also ordered Foster to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the commission of the offense. Foster had pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2022.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1.5 million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in California. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program will recruit, ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 14, 2022) -- Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. will pay a $230,000 penalty to settle alleged Clean Water Act violations at its fruit processing facility in Peach Glenn, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man, Richard Koboi, aka Sunnyboy Taylor, 27, who organized and led a conspiracy to create and deposit approximately $330,000 worth of counterfeit checks, and who illegally possessed and then sold a firearm to a drug dealer, all while serving a state term of probation, was sentenced today to three years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
