News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Christopher Lamont Stimpson, Jr., 24, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,660 in restitution by United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith for robbing a Lancaster County puppy breeder and his family at gunpoint in order to steal five French Bulldog puppies in October 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will meet with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on December 6, 2022, when they co-host the 32nd annual Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations at the Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marcellos Carey Edens, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration for an illegal firearms distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
Release: MR MURRAY: Secretary Blinken, thank you very much for joining us when you’re a little under the weather. I think you’ve got a bit of a cold.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC (Obsidian), located in Fredericksburg, has agreed to pay $510,991.08 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for labor performed by personnel that did not meet contractual requirements.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of four indictments charging Akinola Taylor (Nigeria), Olayemi Adafin (United Kingdom), Olakunle Oyebanjo (Nigeria), and Kazeem Olanrewaju Runsewe (Nigeria), with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, filing false claims with...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Buckeye, Ariz. - During a visit to the Sonoran Solar Energy Project today - a project on public lands expected to power 91,000 homes - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Laura Daniel-Davis announced new efforts to support solar energy development on public lands across the West and help meet the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious renewable energy and conservation goals.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002828: To Address Key Deployment Challenges for Offshore, Land-Based, and Distributed Wind grant opened on Dec. 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 360 months’ (30 years’) imprisonment and a lifetime term of supervised release upon his conviction for violating federal child sexual exploitation laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
Release: INDIANAPOLIS The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Wednesday, Dec. 7 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Indianapolis International Airport (IND).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - Two sets of brothers and six associates in two family-led drug trafficking conspiracies were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victoria A. Roberts in federal court last week. Jamilie Ledesma of Detroit and his brother Jason Ledesma of Inkster, leaders of a major drug trafficking organization...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (December 5, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the agency will assume investigation responsibilities for the General Mills/Henkel Corp. Superfund site in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To update community members, the agency will host “Superfund 101” training and an open house on Wednesday, December 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, real estate investor has admitted conspiring to orchestrate a fraudulent home equity line of credit scheme that led to over $400,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
Release: NEW YORK The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the REAL ID enforcement date by 24 months, from May 3, 2023, to May 7, 2025, giving travelers additional time to ensure they have drivers licenses or identification cards that meet the security standards established by the REAL ID Act. As...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for an additional 18 months, from February 4, 2023, through Aug. 3, 2024, due to extraordinary and temporary conditions in Haiti. He also redesignated Haiti...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: PUEBLO, CO - A federal workplace safety investigation into the deaths of two workers buried under a pile of shifting coal at a Pueblo industrial loading facility in June 2022 found that their employer failed to follow required federal standards and did not train workers on safety processes.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
