News from December 2022

By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
U.S. Embassy Brussels PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Dec. 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Washington - A former police chief in Amite City, Louisiana and a forme Amite City councilmemberwew each sentenced yesterday to one year in prison for violating federal elction laws as part of a conspiracy to pay, or offer to pay, voters for voting in a federal election.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ranjith Keerikkattil, 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, who left the United States after he was found guilty of stalking a junior co-worker, and was finally re-arrested four years later, has been sentenced to an 11-month prison term.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
Release: Around the world, governments and non-state actors harass, threaten, jail, and even kill individuals on account of their beliefs. In some instances, they stifle individuals’ freedom of religion or belief to exploit opportunities for political gain. These actions sow division, undermine economic security, and threaten political stability and peace. The United States will not stand by in the face of these abuses.

By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Rafael Columbie on Dec. 1. The jury convicted Columbie, 53, of Albuquerque, on one count each of conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute 100 grams and more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Donald Edward Hunker, of East Berlin, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for a sex offender registry violation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of September 2022 and 3rd quarter 2022 numbers (nine months data) for on-time performance, consumer complaints received, mishandled baggage, and mishandled . .

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday finalized clarifying and technical updates to its policy governing the provision of intraday credit to healthy depository institutions with accounts at the Federal Reserve Banks. The updates expand access to collateralized intraday credit under the Policy on Payment ...

By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: RICHMOND HILL, GA - Once again, federal workplace safety inspectors have found merchandise blocking emergency exits and stacked unsafely, this time at a Family Dollar store in Richmond Hill.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: A Webster City man who ordered a pound ice methamphetamine from a man he met in state prison was sentenced Nov. 29, 2022, to more than 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Damien Deshaun Dennis (43, Jacksonville) to 12 years in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Dennis was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims he defrauded. Dennis was arrested by the United States Secret Service Jacksonville Field Office on April 11, 2022, and ordered detained pending the outcome of his case. He had pleaded guilty on July 12, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former Executive Director and the former Director of Operations and Finance of the now-defunct non-profit organization DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation (DC Trust) each pleaded guilty today to one felony charge relating to their personal use of the non-profit’s funds, which were intended for youth scholarship programs.

By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Around the world, governments and non-state actors harass, threaten, jail, and even kill individuals on account of their beliefs. In some instances, they stifle individuals’ freedom of religion or belief to exploit opportunities for political gain. These actions sow division, undermine economic security, and threaten political stability and peace. The United States will not stand by in the face of these abuses.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Seattle - A former Bellevue, Washington, resident who relocated to Miami, was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of 26 counts related to his multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The jury deliberated about 11 hours before returning the verdicts following...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Lakeshia Nicole Simon, 23, of Beckley, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation for making false statements in acquisition of firearms. Simon admitted to a straw purchasing role in a conspiracy to traffic over 140 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.