News from December 2022
By Gregory Burnett | Dec 2, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the appointment of members to the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Prineville, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management is offering people the opportunity to provide input on the City of Redmond’s request to lease BLM public lands. The lease would accommodate expanding the City's wastewater treatment facility and associated wetland complex. The 30-day public scoping period starts today and lasts through Dec. 30, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Lorenzo Joshua Johnson, Jr., 41, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 27.25 years in federal prison after he was convicted at trial of drug trafficking and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon on April 8, 2022. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Main Street Biz Struggle to Pay Rent and Find Workers As Economy Slows.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
Release: On behalf of the people and Government of the United States of America, I extend my warmest regards to the people of Laos on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
By Tamara Browning | Dec 2, 2022
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the U.S. government may take formal steps to enforce its legal rights under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement considering Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s plans to ban import of biotech corn and other biotechnology products.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - Frankie David Vargas II of Miami has been sentenced to 27 years in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles for a two-day crime spree that involved carjacking, robbery, and a firearm.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced Wednesday to 44 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: WHEELNG, WEST VIRGINIA - Civil rights experts will share their knowledge at a special event to be held next week in Wheeling.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Florida man pleaded guilty today to assaulting a law enforcement officer with a dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Davenport, IA - Gerald Brian Hoard, age 49 of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced today to time-served following his plea of guilty to Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor. Hoard went into custody on March 15, 2022. Hoard will serve three years of supervised release including one year at a residential re-entry center.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: On World AIDS Day 2022, the Justice Department reaffirms its commitment to protecting the rights of people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) more than 30 years ago, the department has worked vigorously to protect and advance the rights of the more than one million Americans living with HIV and AIDS.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Richard Turner, 60, of Placerville, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Djuan Anthony Aldredge was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Georgia man was sentenced to prison for threatening to kill the President of the United States and blow up the White House, following an investigation that included multiple death threats issued against local judges, law enforcement and a threat letter containing a white powdery substance sent to the U.S. Courthouse in Macon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging a former District of Columbia Department of Corrections officer with using unreasonable force.
By Tamara Browning | Dec 2, 2022
A Long Island, New York, man who was a member of the transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, has been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for murdering a teen and an attempted killing.
