News from December 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help protect the health and safety of firefighters and emergency responders from PFAS exposure...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: A former police chief in Amite City, Louisiana and a former Amite City councilmember were each sentenced yesterday to one year in prison for violating federal election laws as part of a conspiracy to pay, or offer to pay, voters for voting in a federal election.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten today announced that Jonathon Thomas Burgett, 37, of Holland, Michigan was sentenced to 30 years in the Bureau of Prisons for the sexual exploitation of a child. In imposing sentence, U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering noted that Burgett “engaged in conduct that will, for a lifetime, severely impact" the victim. Burgett will be on supervised release for 5 years when he gets out of prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TARAS ILYICH BEVZ, a citizen of Russia, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for laundering over a million dollars of proceeds of various internet frauds targeting dozens of U.S. citizens and companies. BEVZ was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: President Biden Doubles Down on His War on American Energy.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
Release: The United States is taking additional actions today as part of our ongoing effort to impede the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) ability to advance its unlawful ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction programs. These actions follow the DPRK’s unprecedented launch of over 60 ballistic...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Nathaniel Blayn Becker, 43, of Marietta, Ohio was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with pipe bombs found on tugboats on the Ohio River.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former U.S. Army service member has admitted his involvement in a plot that led to the stabbing death of a former fellow soldier whose body was found in his Fort Stewart barracks room in June 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture today announced that the agencies are implementing new regulatory and policy recommendations designed to protect Tribal interests and resources from the impacts of mining, increase Tribal engagement in mining proposals, and promote well-designed mining activity that accounts for climate change and current standards and technologies.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Commerce 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: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CARY YAN, a/k/a “Hong Hui Yan," a/k/a “Chen Hong," and GINA ZHOU, a/k/a “Chaoting Zhou," a/k/a “Angel Zhou," pled guilty to conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA") in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge man pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in dogfighting, and a Camp Springs, Maryland, man pleaded guilty today to advertising a dogfight on the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENNEY COTTO, 25, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm offenses stemming from his participation in the burglary of a Portland firearms dealer in December 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Justin Kelly (35, New Port Richey) guilty of conspiracy to distribute 40 grams of fentanyl resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, three counts of possession/distribution of fentanyl, ...
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: EUGENE, Ore.-A former employee of the Burns Paiute Tribe was sentenced to federal probation today after she stole and crashed a vehicle owned by the Tribe used to transport students to and from school events.
