News from February 2022
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Feb 19, 2022
With the energy focus turning to offshore projects and some concern from environmentalist, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reiterated its commitment to make every effort to protect ocean creatures.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Two Rhode Island men have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that spanned across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Today, in a demonstration of unity, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that a Daniel S. Ward, 54, of Taylorville, Illinois, was sentenced on Feb. 10, 2022, to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for knowingly possessing 50 or more grams of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, with intent to distribute.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A Caldwell man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Suspected drug trafficker Rafael Orlando Ramirez Barillas, a Guatemalan national who was extradited to the United States from Guatemala on Thursday, February 10, 2022 to face international cocaine trafficking and maritime smuggling charges in the Southern District of California, appeared in federal court today and was ordered detained pending trial.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
An ex-employee of the Los Angeles Angles was convicted today in connection with the 2019 overdose death of Angles pitcher Tyler Skaggs, announced Eduardo A.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Jeffrey Walt Boston (45, Orlando) pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing cocaine.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy Foley, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced that Alexander Arguedas, a/k/a “Reckless,” pled guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman in connection with his role as a Godfather of the Black Stone Gorilla Gang
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
The Justice Department announced today that Robert George, 49, was resentenced today by U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A Tennessee man was sentenced today for the arson of four Nashville area churches.Alan Douglas Fox, 29, of Nashville, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison and three years of supervised release.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A Columbus, Ohio, man pleaded guilty in federal court this morning for making threats to a local reproductive health services facility.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
The Justice Department announced today it has issued guidance under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on how to ensure that ballot drop boxes are accessible to voters with disabilities.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin, today announced the conviction of Cory Hereford, 50, of Beloit, Wisconsin, on charges of sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, maintaining a property for the purposes of distributing and using controlled substances, and of having committed sex trafficking of a minor while being a person previously convicted of a crime that required registering as a sex offender.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A federal grand jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment today charging an Oregon Department of Human Services employee with kidnapping a woman with significant disabilities in his care, driving her to a secluded location, and engaging with her in sexual misconduct.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A federal grand jury yesterday returned an eight-count indictment charging a Burlington County, New Jersey, couple with the forced labor and other crimes involving two undocumented individuals, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A former Brockton, Massachusetts, resident pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and related charges.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
The Justice Department today announced that it has filed proposed consent decrees with two obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctors in Bakersfield, California.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 19, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
