News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that on Feb. 10, 2022, William Dwayne Shelton, age 50, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 100 months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine hydrochloride and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES LEE, 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin, cocaine and crack.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service (NPS) signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for an environmental assessment (EA) to improve telecommunications systems in the developed areas of Yellowstone National Park. The FONSI was approved in 2021. Although the environmental review process was completed last year, the park continued to evaluate other impacts and needs of this significant project prior to implementation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million with bogus claims that investor money would be used to acquire licensing rights to films that HBO and Netflix purportedly had agreed to distribute abroad.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 14, 2022
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15 erupted, creating tsunamis never before detected with modern instruments.
By Zachary Richter | Feb 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce seeks experts for their advisory board.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Cleveland-Cliffs Agrees to Improve Environmental Compliance at Indiana Facility and Pay $3 Million Civil Penalty for Ammonia and Cyanide Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT MARLIN SELLERS, 61, of Bristol, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to child exploitation offenses related to his attempt to engage in sex with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - An Antioch, Illinois, man, Carl T. Zwanzig, 56, of the 27000 block of W. Grass Lake Road, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James Shadid to 147 Months for Attempted Transfer of Obscene Matter to a Minor (Count 1 of the Indictment), and Penalty for Registered Sex Offender (Count 3).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Otis L. Shivers (49, Jacksonville) with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted, Shivers faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Shivers that the United States intends to forfeit a revolver and six live rounds of ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor to urge the Senate to pass long overdue, bipartisan legislation that would set the United States Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Mitchell R. Arbogast, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Emily Bevard | Feb 14, 2022
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo released a statement on Qatar Airways’ purchase of Boeing freighters following a signing ceremony late last month.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
Release: QUESTION: (Via translation) Thank you again, Mr. Secretary, for this interview, as you have just held a ministerial meeting to coordinate global efforts in the fight against COVID. Why hold such a meeting at this time? What are the concerns? What commitments were made by the United States and other participants?
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), responded to the unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic on trade by allowing importers of plant commodities to upload copies of phytosanitary certificates and forms.Starting Oct. 1, 2022, APHIS ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
Commuter Authority Rail Safety Improvement (CARSI) Grants Round 2 grant opened on Feb. 14.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park and the South Mountain Audubon Society invite the public to participate in a free guided bird walk on February 19 at the Emmanuel Harman farm, a battlefield site that is the former Gettysburg Country Club. Park and meet at 9 am by the tennis courts/outdoor pool complex...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Daniel Day, age 35, of Argyle, New York, pled guilty today to unlawful possession of destructive devices, and to the unlawful possession of other firearms and ammunition as a felon.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
Release: QUESTION: (Via translation) Thank you again, Mr. Secretary, for this interview, as you have just held a ministerial meeting to coordinate global efforts in the fight against COVID. Why hold such a meeting at this time? What are the concerns? What commitments were made by the United States and other participants?
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Faces At Least 10 Years in Prison.
