News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Alexander Stroup, age 33, of Bloomburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 11, 2022, by a federal grand jury on charges of attempted production of child pornography, attempted enticement of a minor, receipt of child pornography, and transmitting obscene material to a minor.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), requesting more information about the costs associated with the agency’s decision to cancel its contract with ID.me and the IRS’s plans to safeguard the biometric data of seven million American taxpayers who already submitted their information to the private company.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: A man who illegally possessed multiple firearms was sentenced today to seven years’ in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Carrillo pleaded guilty today to first degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the May 29, 2020, drive-by shooting at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., an event that resulted in the death of Protective Services Officer...
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee will visit Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, February 14-15 for bilateral meetings. Assistant Secretary Phee will be joined by Special Advisor for Africa Strategy Judd Devermont from the National Security Council and U.S. Air Force Major General Kenneth...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A Kalispell man who admitted to confronting two strangers in a parking lot and displaying a firearm he was prohibited from having was sentenced today to six years and five months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A St. Lucie County man who made death threats to a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Florida was sentenced today in Tampa, Florida to five years’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A total of eight defendants have been charged in a superseding indictment for submitting over $25 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in the identities of inmates, minor children, and others to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The indictment was announced today by U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert following the arrest of all the defendants.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
Release: LOS ANGELES - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is hosting some special guests this week who are helping to keep the public safe and secure leading up to and in the days after Super Bowl LVI.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
Release: Starting Soon--First Agricultural Trade Mission in Two Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking after he received a large package of methamphetamine shipped from California to distribute locally.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
Release: ELMIRA, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be staffing a recruitment table at Elmira Corning Regional Airport for several days during February to provide information about what it is like to work as a TSA officer and to explain the hiring process. The table will be staffed near the security checkpoint in the terminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: Defendant previously deported on two prior occasions.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
Release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be installing state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) scanners in the security checkpoint at Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) and passengers should allow extra time to be screened during that process.
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
DRL Strengthening Human Rights and Accountability in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza grant opened on Feb. 11.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - West Mountain Road in Hot Springs National Park will close temporarily from Whittington Ave Entrance/Exit to Prospect Ave Entrance/Ext. beginning Monday, February 14 through Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. This closure will allow contractors to replace drainage culverts from West Mountain...
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
Release: The following is the joint statement released by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of the Governments of Australia, India, and Japan.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Penn Hills, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Trevor Istre, 22, of Jennings, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen Kay to 5 years of unsupervised probation and a $3,000 fine for taking migratory birds with the aid of a motor vehicle, taking...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2022
News Release: PECOS - A federal grand jury in Pecos returned an indictment yesterday charging an Alabama man with transportation of a minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.
