News from February 2022
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Release: As scientists warn us, and as many have noted, we stand at a crossroad.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Defendant used Snapchat to illegally advertise firearms for sale, including a loaded assault rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Scott Eli Harris, 51, of Aubrey, Texas, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of willfully transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure a Maryland doctor who had been a vocal proponent of the COVID-19 vaccine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Jarvis Pierre, 38, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. on federal firearms charges. Pierre was found guilty by a federal jury in May 2021 after a week-long trial of two counts of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey men was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for drug distribution charges in connection conspiring to distribute cocaine base and distributing fentanyl and cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 10, 2022
A Washington-based "small but dedicated group of Americans" said last week it is seeking IRS records following a leak of "the Tax Secrets of the .001%" late last spring that government agencies haven't since said much about.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: INDEPENDENCE, CA - After a pandemic-necessitated hiatus, Manzanar National Historic Site’s award-winning public archeology program is returning with three projects this year. On March 24-29, May 27-31, and September 2-6, volunteers will have the opportunity to assist the National Park Service in uncovering and preserving Manzanar’s Hospital area, the Children’s Village orphanage, and the Administration and Staff Housing area.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Lisa Peterson will visit Tallinn, Estonia, February 9-11 for the third Global Conference for Media Freedom. Co-hosted by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Steve Garduno was sentenced to 10 years (120 months) in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 305 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Shawn Pondillo, age 26, of Rensselaer, New York, pled guilty today to distributing fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: The best path toward sustainable peace in Somalia is through the rapid conclusion of credible elections. The United States has repeatedly expressed concern over the delays and procedural irregularities in Somalia’s electoral process and the broader implications of those irregularities for the country’s democracy and stability.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Jeffrey Paul Hatch, 42, of Savannah, Georgia, formerly of Manchester, was sentenced to three years of probation for using a telephone to facilitate drug trafficking, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Release: The United States condemns the terrorist attack by the Houthis today that struck the commercial airport in Abha, Saudi Arabia, injuring at least a dozen innocent civilians. We wish the victims a full recovery. Repeated attacks of the last several weeks have harmed civilians and civilian infrastructure...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Nurse Practitioner Deborah Ann Cooney. PHOENIX - Nurse Practitioner Deborah Ann Cooney, 59 years old, has been indicted on 14 criminal charges related to her alleged illegal opioid prescribing practices at a clinic she operates in Mesa, Arizona. The investigation conducted by the Phoenix Office of the...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Today, the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the National Football League (NFL), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Los Angeles Sheriff Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced that more than 267, 511 counterfeit sports-related items, worth an estimated $97.8 million, were seized during Operation Team Player.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Zimbabwe and U.S. Networks for Creatives (ZUNC) grant opened on Feb. 10.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park receives $31 M to repair Foothills Parkway West.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Charles Costello, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Zachary Watkins, age 21, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on February 9, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to five years’ imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release for receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx woman was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $200,000 worth of Apple iPhones, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
