News from February 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Alante Martel Nelson, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By David Beasley | Feb 10, 2022
After a 10-year effort to improve air quality, all of Jackson County in Missouri is now in compliance with federal standards for sulfur dioxide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a news release.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you so much, Dean. And it’s - thanks to everyone for being here today. Really, it’s wonderful to be with you, it’s wonderful to be in Melbourne, and it’s wonderful to be at the university in no small measure because of the family connection that we have here. And I should probably...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Stalking Victimization, 2019. This report details the demographic characteristics of victims who were stalked, including traditional stalking and stalking with technology, during a 12-month period. It also describes...

By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Culture of Content Research and Design Exchange grant opened on Feb. 10.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial combined to host nearly four million visits in 2021.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - After a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted a Las Vegas man yesterday for coercion and enticement of a girl to engage in sexual activity.

By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Request for Statement of Interest (SOI) for American Spaces USG Alumni Engagement Program facilitator grant opened on Feb. 10.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Andrew Campos, a captain in the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 37 months’ imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy. The Court also ordered Campos to pay $1 million in restitution and a $15,000 fine. Campos pleaded guilty to the charge in January 2021, admitting his participation in various predicate acts of wire fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Defendant also attempted to tamper with his victims’ testimony.

By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: As democratic anchors in the Indo-Pacific, the United States and Australia share an unshakeable commitment to defending freedom and democracy, championing opportunity, upholding human rights, respecting the rule of law, and countering state-sponsored disinformation.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been indicted on a federal arson charge for allegedly using a Molotov cocktail to set fire to a building in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: For Robbery Affecting Commerce and Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
National Recreational Boating Safety Survey Pre-Solicitation Notice & Call for Papers grant opened on Feb. 10.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges of child pornography and traveling to engage in sexual conduct with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A customs broker was arrested today on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with evading the payment of $1.5 million in taxes and engaging in a $3.4 million wire fraud scheme that overcharged a Japanese variety store client on customs duties.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday, Feb. 17, will convene a hearing on the tax filing season and IRS challenges to providing customer service.

By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
U.S. Mission in Kinshasa Public Diplomacy Annual Program Statement (FY22) grant opened on Feb. 10.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a mark-up to advance nominees to the Department of Education (ED), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC).