News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Department Strategy Supports National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Pelahatchie woman pled guilty to using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire, announced United States Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Jackson Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Obtained meth from Colorado to distribute in Iowa.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: In a new joint op-ed for FOX News, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chair of the Emerging Threats Subcommittee, discussed the need for Congress to pass their bipartisan Pray Safe Act to establish...
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today in introducing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Gabriel Monico Guevara, 40, of Albuquerque, made an initial appearance in federal court today, facing charges of possessing firearms during, in relation to or in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Guevara will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Feb. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Washington -The National Park Service and the Lincoln Birthday National Commemorative Committee will observe the 213th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln during a ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m.
By Andy Nghiem | Feb 7, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently said that it has reached settlements with companies in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska for selling automobile "defeat device" violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU - Robert Darnell Beal, 41, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced in federal court on February 7, 2022, by United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson to 180 months imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. On June 25, 2021, Beal was found guilty of conspiring to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl after a five-day jury trial in Honolulu.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Phillip Jensen, DMD, 61, of Rochester, Illinois, on Feb. 1, 2022, charging him with eight counts of drug diversion, eight counts of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud, one count of tampering with consumer products, and...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Colorado Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management grant opened on Feb. 7.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $28 million in federal funding for research and development (R&D) and front-end engineering design (FEED) projects that will advance clean hydrogen as a carbon-free fuel for...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: LACEY, Wash. - Washington residents who have uninsured losses resulting from the Nov. 5 - Dec. 2, 2021, severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides have until March 7, 2022 to apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Janice Martina Mason, age 28, of Melbourne, Florida, with second degree murder. The indictment was returned on Feb. 3, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Windsor Nycklass, of West Park, Florida, was sentenced today to 36 months of incarceration for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: The stretches of DNA that differ from person to person, called variants, are a major part of what makes us unique, but they can also put us at greater risk of disease. Although we can currently spell out between 80% and 90% of the millions that are in the human genome, the remaining variants may hold clues for treating an array of diseases. Today the list of variants yet to be decoded has shrunk sizably.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland man faces federal charges after he and several accomplices used a sledgehammer to break into a local pawn shop and steal forty-seven firearms.
