News from February 2022

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
United States Attorney Ronald C.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
Scott Eli Harris, age 51, of Aubrey, Texas pleaded guilty today to threats transmitted by interstate communication, related to a threatening message sent to a Maryland medical doctor, who publicly advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
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.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The former La Joya Independent School District (LJISD) assistant superintendent of Student Services has admitted to taking $28,000 in bribes, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
A former resident of Indiana, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
A West Los Angeles pharmacist was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme that fraudulently obtained millions of dollars for compounded drugs in a scheme that paid illegal kickbacks for patient referrals and fraudulently paid patients’ copayments.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
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.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the individual responsible for an attempted bank robbery on Monday, February 7, 2022.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
A Multnomah County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for transporting an adult victim from California to Oregon and selling access to her for sex.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
A Huntington man caught last year with cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, pleaded guilty today.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL: Supporting Efforts to Promote Freedom of Expression in Morocco

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) extended the comment period on the proposed consent decree between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and New Indy Catawba, LLC to address hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emissions from the company’s paper mill in Catawba, South Carolina.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the selection of Coalfield Development Corporation of Wayne, West Virginia, as one of 19 organizations to receive approximately $200,000 each in grants for job training programs across the country.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the selection of Civic Works of Baltimore, Maryland, as one of 19 organizations to receive approximately $200,000 in grants for job training programs across the country.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the selection of Auberle of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, as one of 19 organizations to receive approximately $200,000 in grants for job training programs across the country.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
On Jan. 14, 2022, Judge Greg Kays of the Western District of Missouri issued an order appointing a receiver to take control of facilities owned by defendants HPI Products Inc., St. Joe Properties LLC, and William Garvey, after the defendants repeatedly failed to comply with a 2011 settlement intended to resolve alleged longstanding violations of state and federal environmental laws.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
Beginning the week of Feb. 7, 2022, and possibly continuing through March, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct prescribed fire operations approximately ten miles northeast of Ruidoso and six miles southeast of Capitan in Lincoln County.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The Coast Guard is introducing a new cyber rating enabling enlisted members to pursue a career in Cyberspace Operations.

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
In January 2021, the Coast Guard received the Department of Homeland Security’s Outstanding Unit Award (OUA) for outstanding service during multiple hurricanes, the national response at the Southwest Border, and the COVID 19 global pandemic for the period of Aug. 25, 2017, through Nov. 30, 2020.