News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling over $40 million to enhance services for victims of crime across the United States.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
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By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
Three men pleaded guilty today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance of white supremacist ideology.According to court documents, Christopher Brenner Cook, 20, of Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan Allen Frost, 24, of West Lafayette, Indiana, and of Katy, Texas; and Jackson Matthew Sawall, 22, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
This morning, three defendants were convicted of committing federal hate crimes in connection with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - United States District Court Judge Terrence G. Berg sentenced Robert Howard Gratton, 35, of Marlette, to 240 months in prison on charges of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn Ison.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
Democracy Commission Small Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 24.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The Justice Department announced today that Jose Gomez III, 21, of Midland, Texas, pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime for attacking an Asian family he believed was responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic because he believed them to be Chinese.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, against Defendant Alvaro Orosco, 36, of Visalia, California, following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent in Cleveland. Orosco was convicted of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that sought to distribute more than ten kilograms, or 22 pounds, of cocaine and heroin in the Canton area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Defendant Used Shell Companies To Secure Relief Funds, Then Lavished Herself With Private Jet Travel, Expensive Cars, Other Luxuries.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
James Theodore Highhouse, 49, a former chaplain with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Northern District of California to five felonies for sexually abusing a female inmate and subsequently lying to federal agents during their investigation into his misconduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: 2 fugitives sought. HOUSTON - Six Houston individuals have been indicted for their participation in a multi-state scheme involving mortgage fraud, credit repair and government loan fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Authorities are seeking two others. Leslie and ShyAnne Edrington, 65...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Miami federal jury found David Franklin Lee, 60, of Miami, guilty of attempted bank robbery, following a three-day trial, before U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article highlighting the creation of an NIJ-funded open-source database of school shootings that will help researchers and policymakers study the root causes of school shootings and identify possible intervention...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DOUGLAS SENERTH, 32, of South Windsor, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a fraud offense related to his theft of approximately $679,000 from his grandparents.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Even Biden’s Favored Economic Forecaster Doubts Dems’ ‘Fix’ for Bidenflation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A Miami Beach, Florida man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for wire fraud stemming from his participation in a vehicle break-in scheme that victimized individuals and businesses across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of Bryce Williams, on one count of Murder and one count of Assault with a Firearm against a Person. The charges occurred in Kern County, California.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) announced the selection of ten geographically varied roundtables with participants representing diverse perspectives.
