News from February 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2022
News Release: House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on “Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and the American Health System" on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 10:00 AM ET in 1100 Longworth House Office Building and remotely via Cisco WebEx.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Anthony James Wilson, 29, Baraboo, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 37 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
The operator of seven Fort Wayne area restaurants shortchanged 17 of its managers when the salary it paid was determined to be insufficient to relieve the employer of its overtime obligations.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced four appointments to its leadership team in the Office of Negotiations & Restructuring (ONR) and the Office of General Counsel.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Charles R. Ehrenberg, age 34, owner of Ehrenberg Roofing and Construction, Inc., located in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on February 17, 2022, before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to failing to collect and pay over several years’ worth of required federal payroll taxes.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a partnership between the Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center and the Tennessee Valley Authority to provide technical expertise and training to students and establish a pipeline of trained and skilled workers for the electric utility corporation’s service area.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
A Graysville man has been charged with illegal possession of a machinegun, announced U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
A Thomaston, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty to possessing child exploitation material of infants and toddlers resulting from a Project Safe Childhood investigation.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
A Southwest Georgia resident has admitted that he broke into two Cordele, Georgia, gun stores, stealing multiple firearms and weapons, then selling or distributing the firearms in the community.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
A Tennessee man and his son were arrested yesterday for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
A former Chelan Falls, Washington, man was extradited from Mexico to serve a 30-month prison sentence he received in absentia almost five years ago for filing a fraudulent tax return.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified NorthWestern Energy's Holter Hydroelectric Plant in Wolf Creek as a "Star" worksite in the agency's Voluntary Protection Programs, the highest level of recognition for workplace safety and health excellence.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment today charging an Oregon Department of Human Services employee with kidnapping a woman with significant disabilities in his care, driving her to a secluded location, and engaging with her in sexual misconduct.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Brihany Baker, 25, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, and two years of supervised release United States District Court Chief Judge Juan R. Sánchez for illegally purchasing three semi-automatic firearms for her romantic partner.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Jovar Demetrius Jefferson, age 30, of Lanham, Maryland to six years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
A Whitakers, North Carolina man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison and three years of supervised release for Distribution of a Quantity of Heroin and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
In 2021, there were 16 major work stoppages beginning in the year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Darnell D.
