News from January 2022
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
Release: QUESTION: Secretary of State Antony Blinken just met with the Russian foreign minister. He joins us live right now. Mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us this morning. I know you’ve said there were no breakthroughs.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., - Following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a federal jury convicted an Arkansas man today for multiple child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Dodge County man has pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal officer and illegally possessing firearms as a felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
Release: The escalation in Yemen, which resulted in more than 100 casualties in recent days, is of great concern for the United States. In particular, we are aware of reports of a Saudi-led Coalition strike that hit a detention center today, killing at least 70 people. This airstrike comes just days after the deliberate Houthi attack on civilians in Abu Dhabi that also resulted in several casualties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Luis Enrique De Jesus Colin Ochoa, age 25, and a Mexican National, appeared before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on Jan. 19, 2022, for his initial appearance hearing following his arrest on Jan. 18, 2022 on the...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
Release: Washington - USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) today reflected on its efforts over the past year to ensure households across the country have access to a nutritious diet. Throughout the first year of the Biden-Harris Administration, FNS bolstered its nutrition assistance programs through a wide range of administrative actions and with the unprecedented $12 billion investment in food assistance provided by the American Rescue Plan Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office is requesting all persons or businesses wishing to conduct commercial activities at the 2022 Burning Man Event, submit their application by the close of business (4:30 PM PST) on Feb. 23, 2022.
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Foreign Minister Lavrov and I finished our meeting a short while ago, and I first want to begin by thanking Switzerland for hosting us, for its traditional hospitality, which is very much appreciated.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Brian James Kunsman, 44, of PhiladelphiaPA, was charged by Indictment with one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device and one count of being a felon in possession of an explosive.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: As Part of All Hands on Deck Initiative, U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures Indictments Against Delaware Man Accused in FDR Park Carjacking and Against Philadelphia Felon for Attempted Armed Robbery and Shooting of Convenience Store Owner, and Obtains Lengthy Prison Sentence for Drug and Firearms Trafficker.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi - A Gulfport man was sentenced to 24 months in prison for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Brad L. Byerley, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
First Aid Training for Media grant opened on Jan. 21.
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
Release: Today marks 500 days since the Maduro regime wrongfully detained U.S. citizen and Marine veteran Matthew Heath. Matthew was arrested in September 2020 on specious charges, and his trial is still ongoing. We continue to seek his unconditional return and the release of all U.S. nationals wrongfully detained...
By Ariana Chiarenza | Jan 21, 2022
A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that the ocean's influence on salmon populations varies from different rivers and regions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: HOT SPRINGS. - An East St. Louis, Illinois man was sentenced yesterday to 144 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Branden Watson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Efrain Sanchez, age 28, an inmate at Federal Correctional Institution-Schuylkill (FCI-Schuylkill), Minersville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Jan. 20, 2022, to 4 months’ imprisonment by United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. after pleading guilty to assault.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - 41-year-old Geoffrey Eldridge Hull, of Los Angeles, California pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud Thursday after a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal criminal complaint has been filed against a Florida man charging him with human smuggling, announced Homeland Security Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge Jamie Holt and Acting United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Jan. 12, 2022, Shiloh Edris Johnson, age 18, and Kadie Jean Swartz, age 18, both of York, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
