News from January 2022
By George Willis | Jan 20, 2022
The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has been created to boost the U.S. Department of Energy’s mission to deliver clean technologies to communities and businesses across the country.
By Bob Martin | Jan 20, 2022
A former Tulsa police officer with 24 years of experience was sentenced to 25 years in prison after shooting a 19-year-old man who was dating his daughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - Seven Texas doctors and a hospital executive have agreed to pay a total of $1,106,449 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal remuneration in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, and to cooperate with the Department’s investigations of and litigation against other parties, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Jan. 19, 2022, a federal grand jury returned an indictment alleging that Smedley D. Butler (age: 50) of Maribel, Wisconsin, received and possessed child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252A(a)(2)(A) and 2252A(a)(5)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, Jill Nicole Ford, 31, of Edmond, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering related to a loan obtained through the Main Street Lending Program, a lending facility established by the Federal Reserve Board and supported with funding authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced charges against RICHARD VIET NGUYEN for attempted enticement of one minor boy in Manhattan, New York. NGUYEN was arrested this morning and presented in Manhattan federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: BAY CITY - A Harrison man was sentenced to 480 months (40 years) in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of children and for engaging in the sexual exploitation of children while required to register as a sex offender, announced United States Attorney Dawn Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Operated Marijuana Grow Operation, Possessed Dozens of Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Howard, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Production of Child Pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Wintry weather and possibly dangerous road conditions are expected in Louisiana tonight through Friday morning.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Whiskeytown, CA - Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is offering a series of ranger-led interpretive hikes over the course of the next six weeks. These hikes are open to the public and dogs on leash are allowed and encouraged. The facilitated hikes enable visitors to explore the park's diverse trail...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former Overland Park, Kansas, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling $3.1 million from his employer and failing to pay nearly $1 million in taxes owed to the federal government and the state of Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: LaPointe shot a man in the calf after an argument. Forensic evidence from the crime scene helped identify LaPointe.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Release: The Department of State, working with the U.S. interagency, is aware of several Russian military and intelligence entities that are engaged in information confrontation targeting Ukraine. These activities include the spread of disinformation and propaganda attempting to paint Ukraine and Ukrainian government ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By Trina Thomas | Jan 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy recently released its Environmental Justice (EJ) Implementation Report for Fiscal Year 2020.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new podcast outlines the organization’s surveys conducted on marine life throughout the country.
By Andy Nghiem | Jan 20, 2022
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) recently filed a 60-day notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its approval of more than 300 pesticides containing pyrethroid, a toxic chemical that is potentially harmful to endangered species.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned a 33-count indictment charging a Tyler man for fraud schemes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Newark physician and West New York man are scheduled to make their initial appearances today on charges of defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $3.4 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
