News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on charges of violating federal narcotics trafficking laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A Lawrence County man, Dale Allen Fraley, 49, was sentenced on Tuesday, to 57 years in prison, by U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning, after previously being convicted of five counts of production, four counts of receipt, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of a matter containing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: NORTH PORT, FL - Working in the recesses of Apalachicola National Forest on a July day as temperatures neared 100 degrees, the supervisor of two crews hired to clear invasive plants saw one 42-year-old worker was sweating heavily, his hands were trembling, and he seemed confused, unable to respond to commands.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on news that inflation surged 7 percent year over year in December to the fastest rate since 1982.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Ohio resident has been sentenced in federal court to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, which includes 12 months of home detention, on her conviction of embezzlement from a federal credit union and willful failure to file tax returns, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: Defendant on state probation for aggravated assault and kidnapping at time of offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Canadian national pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with two minors at the Fortune Bay Resort and Casino on the Bois Forte Indian Reservation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: Defendant allegedly used high-volume pill presses to produce counterfeit pills and possessed firearms and machine guns in furtherance of the drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: Vermont - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Quenton Dodson, 33, of South Burlington, Vermont, has been charged by criminal complaint in federal court with one count of distribution of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
Public Diplomacy Small Grants - EDUCATION grant opened on Jan. 19.
By Bob Martin | Jan 19, 2022
Houston-based Derichebourg Recycling USA Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $442,500 and has settled with the Environmental Protection Agency to resolve Clean Air Act violations at facilities in both Texas and Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Omar White Oliver, 43, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment for his involvement in a scheme to unlawfully obtain and misuse loan proceeds offered through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP").
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Darrell L. Thompson, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Carrying a Firearm In Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: For Distributing Methamphetamine. SOUTH BEND - Rashawn Fowler, 34 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ericjon Thomas, age 46, residing in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Jan. 13, 2022, to three years’ probation by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani after pleading guilty to bribery of a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Two South Texas men have pleaded guilty and received significant sentences for their convictions related to an ongoing racketeering conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funds grant opened on Jan. 19.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
Release: ELMIRA, N.Y. - A new state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography checkpoint scanner (CT) that provides 3-D imaging is coming to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Elmira Corning Regional Airport (ELM). The new technology provides critical explosives detection capabilities at the checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 32-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Art Benavidez | Jan 19, 2022
A recent study conducted by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries suggests that the implementation of catch share practices in fishing economies can improve safety by providing fishermen more flexibility during the season, reducing the occurence of risky voyages in inclement weather.
