News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management will implement a temporary closure of public lands in the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Area in San Bernardino County Jan. 29 – Feb. 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Selma man was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2022
Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be conducting a prescribed burn this month near the community of Petrolia in the King Range National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Shermart D. Merriwether, 26, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of distribution of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 180 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A Caldwell man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: Alpine, TX - Manuel Adriano-Ruiz was captured by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) after Mexican authorities charged him with the aggravated murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Jefferson County, Ga., woman who admitted using false information to file for COVID-19 relief funding has been sentenced to federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
WaterSMART: Title XVI WIIN Act Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects grant opened on Jan. 14.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Colorado Forest and Woodlands Resource Management grant opened on Jan. 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), and Keechant Sewell, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced that SUCRE...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On Jan. 12, 2022, Alim J. Turner, 23, of Knoxville, was sentenced to life plus ten years in prison, by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky - The Presidential disaster declaration issued Dec. 12, 2021 for Kentucky was amended Jan. 6, 2022 to include Permanent Work under FEMA’s Public Assistance Program (PA), which supplements state and local recovery efforts. Seven additional counties have been added for Emergency Protective Measures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: One Defendant Accused of Throwing Objects at Officers, Others Were Armed with Pepper Spray.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, at a hearing to consider nominees to serve on the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, pressed the nominees on the importance of this review board to...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Alaska Wildlife Resource Management grant opened on Jan. 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: AUSTIN - Today a Houston man was sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison for carjacking and discharging a firearm during a federal crime of violence.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. -Homeowners, renters and businesses who had property damage or losses caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida, have two weeks to apply for federal disaster assistance. The deadline to apply for assistance from FEMA and for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that John Dethlefs, age 54, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for receipt of child pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Dethlefs to 96 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Three indictments have been unsealed charging a total of 10 people with participating in a cocaine conspiracy, announced Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. The indictments were returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 5, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Oscar Garfio-Zapien, 29, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to more than 12 years in prison for possession of methamphetamine, with intent to distribute and another 5 years for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Garfio-Zapien will be required to serve 5 years of supervision upon his release. There is no parole in the federal system.
