News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Mechanicsburg, Illinois man, John W. Beck, 55, of the 500 block of East Main Street, pleaded guilty on Jan. 12, 2022, to four counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of bank robbery, one count of armed bank robbery, and one count of attempted escape from the Livingston County Jail. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 25, 2022, at the federal courthouse in Peoria, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Michael Easley, in recognition of Human Trafficking Prevention Month, highlights some of the significant Human Trafficking cases his office prosecuted in 2021. Links to press releases with more details on these cases are also provided.
By Andy Nghiem | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that it is currently conducting outreach and enforcement operations in Arkansas following cleanup operations that were launched in response to tornados that tore through the state on Dec. 10, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Jason McCraw, age 47, of O’Fallon, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on today’s date. Based on a previous plea of guilty, McCraw was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury indictment returned this week charges two Chinese nationals with operating an illegal money transfer business that moved funds from the China to the United States, in some cases using proceeds of romance scams to provide money to their U.S.-based customers.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Petersburg National Battlefield is preparing for the preservation of the two smokehouses and dairy, at the General Grant’s Headquarters Unit in Hopewell, Virginia. The preservation of these buildings, which are part of historic Appomattox Plantation and listed as a part of the City Point National Register...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that the District of South Dakota collected $9,315,964.19 in criminal and civil actions in FY 2021. Of this amount, $4,224,092.52 was collected in criminal actions and $5,091,871.67 was collected in civil actions.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced adjustments to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. As a founding member of the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office pledges to continue to combat human trafficking by working with our partners to investigate and prosecute traffickers and rescue victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors this evening filed a criminal complaint charging three members and an associate of a Los Angeles street gang with violating a federal racketeering statute for their roles in the robbery and fatal shooting earlier this week of Los Angeles Police Officer Fernando Arroyos.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today launched an investigation into the Opportunity Zone Program and whether it has delivered on Republican promises to create jobs and drive investment in low-income communities, rather than just create a loophole for wealthy investors to avoid paying taxes.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and a group of elevator industry stakeholders known as the “Elevator Industry Safety Partners" collectively have signed a five-year alliance agreement to renew their commitment to protect nearly 75,000 workers who construct, install, repair and maintain elevator industry conveyances. OSHA’s 10 regions nationwide will participate in the alliance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Loose Creek, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Fort Worth, Texas man was sentenced to 68 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Josue Peguero, age 22, Bronx, New York was sentenced on Jan. 12, 2022, to 24 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $19,138.01 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo after pleading guilty to a charge of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Bolivar Anibal Cordova, Jr. (42, Windermere) and Luis Manuel Cordero (40, Orlando) to 12 years and 7 months and 8 years and 6 months in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Katie Porter, the Subcommittee’s Vice Chairwoman, sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to eliminate the massive backlog of approximately six million tax returns...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Thinking about visiting Death Valley National Park? Entrance fees will be free at all National Park Service sites on Monday, January 17 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Jan. 13, 2022, James Waylon Howell, 39, of Knoxville was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.
