News from January 2022
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Hot Spring National Park West Mountain Road Closed Tuesday, February 1 - 2, 2022 for Road Maintenance.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
Release: More information about Grenada is available on the Grenada Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Liberty County man has been sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison after a jury found him guilty at trial on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It’s a simple message, but often misunderstood. Tornado survivors in Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Stewart, Sumner, Weakley, and Wilson counties who wish to receive FEMA assistance, need to apply with FEMA. If you fill out paperwork, for example, with a nonprofit organization or a local government office, that doesn’t create a FEMA application. The only way to be considered for FEMA assistance, is to apply with FEMA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for engaging in abusive sexual contact on an airplane. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced the defendant.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: AXTELL, Neb. - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City Area of Responsibility Katherine Greer and United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Chad Carlson, 44, of Axtell, Nebraska, was sentenced on Jan. 27, 2022, by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Complaint Alleges Defendant Fraudulently Obtained More Than $1 Million In Unemployment Benefits From Various State Agencies, Including Washington State Employment Security Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON - Each year, taxpayers’ personal information is compromised through phishing scams or by unscrupulous tax preparers. With tax season kicking off on Jan. 24, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and IRS Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI") urge taxpayers to be aware of tax-related fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - The U.S. Coast Guard will oversee the removal of fuel oil from a grounded vessel at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the coming days. Efforts to tow the grounded 55-foot yacht named the Vivens Aqua back into the ocean from the beach at the south end of Ocracoke Island were unsuccessful.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former U.S. Army soldier previously stationed at Fort Stewart has been sentenced to prison after admitting he committed sex crimes against a minor.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky homeowners and renters who suffered uninsured or underinsured damage to their property from the Dec. 10-11 storms and tornadoes have just two weeks left to apply for federal disaster assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Birmingham man on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against Defendant Reuben Rankin, 36, of Cleveland, Ohio, following a nine-day trial before U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker in Cleveland. Rankin was convicted of assaulting a federal agent with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, sex trafficking of a minor, production of child pornography and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former U.S. Army soldier previously stationed at Fort Stewart has been sentenced to prison after admitting he committed sex crimes against a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 115 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright sentenced the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Washington, North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to 240 months in prison for the distribution of fentanyl and an associated firearm violation. On June 24, 2021, Dylan Hunter Holcomb pled guilty to charges including conspiring to distribute fentanyl, possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RAHEEM JONES, a/k/a “Trigga," was sentenced to 25 years in prison for participating in the 2014 murder of Dean Daniels and his participation multiple other shootings in furtherance of the gang. In...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office concluded the Desatoya Wild Horse Gather located approximately 77 miles east of Fallon, Nev., in the Desatoya Mountain Herd Management Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Jerome Clampitt II to six months in federal prison, followed by six months of home detention for tampering with a consumer product, specifically, injectable fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) of proposed actions at Stovepipe Wells and surrounding areas. The proposed actions include upgrades and changes to utilities, roads, parking areas, campgrounds, an airstrip, and buildings.
