News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James Moody has sentenced Eric Liebman (34, Tampa) to 15 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud. Liebman had pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2019.

By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism Chairman Ted Deutch (D-FL) released the following statement on introducing H.R. 6498, the Promoting Peace, Education, and Cultural Exchange...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Lawrence Dunbar, 28, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent to more than 20 years in prison. Judge Nugent pronounced the sentence after Dunbar was convicted at trial of possessing multiple controlled substances with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: A Tulsa man responsible for abusing a three-year-old child was sentenced Friday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Honduran national Fredy Donaldo Marmol Vallejo, 40, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Miami to one count of conspiring to distribute cocaine, with the intent to import it into the United States.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: LACEY, Wash. - After you apply for federal disaster assistance, it is important to make sure FEMA has your current contact information. Be aware that phone calls from FEMA may appear to come from unidentified numbers.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: LACEY, Wash. - The Disaster Recovery Center currently in Forks will move after Feb. 4 to two additional sites in Clallam County to help survivors of the November flooding apply for FEMA assistance. The center is operated by FEMA and the Washington State Military Department’s Emergency Management Division.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation invites members of the press and public to a virtual meeting where negotiations will continue for a transferred works contract with the Navajo Nation and the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority for operational, maintenance, and replacement of federally owned Cutter Lateral features of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, located near Bloomfield, New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Griffin’s conspiracy involved over 10 pounds of meth, and Griffin has four previous convictions for distributing drugs in Iowa.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
Release: U.S. Special Envoy Tim Lenderking met with partners in coordination with the UN Special Envoy during his trip to Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, and London. The Special Envoy focused his engagements on the urgent need for de-escalation and protection of civilians, including detained U.S. and UN Yemeni...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Defendants sold fentanyl to undercover agent.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK - FEMA has obligated nearly $335,000 to reimburse Temple Tikvah in Nassau County for costs associated with emergency protective measures following remnants of Hurricane Ida. This is just one step FEMA has taken to help houses of worship in the state of New York recover and rebuild.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: Richmond National Battlefield Park acquires new land at Malvern Hill Battlefield.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: A member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood has pleaded guilty in federal court for leading and organizing the sale of hundreds of kilos of methamphetamine throughout Oklahoma, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Jan. 27, 2022, Timothy Chad Canady (Canady), 43, currently of Knoxville, was sentenced by the Honorable Katherine A. Crytzer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville to serve 240 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to six years’ (72 months’) imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles Grant, of Waldorf, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The BLM California Desert District is seeking applicants who may be interested in serving on any of three subgroups that assist the Desert Advisory Council, a citizen-based advisory committee that develops recommendations for the BLM related to public land management issues. Subgroup...