News from January 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Top 10 List of most unusual items found at security checkpoints nationwide in 2021. TSA released the list in an on-line video it posted on the agency’s Twitter account.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A doctor was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for defrauding his prior employer’s medical practice by stealing and forging the medical practice’s checks to pay personal expenses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Choate Construction to promote worker safety and health during the construction of a mixed-use development in the historic district of Savannah. The Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. and the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute - Safety, Health and Environmental Services Group are also supporting this partnership effort.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. - A southwestern North Dakota man was sentenced in federal court Monday to life in prison for transporting a minor for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky - Disaster Recovery Centers and the Mobile Registration Center will delay their opening Jan. 10 to 9:00 a.m. CST due to inclement weather.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that John William “JW" Eddy, age 39, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania was charged by criminal information with one count of wire fraud for misappropriating funds from clients of his law practice between 2016 and 2020.
By State Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Mike Turner (R-OH) and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An incarcerated individual pleaded guilty in federal court a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, welcomed news that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding opportunities for climate-smart agriculture in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced it has issued a consent cease and desist order against Mashreqbank psc, of the United Arab Emirates, for having insufficient policies and procedures to ensure that the activities conducted at its offices outside the United States complied with U.S. sanctions laws.
By Zachary Richter | Jan 10, 2022
Denali National Park opens all portions of the 1980 park additions for snowmobiling.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: Contact: Alexandra Picavet, Midwest Regional Communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Larry Alan Goldman (63, North Port) has pleaded guilty to dealing in firearms without a license. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Goldman has also agreed to forfeit the 29 firearms that he had possessed or acquired during the commission of the offense, and to pay a fine of $25,000. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones and tobacco, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Campton, Ky., man, Johnathan E. Garland, 34, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on Monday, by Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph Hood, after pleading guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, and distribution of fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on President Biden’s first call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed:
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents across the country will come together Jan. 11, to show solidarity for survivors of human trafficking, while raising awareness and sharing red flag indicators to educate the community on this heinous crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: Traffic stop resulted in seizure of meth, ammunition and rifle.
By State Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
Release: MR PRICE: Good morning, for those of you in the United States. Good afternoon, for those of you in Europe. Thank you for joining this press call regarding our diplomacy in pursuit of a de-escalation with Russia. As you know, this is an on-the-record press call with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 10, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
