News from January 2022
By Emily Bevard | Jan 7, 2022
The Supreme Court heard arguments today related to the Biden administration's vaccine mandate-or-test mandate on private employers. The court will hear arguments on an application to stay the mandate pending court action on the merits.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Thursday, Jan. 6.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
FY 2022 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program grant opened on Jan. 7.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today called on President Joe Biden to stand up to the teachers unions and ensure America’s students are learning in-person. President Biden and White House officials have repeatedly said schools should remain open, but some teachers unions continue to undermine in-person education.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Brooklyn Park man was sentenced to 27 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release and $33,826.64 in restitution for his role in the arson of the Great Health and Nutrition store in St. Paul. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced the defendant.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
OIA Brown Treesnake Program 2022 funding announcement grant opened on Jan. 7.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Jan. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Defendant allegedly misled investors and misappropriated tens of thousands in proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Christopher Yule, 30, and Jacob Brady, 30, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking charges and related charges, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. Yule pleaded guilty two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Brady pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Plano man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: A man who unlawfully possessed a firearm was sentenced today to six months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on January 6, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Middle Georgia armed robbery parolee with fourteen prior felony convictions was sentenced in federal court for distributing methamphetamine in a case involving a multi-agency search for the escaped defendant, including the use of a helicopter and K-9 unit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Saucier man was sentenced to serve 12 months in federal prison for stealing government property, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey A. Breen of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General, South Central Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A superseding indictment charging members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) with racketeering conspiracy involving murder, extortion, and money laundering was unsealed today as to eight defendants. A federal grand jury in Maryland returned the indictment on Dec. 22, 2021. The superseding indictment charges the following defendants with racketeering conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former sales representative today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud New Jersey state health benefits programs, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Joan Chauvin Edgar, 71, of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to 41 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on tax fraud charges. Edgar was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $375,213.54.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky - Due to the severe winter weather threat in the region, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and FEMA have determined that all Disaster Recovery Centers will be closed Thursday, Jan. 6, and Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON - The United States Marshals are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the capture of William Oldham Mize, who failed to appear for a pretrial conference before United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice in Spokane. Mize, 60, is alleged to have participated...
