News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Defendant Admitted that He Sold Fentanyl to a Recovering Victim One Day Before the Victim’s Fatal Overdose and Possessed 38 Bags of Fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Professional Development for Healthcare Reporters grant opened on Jan. 7.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Amy Holman, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor, began her assignment as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs in November 2021. Previously she was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Dakar. Other assignments include Acting...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Release: Contact: Andre Bell. Richard.A.Bell@usda.gov The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is posting its fiscal year 2021 enforcement activity summary data, which provides information about enforcement efforts in the areas of biotechnology, agricultural ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Release: The Government of Guatemala has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of dracaena (Dracaena spp.) for planting into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.APHIS ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) San Diego field office deportation officers removed from the U.S. a Mexican murder suspect wanted in the Aug. 29, 2007, stabbing death of a woman in Mexico City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the filing of a and arrest of Miranda Delee Farleigh (25, Ocklawaha) for theft of mail matter by a postal employee. If convicted, Farleigh faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: The five National Park Service entrance fee-free days for 2022 are.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Brandon man was sentenced to 120 months in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release and $2,250 in restitution, for distributing methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Three Colombian nationals were arrested on Dec. 31, 2021, at the Cyril E. King Airport on criminal charges related to their alleged improper entry into the United States and use of fraudulent visas.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced an adjustment in school meal reimbursements to help schools continue to serve children healthy and nutritious meals. This move will put an estimated $750 million more into school meal programs across the nation this year, making sure federal reimbursements keep pace with food and operational costs, while ensuring children continue to receive healthy meals at school.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be conducting a prescribed burn this month near the community of Petrolia in the King Range National Conservation Area. Burning in the Prosper Ridge Project will take place only when conditions allow for safe and successful burning.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
FY 2022 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF) Traditional Conservation Grants Program (Service Legacy Region 1) grant opened on Jan. 7.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -The Bureau of Reclamation released a draft environmental assessment to supplement a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) completed in 2013 for proposed changes associated with construction and operation of the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that JOHN LEE ORTIZ, 28, and AUDLEY REEVES, 30, both of East Hartford, have been charged with federal firearm offenses related to the illegal fabrication and sale of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Influencing a Federal Officer by Threat was sentenced on January 6, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Carlos Robleto-Martinez, 75, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for false use of a Social Security number. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Robleto-Martinez to a term of imprisonment of time served.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced yesterday to 195 months in prison for Distribution of cocaine base (crack). On Feb. 24, 2021, Needham Holder, III pled guilty to the charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Codie D. Malesker, age 47, of Hastings, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to five years’ probation for Mail Fraud. As part of his probation, Malesker will have to serve 15 weekends in jail, and he was ordered to pay $63,443.77 in restitution.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
DRL Supporting Diverse Anti-Censorship Solutions grant opened on Jan. 7.
