News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Defendant Participated in a Conspiracy That Stole more than 3,000 Checks from Religious Institutions in North Carolina, Virginia and was Ordered to Pay over $1,300,000.00 in Restitution.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Release: Two hundred years ago today, a group of free Black men, women, and children from the United States established a settlement on Providence Island in what would become the city of Monrovia and, in 1847, the Republic of Liberia. Today, the United States joins the Republic of Liberia in commemorating this...
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Hurricane Maria’s winds and rains left Arthur Richards Junior High School in ruins in September 2017. FEMA and the Territory made it a priority to assess damage to the school’s six buildings and grounds, collaborate to build out temporary modular classrooms for students and ultimately replace the school.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - In honor of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Jan. 9, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina recognizes the hard-working men and women in law enforcement for the sacrifices that they make on a daily basis to protect the citizens of this State and Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Former police officer Shannon Kepler, 61, was sentenced today in federal court for killing Jeremey Lake on Aug. 5, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
FY 2022 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF) Traditional Conservation Grants Program (Service Legacy Region 4) grant opened on Jan. 7.
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 7, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the resolution of three cases involving the trafficking of illegal narcotics in the Western District of Louisiana. Two of these cases were Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) cases. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
FY 2022 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF) Traditional Conservation Grants Program (Service Legacy Region 6) grant opened on Jan. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Fire crews from the California Desert Interagency Fire Program will treat up to 40 acres of public lands with prescribed fire in the Lake Mathews-Estelle Mountain Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat (SKR) Reserve in western Riverside County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: A Dubuque man that intended to distribute fentanyl and heroin was sentenced today to more than 3 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands - Three Puerto Rican men were arrested on Dec. 29, 2021 in St. Thomas, USVI on criminal charges related to their alleged possession with intent to distribute cocaine on board a covered vessel.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after coming to an agreement with the Justice Department for the production of all remaining documents requested by the Committee regarding former President Trump’s attempt to include a politically motivated citizenship question in the 2020 Census...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - A federal workplace safety investigation in July 2021 found a utility contractor in Montana exposed employees working in and around trenches to potentially deadly hazards.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Fire crews from the California Desert Interagency Fire Program will treat up to 133 acres of land with prescribed fire in the Dos Palmas Preserve in eastern Riverside County. The prescribed fire will occur on one day between January 10 and March 31, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., when...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) December 2021 jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Defendant Possessed Over 500 Depictions of Child Pornography, Including Images That Depicted the Sexual Abuse of Infants.
