News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A New Haven, Connecticut man who coerced two women and a girl into selling themselves for sex in Miami during Super Bowl LIV was sentenced yesterday in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to 25 years’ imprisonment.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretary Ángeles Moreno Bau. They discussed the coordination of U.S. and European efforts to deter and impose significant costs on further Russian aggression against Ukraine and the use of diplomacy, including through continued coordination among NATO Allies and partners, to de-escalate tensions.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently completed its work on the Environmental Justice (EJ) Implementation Report for the 2020 fiscal year.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman spoke today with Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani. The Deputy Secretary reiterated our unwavering support for Georgia’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jason E. Begay, 40, of Shiprock, New Mexico, made his initial appearance in federal court on Jan. 6 on a two-count indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams and more of methamphetamine and using and carrying a firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking crime. Begay remains in custody pending an arraignment and detention hearing scheduled for Jan. 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Arin Kumhall, 38, of North Olmsted, Ohio, was sentenced on January 6, 2022, by Judge James S. Gwin to five months in prison, to be followed by five months of home confinement, after Kumhall pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $73,000 from her employer.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Since the mid-1990s, a type of steel column that commonly features slender cross-sectional elements has become more prevalent in buildings along the West Coast of the United States and in other seismically active regions. Although these columns have complied with modern design standards, our understanding of how they would perform during an earthquake has been limited by a lack of full-scale testing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal superseding indictment was unsealed today charging a Mexican National residing in Clackamas County, Oregon for his role in the 2019 kidnapping and murder of a Washington State man and other drug trafficking crimes.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss.- A Louisville, Mississippi man was sentenced to 175 months in prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Vernon “Jeb" Bison, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A woman formerly from Virginia Beach was sentenced today to 2 years in prison for international parental kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in an illegal money transmitting business, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Larrien Brown-Austin, 37, of Canton, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday, January 6, 2022, to participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy that forced multiple women to perform commercial sex acts for profit.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: Dover, Tennessee-Fort Donelson National Battlefield will remain closed today, Friday, January 7, allowing park staff to address snow and ice conditions following a Thursday winter storm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Jacob Matthew Medina, 29, of Glendale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 160 months in federal prison. Medina previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess fentanyl and heroin with intent to distribute, in connection with an Internet-based drug trafficking operation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: CLANTON, Ala. - On Dec. 21, 2021 President Biden issued a federal disaster declaration for Jefferson and Shelby Counties following the severe storms and flooding that occurred Oct. 6-7, 2021. Since then, local, state, and federal partners have been hard at work making sure disaster survivors get the assistance they need.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Michael Brillon, 59, of West Haven, Vermont was arrested yesterday for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. A criminal complaint was filed today in United States District Court, and Brillon is expected to have his initial appearance this afternoon.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: THREE RIVERS, Calif. - The Bakersfield Field Office plans to conduct prescribed fire operations of up to 1,000 piles of downed hazard trees, branches and understory brush at Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Management Area, southeast of Three Rivers, Tulare County. Pile burn operations will start as...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management will hold virtual Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC) meetings on February 8 and May 17, 2022. The public is welcome to attend.
