News from January 2022
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2022, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - An Allen man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

By Press Release | Jan 5, 2022
Robert Santos was sworn in today as the U.S. Census Bureau’s 26th director, becoming the first Latino person to serve in the role.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Calvin Mitchell, Jr., 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.

By Steven Hughes | Jan 5, 2022
A former chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department has recently been found guilty in federal court of several charges related to income he received from a recruitment program in China designed to further the country’s scientific development.
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
Bureau of Land Management ORWA Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management grant opened on Jan. 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: Mammen had a prior federal conviction for meth-related charges in 2012.

By Emily Bevard | Jan 5, 2022
The Biden administration's vaccine mandate on private employers will be front and center at the Supreme Court on Friday when justices will hear arguments on an application to stay the mandate pending court action on the merits.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced today to 35 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release by Senior U. S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline on five counts of sex trafficking minors, three counts of production of child pornography and two counts of being a felon in possession of...
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
Release: On December 7-8, 2021, the Republic of Korea hosted a virtual meeting of UN member states for the 2021 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield led the U.S. delegation, underscoring our enduring commitment to advancing reforms that enhance peacekeeper performance and accountability to improve the safety and security of peacekeepers and make peacekeeping more effective.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging FILIPPO BERNARDINI with wire fraud...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Paula Smith, 69, of O’Fallon, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp on today’s date. Smith was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison. Smith previously pleaded guilty to three counts of mail fraud and one count of money laundering.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, man convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2022/2023 marketing year.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: Ledesma will forfeit proceeds, including a residence, earned from smuggling and trafficking counterfeit merchandise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the January 2022 Federal Grand Jury A.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2022
News Release: Researchers within the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL) are currently preparing for more intense study of beetles in the genus Agrilus, thanks to their recent acquisition of the Eduard Jendek Collection. The collection was developed over the last 30-40 years...