News from January 2022
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Indian Highway Safety Law Enforcement Grants grant opened on Jan. 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Child Had Brain and Other Internal Injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C., - A brother and sister were arrested on charges stemming from an investigation by federal and local law enforcement agencies into a drug operation that was distributing Fentanyl, including to a woman who overdosed and died. The indictments, unsealed today, were announced by Jarod Forget, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BISMARCK - A north central North Dakota man was convicted in federal court Wednesday on numerous counts of child exploitation and one count of receiving child pornography.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Release: The Lukashenka regime now holds more than 1,000 political prisoners. These Belarusians, from all walks of life, have been arrested and confined simply because they peacefully exercised their rights to freedom of expression and assembly in response to a fraudulent election and the Lukashenka regime’s abuses. Tens of thousands more innocent Belarusians have also spent time in jail since and in the lead up to the fraudulent presidential election in August 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Jan. 13, 2022, Kenny Eugene Smart, also known as “Solo", age 48, of Des Moines, was sentenced to 414 months in prison for firearms charges announced United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kanab Field Office will conduct prescribed-fire pile burn operations within the previously hand-thinned vicinity of South Canyon, south of Panguitch near Highway 143, when favorable weather and personnel conditions exist.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that a Federal Jury found Derrick Stephen Walker, age 46 of Minot, ND, guilty for six Counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and one Count of Receipt of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Darren J. LaMarca, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, announced today that Clayton Deardorff (“Deardorff") and his company, Stepping Stones Healthcare, LLC (“SSH"), have agreed to pay $589,000 to resolve allegations that they engaged in an illegal kickback arrangement with a Mississippi Critical Access Hospital (“CAH") in violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA").
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Fayette County man pleaded guilty today to distributing methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BAKER, NV - President Warren G. Harding declared Lehman Caves a national monument on Jan. 24, 1922. It was dedicated in a grand celebration on August 6th that involved the American Legion, the mayor of Baker, and local school children. For 11 years the Caves were administered by the U.S. Forest Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Mexican national pled guilty to the federal felony offense of Fraud or Misuse Involving a Visa, Permit or Other Document.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Attorney Eric Singleton, 56, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison by a judge in the District of Utah for his role in a bankruptcy fraud scheme on Monday. In addition, Singleton was ordered to serve two years of supervised release after the completion of his federal prison sentence and was ordered to pay $266,843 in restitution to the victims of his crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the eight grant recipients of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) STEM Talent Challenge, a national competition that supports programs to train science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent to create a robust STEM-capable workforce across the country, and boost U.S. competitiveness on the global stage.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: CONCORD, MA-Minute Man National Historical Park is actively recruiting energetic, committed young adults who are interested in gaining work experience with a federal land agency in a public lands Internship Program. The internship program recruits young adults to work at Minute Man National Historical Park to learn skills, contribute to meaningful park projects, and create experiences that will make them marketable in a career with a public land agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Thousands of Catalytic Converters Stolen as Part of a Multi-Million-Dollar Business.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Headquarters (HQ) Threatened and Endangered Species grant opened on Jan. 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A Nampa woman pleaded guilty to theft of government money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: For Bank Robbery. HAMMOND- Terrance Brown, 33, of Harvey, Illinois was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Phillip P. Simon after being found guilty at trial of Bank Robbery, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Brown was sentenced to 180 months in prison, 2 years of supervised...
