News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today against Bruce Lamont Walker, 53, of Vallejo, charging him with being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Join park staff and members of the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society to gaze at the dark skies above Florissant Fossil Beds in search of planets, galaxies, nebulas, and more. Meet on the front patio of the visitor center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Jackson, TN - John Davidson Long, 28, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon unlawfully possessing a stolen firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The BLM California Desert District will host a public ZOOM meeting of the Desert Advisory Council on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public, and the public comment period is scheduled for 2:45 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Kenneth Pointer, a/k/a “Chopper" of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years’ supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou on Jan. 26, 2022, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge. Because Mr. Pointer was found guilty of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Anthony Faustine, 41, of Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma, pleaded guilty in federal court on Jan. 26 to involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country. Faustine will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Release: On Jan. 27, 2022, the United States convened a ministerial meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), chaired by Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. The Forum provided an opportunity for Ministers to reflect on the outcomes of COP26 in Glasgow; set out priorities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR ENCARNACION, 34, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 43 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a southeastern Connecticut drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: A series of sentencings and the guilty plea of a key defendant brings to 36 the number of defendants admitting guilt in Operation Sandy Bottom, the investigation and prosecution of violent criminal street gang members distributing methamphetamine and other drugs in the Coffee County, Ga., area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jaswinder Singh, 59, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today to one count of attempted obstruction of an official proceeding when he tried to influence the testimony of a potential trial witness, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Drugs Allegedly Provided to Woman Who Suffered Fatal Overdose.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - David Cortez Marshall, Jr., 30, of Orangeburg, South Carolina pleaded guilty today to defrauding the Orangeburg County School District of over $550,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Tayanna Bowman, 25, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison, twenty years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $3,000 assessment by United States District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson for distributing child pornography to an undercover federal agent on an online file sharing platform.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old truck driver was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison for illegally transporting 51 undocumented migrants in the back of a tractor trailer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: ROCKFORD - An Iowa man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rockford on federal drug and firearm charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Indian Highway Safety Occupant Protection Grant grant opened on Jan. 27.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Bicameral Democratic Health Committee Chairs wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure today to express their strong support for the Biden Administration’s policies included...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 - 10:00 AM ET.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: PECOS - Yesterday a federal jury in Pecos convicted an Oklahoma woman for her role in transporting undocumented noncitizens following a two-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BANGOR, Maine-A Lewiston man was sentenced today in federal court for making false statements during the purchase of firearms, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
