News from January 2022
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Idaho Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance grant opened on Jan. 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thomas J. Hart, age 50, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Jan. 26, 2022, to 60 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Idaho Recreation and Visitor Services grant opened on Jan. 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Leon Roldan, age 43, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiring to traffic a kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: KEARNEY, Neb. - In response to the increasing amount of methamphetamine seen threatening Nebraskans, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Nebraska have formed a coalition to help combat the number one drug threat in both rural and urban communities across the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: One of the firearms was used in the Seventh Street Truck Park Bar Shooting.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Release: The United States continues to increase its assistance to the Kingdom of Tonga in the wake of the recent Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruptions, ashfall, and tsunami.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stewart Jenkins, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 33 months of incarceration for a cocaine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications from eligible organizations to operate Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers in Kentucky, Nebraska, Rhode Island and South Dakota. NIST will award nearly $19.8 million to support four centers that will provide manufacturing extension services to small and medium-sized manufacturers in these states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: A federal jury found a Tulsa man guilty Tuesday for assaulting and strangling a dating partner, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: BESSEMER, Ala., Jan. 26, 2022 - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh today announced that USDA is investing $1 billion to build and improve critical community facilities in 48 states, Puerto Rico and Guam (PDF, 449 KB). This infrastructure funding will increase access to health care, education and public safety while spurring community development and building sound infrastructure for people living in rural communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: An Israeli national was sentenced yesterday to 97 months in prison for operating DeepDotWeb (DDW), a website that connected internet users with Darknet marketplaces, where they purchased illegal firearms, malware and hacking tools, stolen financial data, heroin, fentanyl and other illicit materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former Somerset County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed and I just had a very productive meeting. I was particularly delighted to welcome him - Ahmed, to welcome you - to Washington and to return the hospitality that you and their highnesses the emir and the crown prince showed me in Kuwait...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Carlos Castillo, age 40, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Jan. 24, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 51 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute controlled...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An inmate of Allegheny County Jail has pled guilty to a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Idaho Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management grant opened on Jan. 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man with a prior felony conviction was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including multiple handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, in and around Monmouth and Ocean counties, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: LINCOLN, Neb. - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City area of responsibility and United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Krystal Smith, 30, formerly of Bruning, Nebraska, was sentenced Jan. 26, 2022 in Lincoln by United States District Judge John M.
By Andy Nghiem | Jan 26, 2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently announced that travelers entering the U.S. at land ports of entry and ferry terminals must be fully vaccinated against COVID.
