News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Matthew Felitto Kicked a Handcuffed and Shackled Arrestee in the Face and Upper Chest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison for his role in five armed robberies of cell phone stores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Dwayne Butler, 27, of Chester, PA, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $4,000 special assessment by United States District Court Chief Judge Juan R. Sanchez for his role as one the most prolific members of the “3rd Bone" drug trafficking group, a violent street gang that sold large amounts of crack, cocaine, and heroin in downtown Chester.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Zachary Cote, 24, of Franklin, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Eight creative professionals have accepted invitations to visit Acadia National Park as artists-in-residence in 2022. Notable firsts for the program this year include a standup comic, a food writer, an art therapist and a jazz composer.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, Friant Water Authority, and California Department of Water Resources today celebrated the groundbreaking of a $187 million construction project to restore capacity in a 10-mile portion of the Friant-Kern Canal. The event marks the beginning of Phase 1 of a...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: FORT COLLINS, Colo., Jan. 25, 2022 - USDA, Agricultural Research Service scientists at the Rangeland Resources & Systems Research in Ft. Collins, CO, are using rain shelters to experimentally examine the impacts of deluge during a drought on forage production and carbon cycling (release and intake of carbon) in a semi-arid grassland in eastern Colorado.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Contact: Mark Weekley. OMAHA, NE. - Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail has released its 2021 Annual Report. The report documents a year of work with partners across the U.S. to commemorate and protect the 4,900-mile-long historic route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Highlights of the report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason J. Jordan, 49, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 4 years in federal prison for conspiracy to traffic a minor. This prison term will be followed by 10 years of supervised release. Jordan pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 18, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A federal grand jury today charged a Huntsville man with committing a string of armed robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 25, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $50 million to both expand access to conservation assistance for climate-smart agriculture and forestry, and reach historically under-served farmers and producers.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman represented the United States during a high-level ministerial meeting hosted by Canada on January 21 that included senior Haitian government officials, 15 partner countries, and multiple international organizations to discuss sustainable, inclusive solutions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Columbia County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for recording his repeated rape and abuse of a child over a period of five years and secretly recording a second child using a bathroom.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A federal grand jury today charged a Hartselle man with attempted kidnapping and attempted sexual assault, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined a “Capture the Flag" event where cyber professionals and students from Davenport University’s cybersecurity program competed in real world cybersecurity activities and challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years (120 months) in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joseph Marchione, 51, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams are reaching out to tornado survivors in a 12-county area in middle and western Tennessee. The teams are going door-to-door to help those who want to apply for FEMA assistance and to also make referrals to other local, state and voluntary...
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, departed for a congressional delegation to Brussels, Belgium and Kyiv, Ukraine. The bipartisan delegation includes Representatives David Cicilline (D-RI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Mark Green (R-TN), August Pfluger (R-TX) Mikie Sherill (D-NJ), and Victoria Spartz (R-IN).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was arrested today on charges that he distributed images and a video depicting child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
