News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ryan Hamilton, 30, of Bath, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession of child pornography by an individual with a prior conviction. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Shiawassee NWR Greenpoint Long Pond Wetland Restoration grant opened on Jan. 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Werni Lopez-Perez, 25, and Mario Guizar-Anchondo, 19, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court today, facing charges of conspiracy, possession with the intent to distribute 400 grams and more of fentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute 500...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2022 - The USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Cornell University today announced the launch of a webinar series on hemp research that aims to broaden the scope of training, education, and connectivity within the hemp community.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management grant opened on Jan. 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the resolution of two cases in the Western District of Louisiana. Sentencing hearings were held yesterday in Alexandria and United States District Judge David C. Joseph sentenced the following individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Linda Grubb, age 74, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Jan. 24, 2022, to 12 months’ and one day imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Sylvia Rambo for wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jalin Tyref Mcarn, of Charleston, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: * 31,512 park visitors. * 8,797 followers on Instagram and 4,818 followers on Facebook. * 4,073 hours in support of the park contributed by 115 volunteers. * 2,326 visited the Weir and Young Studios. * 2,062 Junior Rangers were sworn in. * 958 visitors created a work of art with Weir Farm’s Take Part in Art...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: The closing date for the public to comment on the proposed change to the 2022 Yukon-Charley River National Preserve Superintendent’s Compendium has been extended to Feb. 18, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ALPINE - An Alpine man was sentenced yesterday to two life sentences in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Yesterday U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Eric Coleman, age 37 of Baltimore City, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck, pled guilty yesterday to submitting false customs documents that hid the true origin of gold being imported into Miami as part of a $140 million transnational illicit gold smuggling operation.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Ambassador David Satterfield will travel to Kenya, Egypt, the UAE, Turkey, and Israel from January 24 to February 4, 2022. Special Envoy Satterfield will hold meetings with officials from respective governments and key stakeholders to promote democratic civilian rule in Sudan and to support peace and prosperity in the Horn of Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division broke a fentanyl seizure record for 2021 with nearly 188 kilograms seized through Missouri, Kansas and southern Illinois.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service and Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area were proud to lead USDA’s international efforts during 2021 to create more and better markets for U.S. agriculture, address the climate crisis, promote nutrition and food security, and advance equity and diversity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: The CEO of a local hospice agency has been sentenced to 13 years and 3 months in federal prison for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program &- Farm Bill grant opened on Jan. 25.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: American Workers Are Stretching Dollars To Keep Up With Bidenflation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey-based political consultant today admitted hiring two men to kill a longtime associate who had worked for him on various political campaigns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
