News from July 2022
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Today marks one year since the assassination of Haiti’s President, Jovenel Moïse. The United States continues to staunchly support the pursuit of justice and accountability for those who planned, financed, and perpetrated this terrible crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement following the retirement announcement for James M. Murray, Director of the United States Secret Service: “James Murray has been an exceptional Director of the United States Secret Service. He has ...
By John Kelly | Jul 8, 2022
In a recent news release, the Bureau of Reclamation revealed that the San Joaquin River Restoration Program received a prestigious environmental achievement award.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - A Fulton, Missouri man, Chad Alan Craghead, 45, was sentenced on July 7, 2022, to 360 months in prison for Production of Child Pornography and Interstate Communications with Intent to Extort. Following his prison term, Craghead was ordered to serve five years of supervised release. Craghead will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Juawan Davis, age 25, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. Following his guilty plea, U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Davis to 13 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The United States Attorney’s Office filed a civil forfeiture action against 24 marksmanship medals from the 1880s and 1890s believed to have been unlawfully removed from the Springfield Armory, a National Historic site, several decades ago.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Central Market of FL II Inc. (Central Market), Sarasota, Fla., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Eunice Ting, age 68, of Watervliet, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment charging theft of government property and making a false statement to obtain benefits from the United States Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
Release: Projects Will Give Better Understanding of Earth’s Atmosphere, Support Biden Administration’s Work to Combat Climate Change
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: HOT SPRINGS - A Hot Springs man was sentenced today to 216 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Offense. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Hot Springs.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
Release: APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of Fresh Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) under a systems approach, for consumption from Peru. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity. Currently, Peru has access for green asparagus with a mandatory fumigation.APHIS ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Koby Dale Tevepaugh, 32, of Hickory, N.C., to 235 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearm offenses, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: A man who distributed methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Thursday, July 7, 2022, that TRON HUGHES, age 42, resident of New Orleans, LA, pled guilty as charged to a one-count indictment for his participation in a weapons violation on June 10, 2021. Count 1 of the indictment charges HUGHES with being a felon in possession a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jacquan Abe, 24, of Albuquerque, was sentenced on July 7 to 14 years and three months in prison. A federal jury convicted Abe on Feb. 25 on one count each of robbery, using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possession of a stolen firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Friday sentenced a real estate agent from South Carolina who admitted soliciting child pornography from a St. Louis area teen to five years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 12.
