News from July 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane Evans announced today that NORMAN GARCIA-GARCIA, age 24, was charged on July 7, 2022 in a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A West St. Paul man has been indicted for cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking and firearms violations, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on July 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: A man who used a straw purchaser to obtain a firearm was sentenced today to more than 6 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: GLENNALLEN, AK - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Glennallen Field Office today issued a fire prevention order temporarily prohibiting open fires (except within fire rings in established campgrounds), fireworks, exploding targets, and explosives on the public lands it manages in east-central Alaska. The order goes into effect today at 2 p.m. and will last until August 12 or until fire conditions improve and the order is rescinded.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRANDON SMITH, age 27 of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty, on June 6, 2022, as charged to violating the Federal Gun Control Act. The single count indictment was for possession of a firearm while subject to a domestic violence protective order in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(8) and 924(a)(2).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-In a letter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) requested a full investigation into allegations that two former directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the Trump-appointed Commissioner.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
There are five releases scheduled to be published on July 11.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: The Starr Fire (#508), caused by lightning, was discovered on July 7, 2022 burning on the east side of the Muddy River in the northwestern corner of the North Preserve portion of Denali National Park and Preserve. It is currently estimated at 60 acres. This fire is located approximately 40 miles northwest...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: ALAMOGORDO - Over the 4th of July holiday weekend, White Sands’ park rangers initiated a search after locating an unoccupied vehicle in the park. At 11:02 am, Tuesday, July 6, 2022, search and rescue teams discovered a deceased male located off-trail at White Sands National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Washington -Botanical researchers representing a coalition of more than 10 institutions have discovered an oak tree once thought to be extinct, and now in immediate need of conservation within Big Bend National Park in Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: A Florida man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Today, 42-year-old Royal Palm Beach, Florida resident Omar Smith pled guilty in South Florida federal court to lying on a coronavirus relief loan application and fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars intended to help small businesses financially survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Wilgfrido Valnodis Arias-Mejia, 46, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Manchester, was sentenced today to 91 months in federal prison for conspiring to sell fentanyl and other substances around the Manchester area, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Gillaum, 33, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 3 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Gillaum pleaded guilty to this charge on March 24, 2022.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton, Massachusetts Flood insurance violations, civil money penalty, dated July 6, 2022 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
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...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Christopher Matthew Rougeau, 38, of Vallejo, charging him with possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
