News from July 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Mobile man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a major drug conspiracy and distribution of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin, including his actions resulting in an overdose death.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: In October 2020, just 20 days before the contentious presidential election, a startling article appeared in The New York Post detailing shady business dealings and influence peddling by Joe Biden’s family members, particularly his son Hunter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona challenging voting restrictions imposed by House Bill 2492 (2022), a recently-enacted law set to take effect in January 2023. The United States’ complaint challenges provisions of House Bill 2492 under Section 6 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and Section 101 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Robeson County man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute thousands of illegal prescription pills including oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and methadone. On Feb. 16, 2021, Jeffrey Randal Brooks, Jr., pleaded guilty to the charges, including possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug crimes.
By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
Release: MR PRICE: Thanks very much, and thanks to everyone for joining this afternoon. We’re pleased to have an opportunity to preview the Secretary’s upcoming travel, departing tomorrow for Indonesia and Thailand. This call is on the record but it is.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - On Monday, July 4th, a call was received at the Valdez/Copper River office of the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, reporting a possible fire west of Copper Lake between Mount Sanford and Capital Mountain. A helicopter responded and observed a 0.25-acre fire burning in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Jamieson Chad Mason was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison. Mason, 29, of Fruitland, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty on Aug. 17, 2021, to assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on July 6, 2022, Robert J. Rideout, 59, formerly of Winooski, was sentenced in United States District Court in Rutland, Vermont, to serve 60 months in prison upon his conviction of possession with intent to distribute 500...
By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: Today we are announcing Richard Nephew as our Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption. This position, pledged on International Anti-Corruption Day, will integrate and elevate the fight against corruption across all aspects of U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance. I welcome Richard back to the Department in this critical role and am confident that his experience and dedication to fight corruption and promote accountability will prove invaluable to our global efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Robeson County man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute thousands of illegal prescription pills including oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and methadone. On Feb. 16, 2021, Jeffrey Randal Brooks, Jr., pleaded guilty to the charges, including possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug crimes.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: TEMPLE, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation into how an employee suffered serious injuries in January 2022 at a Temple manufacturing facility operated by Carpenter Co. - one of the nation’s largest cushion manufacturers - found the company had not installed adequate machine guards or locking devices on a hot laminating machine to protect workers from unsafe contact with the machine’s operating parts.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
There are 16 releases scheduled to be published on July 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - City of Newark Deputy Mayor and former Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara was recognized today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey for his unwavering commitment to cooperative law enforcement in the state of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: EVANSVILLE - Michael Lesean Franklin, 51, of Evansville, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: DENVER - One worker fell about 65 feet from an improperly elevated scaffold, suffering serious injuries, and a second worker avoided injury at a Denver construction site after three contractors on the job ignored a manufacturer's safety recommendation not to use their climbing scaffold atop a lifting device, a federal workplace safety investigation has found.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $800,000 grant to the Coastal Bend Council of Governments, Corpus Christi, Texas, to create a Workforce and Economic Development program to support economic development in the region. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 7.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered $123,750 in back wages and liquidated damages for 40 workers of a Hampton Beach clothing retailer after finding the employer paid some employees cash off the books and paid straight time for overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek.
