News from June 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, issued a statement condemning the Biden Administration’s decision to capitulate to the demands of some of the United States’ most...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A previously convicted sex offender from Colorado was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison for taking a 15-year-old girl on a 3½-month interstate road trip that ended in Southern California, during which time he gave her methamphetamine and had an unlawful sexual relationship with her.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Letter: Biden Admin’s Botched Rollout of Foreign Tax Credit Regulations Threatens Double Taxation.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Troy Fulmer, 32, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to his drug trafficking of methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Wolf Point man who admitted to fatally shooting another man in the back on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 16 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: What They Are Saying: Broad Support for Bill to Recover Unchecked Unemployment Fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Girard Jackson, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.

By Karen Kidd | Jun 21, 2022
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported America's marine economy contributed approximately $361 billion of the nation's gross domestic product for 2020.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Percy Woodears, 40, has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. Joseph C. Murphy Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Sentence runs concurrent to King County sentence for child rape.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Michael J. Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Demario Barker, 33, of Kokomo, Indiana, was sentenced last week to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of distribution of methamphetamine.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Brady: Under President Biden, Working Women Haven’t Faced an Economy This Bad in Decades.

By Timothy Stuckey | Jun 21, 2022
The White House recently announced that it will use the Defense Production Act in order to expand the production of solar panel components

By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Pea Ridge National Military Park Temporary Tour Road and Horse Trail Closure.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Marion Michael O’Steen (43, Cross City) guilty of interfering with commerce by extortion and failing to timely file a Form 8300 reporting the receipt of more than $10,000 in currency. O’Steen faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison and may be required to forfeit at least $60,000 in proceeds received. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 12, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Austin Martin, 23 has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession.

By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
Supporting Citizen Facing Institutions During the State of Exception grant opened on June 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 32-year-old Alvin resident has been sent to prison following his conviction of being a felon in possession of multiple firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently added the use of a first-of-its-kind robot on the Hanford Site, keeping workers safer while boosting efficiency.