News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A General Services Administration (GSA) Contracting Official pleaded guilty today to accepting bribes.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met today with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics in Washington, D.C., to discuss NATO force posture, energy security, and Allied support for Ukraine. Deputy Secretary Sherman emphasized the U.S. ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a hearing to examine the findings of the Subcommittee’s staff report entitled “Seresto Flea and Tick Collars: Examining Why a Product Linked to More than 2,500 Pet Deaths Remains on the Market, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Dorian LaCourse, 66, of Milford, Ohio, was sentenced today to 3 years’ probation, including 6 months home detention for conspiracy and making false statements. LaCourse is the former Chief of Police in the Village of Addyston, Ohio. Two federally licensed firearms dealers in Indiana were ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT, Md. - The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with DC Water, invites public review of a proposal to repair three segments of a sanitary sewer system adjacent to the Clara Barton Parkway between Lock 14 and the Chain Bridge in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. You’re invited to review the proposal and submit comments from June 17, 2022 through July 1, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced that he has directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reform its employee misconduct discipline processes following the conclusion of the DHS General Counsel’s review of the discipline processes currently in ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Environment and Public Works Committee on June 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss.- Tommy Joe Harvey, the former Chancery Clerk of Simpson County, was sentenced to 2 years’ probation and a $5,000 fine for depriving a person of their civil rights under color of law, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jackson Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Nick Brown for the Western District of Washington has been selected to lead the Civil Rights Subcommittee for the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC). As the leader of the Civil Rights Subcommittee, U.S. Attorney Brown will play a key role in advising the AGAC on civil rights matters of importance to the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Offices across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on June 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE - The Arlington, Washington based leader of a prolific and violent drug trafficking ring pleaded guilty this week to federal drug, gun, and money laundering crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Cesar Valdez-Sanudo, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Thomas James Israel, 46, of Ft. Wayne, and Max Schafer, 31, of Brownsburg, were each sentenced to federal prison for their role in exploiting four children between October 2019 and August 2020. One of the victims was exploited by both Israel and Schafer during separate incidents. Israel...
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: The Department of State has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on five Cuban officials pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 5377, which suspends nonimmigrant entry into the United States of officers and employees of the Cuban government.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: The United States is imposing sanctions on a network of Iranian petrochemical producers and front companies in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the United Arab Emirates, and Iran that support Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd. and Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), entities instrumental ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: OROFINO, Idaho – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that the Biden-Harris administration will invest $9 million in fiscal year 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to support over 40 projects in Idaho and 7 other western states to restore and conserve strategic areas within the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A convicted felon was arrested yesterday on a federal firearms charge alleging he illegally possessed several firearms and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Malachi Deloch (23, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Deloch faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michelle M. Rousseff-Kemp, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Fort Wayne after previously pleading guilty to falsifying a document and illegally storing hazardous waste. U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady sentenced Rousseff-Kemp to 24 months’ of probation and ordered her to pay a $5,500 fine.
