News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Jonesville, Virginia man, who was twice arrested in Lee County for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, was sentenced last week to 7 ½ years in federal prison on federal drug distribution and weapons charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN BERNARDO, 66, of West Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to a conspiracy charge stemming from his role in a scheme to steal COVID relief funds from the City of West Haven.
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
Release: The United States remains deeply concerned about the Ortega-Murillo regime’s unjust detentions of political prisoners and ongoing abuses against members of civil society. We remain committed to applying a range of diplomatic and economic tools to support the restoration of democracy and respect for human...
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: The United States remains deeply concerned about the Ortega-Murillo regime’s unjust detentions of political prisoners and ongoing abuses against members of civil society. We remain committed to applying a range of diplomatic and economic tools to support the restoration of democracy and respect for human ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: On June 14, 2022, a federal grand jury in Greeneville, Tennessee returned a two-count indictment against Garrian King, also known as “Big G," and Rodney Harris, also known as “3rd," both of Chattanooga.
By Solange DeLisle | Jun 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration is now accepting applications for the first round of projects to be funded through the new Competitive Bridge Investment Program.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) sent a letter urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address online marketplaces-including Facebook, eBay, and Amazon-that fail to protect consumers from the fraudulent and deceptive sale of infant formula.
By Press release submission | Jun 14, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to 500 Sails, Inc., Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, to support maritime workforce development.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Yesterday, a federal judge in Miami ordered that a Hialeah resident who allegedly submitted more than $4 million in fraudulent health care claims to Medicare be detained pending trial, after the defendant was arrested on board a jet ski headed south from Key West toward Cuba.
By Solange DeLisle | Jun 14, 2022
As more people look towards Electric Vehicles, the Biden Administration wants to make sure the batteries can be charged in an easy, accessible, reliable, and quick way in areas across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
There were 48 press releases published by the U.S. Economic Development Administration in May.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: Fourteen alleged methamphetamine traffickers were arrested on Wednesday in Operation Kullvid-20, to announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By Solange DeLisle | Jun 14, 2022
A dozen small businesses from across the country have been chosen to receive federal grant dollars to help spark research and development of "innovating transportation technologies."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following statement today after the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed new energy-efficiency standards for residential gas furnaces that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas pollution and save consumers billions of dollars annually on their energy bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that a man who allegedly purchased guns later used in multiple incidents in the United States and Canada has been charged with federal firearm crimes. According to court documents, Demontre Antwon Hackworth, 31, allegedly purchased at least 92 guns from federally licensed firearms dealers, including 75 guns in just six months from a single dealer that later relinquished its seller’s license.
By David Hutton | Jun 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced recently it will provide $27 million to four projects that will promote independent mobility by blending creative business ties, -practices and technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Yesterday a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Juan Hester, a/k/a “Q," age 40, and Davon Rogers, a/k/a “Stew," age 39, both of Baltimore, with the attempted murder of a federal Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA") agent; with using, carrying, and brandishing a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Owen Roth (619) 546-7710 and Assistant U.S. Attorney Shauna R. Prewitt (619) 546-7937.
By Karen Kidd | Jun 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy's announcement last month that it will spend $38 million to decarbonize four of its 17 national laboratories is the agency "leading by example" to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, DOE Secretary, Jennifer M. Granholm, said in a May 25 news release.
