News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kenneth Coffland, age 67, of Riva, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to extortion committed in connection with the operation of a state government contract for information technology (IT) services.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries conducted a wild horse and burro adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on June 11, 2022.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-Join the National Park Service for the 2022 Lotus and Water Lily Festival at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. Experience the annual blooming of lotus and water lily flowers and enjoy music and dance performances, arts and crafts, ranger-led tours and more! The festival will begin July 9 and continue every weekend for the month of July.
By State Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
Release: On the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome in October 2021, the President of the French Republic and the President of the United States affirmed the importance of stronger and more interoperable defense industrial bases in Europe and the United States. In view of the global context and new strategic challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Howard Anson Peterson, of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months of incarceration for a fentanyl charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Lamark Hall, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, has admitted to a cocaine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: Incident Commander(s): Sunbear Vierra, Alvin “Christopher" Romo - Trainee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: Family-based organization alleged to have ten-year history of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has resolved its civil suit on behalf of the U.S. Secretary of Labor against Local 98, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“Local 98") for violating the Labor-Management Reporting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Lynch, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Trina Thomas | Jun 13, 2022
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) came to the rescue of a 1-year-old girl after she was kidnapped in Mexico by human smugglers.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
Release: APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of Dragon Fruit (Selenicereus undatus) for consumption from the Dominican Republic. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Stoughton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Shawn Phillips, age 44, of Baton Rouge, to 33 months in federal prison following his conviction for wire fraud, to run consecutively to his pending state charges. The Court further sentenced Phillips to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $50,718.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Five people face charges including bank and wire fraud for allegedly using false information to secure thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds.
By Bob Pepalis | Jun 13, 2022
Enough humanitarian aid to fill more than 1,000 trucks have reached an area in Ethiopia that has been in desperate need of assistance for several months, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced June 7.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: - June 13, 2021 National Park Service Regional Director Mike Reynolds announced the selection of Brandon Flint as the superintendent for a group of three parks in Wyoming and Utah. The park group includes Golden Spike National Historical Park, Fossil Butte National Monument and Timpanogos Cave National...
By State Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
Release: Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Sara Minkara will visit New York from June 13-17, where she will lead the U.S. Observer Delegation to the 15th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP15). The delegation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Glen Michael Martinka, 72, of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.