News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - Adalberto Fructuoso Comparan-Rodriguez, a/k/a “Fruto," the former mayor of Aguililla, Mexico and, according to the allegations, a leader of the United Cartels in Michoacán, Mexico, made his initial appearance in federal court in Miami, Florida today after his extradition from Guatemala. A South Florida grand jury returned an indictment charging Comparan-Rodriguez with drug trafficking crimes in April 2021.
By State Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Mexico City, Mexico, on June 14 to meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and other government officials to continue ongoing engagement to accelerate cooperation in tackling the climate crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The former counselor at Pinch Elementary in Kanawha County pleaded guilty today to attempted production of child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Richard Beldon Waters III, 29, formerly of Contra Costa County, was sentenced today to four years in prison for bank fraud and possession of stolen U.S. mail, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
FY 2022 Tribal Solid Waste Grant grant opened on June 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced today to four years and two months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: AUSTIN - A Round Rock woman was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for embezzling from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Carl Martin, 37, of Colchester, Vermont, was convicted on five of six counts on June 10, 2022, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, following a five-day jury trial before United States District Judge William K. Sessions III.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park wildlife biologists and park rangers responded to Elkmont Campground on Sunday, June 12, following a bear incident that resulted in human injury. After an investigation and on-the-site monitoring, wildlife biologists successfully captured the responsible bear. Due to the risk to human safety, the bear was humanly euthanized on Monday, June 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerell Adgebesan, age 34, of Baltimore and Hagerstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to participating in the June 25, 2016, murders of three individuals in Mercersburg, Franklin County, one of whom...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Preston County residents were sentenced today for their roles in an insurance fraud scheme, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By State Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
Coalition Training for Women Parliamentarians grant opened on June 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ramar A. Brown, 26, Middleton, Wisconsin was sentenced on Friday, June 10 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 40 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This prison term will be followed by 36 months of supervised release. Brown pleaded guilty to this charge on March 7, 2022.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management will host an in-person public meeting to hear comments regarding oil and gas lease sale decisions made by the Rio Puerco and Farmington field offices. These decisions authorized the lease of 42 parcels for oil and gas development, pursuant to the December 2018 Rio Puerco Field Office lease sale, November 2019 Rio Puerco Field Office lease sale, and February 2020 Rio Puerco and Farmington field offices lease sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Tyrone Atcitty Nez was charged by criminal complaint with second degree murder in Indian Country. Nez...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.) sent letters to five public relations (PR) firms-FTI Consulting, Story Partners, DDC Advocacy, Blue Advertising, and Singer Associates-that conduct...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Vermont residents Steven T. Browne, 37, of Shoreham, and Kayla Ramos, 22, of Rutland, have been detained in federal custody after their arraignment on a charge of possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ana Amesquita, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of incarceration for bank fraud, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2022
News Release: UPDATE: June 13, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.