News from March 2022

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a gang member Tuesday morning in the desert area, east of the city.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX - The Justice40 Initiative provides a unique opportunity to enhance the way the EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) approaches legacy cleanup decisions, EM-LA Manager Michael Mikolanis said during a panel session at the 2022 Waste Management Symposia last week.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jordan Paul Plotner, of Charles Town, West Virginia, was indicted today on a failure to register charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Eagle Pass South Station Marine Unit located a deceased individual in the Rio Grande March 10.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
A Moline, Illinois, man, Mark Eugene Downing, 44, of the 1200 Block of 15th Street, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2022, to attempted enticement of a minor and soliciting an obscene visual depiction of a minor.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
Today a federal jury convicted Darius Letrayal King, 29, of Killeen for carjacking and armed robberies of area Killeen stores.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers that inspect packages at the Express Consignment Operation (ECO) hub in Louisville see a variety of illegal items arriving and departing the U.S. Recently, however, CBP officers seized three packages in a 24-hour timeframe concealing watches, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and rings totaling over $4.55 million.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
On February 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in the paperwork as a high school cookbook.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement congratulating Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Shalanda Young on her Senate confirmation to be Director of OMB...

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., last week sent a letter urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to finalize the proposal that applies all pharmacy price concessions, known as direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees, to drug prices at the point of sale in Oregon and nationwide.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that REYNAUD KENDRELL VARISTE (“VARISTE”), age 32, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 81 months imprisonment and a $200.00 mandatory special assessment fee after pleading guilty in federal court to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A) and possession with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). Upon release from imprisonment, VARISTE will be placed on supervised release for 3 years.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
A suburban Chicago man has pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge for taking dozens of sexually explicit photographs of a three-year-old child.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted three migrant smuggling events with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) resulting in 27 arrests.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: Ferguson: Dems’ Big-Government Socialist Spending is Bleeding Americans Dry.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
On March 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in the paperwork as porridge.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Cole Hess, 34, of Morrisville, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve 87 months in prison for distribution of a modified depiction of child pornography. United States District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Hess to serve a 15-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.

By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and Border Patrol agents teamed up Tuesday to rescue a group of 10 undocumented migrants from Haiti left stranded by smugglers in Desecheo island.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jason Evans, age 47, formerly of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of bank fraud, in connection with two separate fraud schemes, to aggravated identity theft, and to violating his supervised release on a previous federal bank fraud conviction.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation announced the launch of a major supply chain initiative, Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW), to help speed up delivery times and reduce consumer costs.