News from March 2022
By Savannah Howe | Mar 15, 2022
A former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives was reportedly indicted for a long history of political corruption earlier this month.
By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
The 13th member of Macon’s “Get Dat Money” (GDM) methamphetamine drug trafficking organization was sentenced to serve more than 17 years in prison resulting from a lengthy investigation into the network’s illegal activities throughout Middle Georgia.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced their Israel Relations Normalization Act was included in the FY2022 bipartisan funding agreement, which passed the Senate by a vote of 68-31.
By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
Co-defendants Marquis Moore, age 35, and Milek Rankin, age 29, both of Baltimore, each pleaded guilty to committing a series of armed commercial robberies and to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Moore entered his guilty plea on March 7, 2022 and Rankin pleaded guilty today.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of Slovenia and the United States of America.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
Release: The United States is providing over $186 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support internally displaced persons and the more than three million refugees affected by Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war in Ukraine. This will provide further support for humanitarian organizations responding to the crisis and complement the generosity of the neighboring countries that are welcoming and supporting refugees.
By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, Rep. Ro Khanna, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, will hold a hearing to examine the urgent need for the federal government to adopt better wildfire preparation measures, and discuss the human toll of wildfires that are becoming larger and more severe due to drought, global warming, and other climate stressors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Gentry woman was sentenced yesterday to 280 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and one count of Money Laundering. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma pleaded guilty today to second degree murder in Indian Country in connection with a homicide that took place in 2015 in Oklahoma.According to court documents, in May 2015, John Douglas Knight, 41, and Matthew Armstrong, 32.
By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
A federal grand jury has charged a previously convicted felon with possessing ammunition during a shoot-out with another man.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Ivoirian Prime Minister Patrick Achi in Washington, D.C. They emphasized the importance of standing together when democracy is threatened across the globe and condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ...
By Press release submission | Mar 15, 2022
A man charged with conducting ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya, made his initial appearance and was arraigned today in the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), joined over 100 bipartisan cosponsors including Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), and the co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus led by U.S. Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Andy Harris (R-Md.), in introducing the Ukrainian Independence Park Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jennifer Hansen has pleaded guilty to three counts of filing false tax returns. Hansen faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison for each count.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant opened on March 15.
By Caleb Lombardo | Mar 15, 2022
The Farmington Field office of the Bureau of Land Management welcomed another experienced addition to its staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RAY FONTANEZ, also known as “Pun," 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
FY22 Community Policing Development (CPD) Invitational Solicitation grant opened on March 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: Louisiana-based company Power Performance Enterprises Inc. (PPEI) and its President and owner, Kory B. Willis, pleaded guilty to criminal charges today in federal court in Sacramento, California. Both defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act and to violating the Clean Air Act by tampering with the monitoring devices of emissions control systems of diesel trucks.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Correcting the Public Record: Reforming Federal and Presidential Records Management." In his statement, Portman highlighted...
