News from March 2022
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Officials with the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument are accepting applications for its summer Artist-in-Residence program. Selected artists receive a one to two-week residency at CSNM during early summer. Artists will create while immersed in a beautiful environment, and share their works with the public. All artists are encouraged to apply, and there is no preference given to any particular style or medium.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Todd D. Robinson traveled to Beirut, Lebanon from March 9-11. While in Beirut, Assistant Secretary Robinson met with members of the Lebanese government and presided over a ceremony commemorating the handover of the Aramoun ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dextavious McCurry, of Commerce, Georgia, has admitted to drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: A woman who distributed methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
As they develop the habits, skills and other traits needed for future success, young people from age 14 to 21 have a limited window of opportunity. That’s why, when school is not in session, out-of-school time organizations provide supervised programs for young people and expose them to career options that prepare them better to enter and succeed in the workforce.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: Freight Carriers Agree to Pay $6.85 Million to Resolve Allegations of Knowingly Presenting False Claims to the Department of Defense.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Windham, age 22, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 46 months' imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for weapons offenses.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A Maple Grove man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for fraudulently applying for $9,619,046.46 from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, out of which he fraudulently obtained and misappropriated more than $1.7 million. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after Senior U.S. District Judge David S. Doty sentenced the defendant.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
While the causes are many and the remedies sometimes complex, the reality for young people from ages 10 to 24 in the nation’s underserved communities is sadly simple: violence and poverty is stopping many from realizing their potential and blocking access to equity in education and employment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that, in total, distributed more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and more than 10 kilograms of heroin, valued at more than $1.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Bobby Babak Khalili, of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty to renovating two apartment complexes in violation of federal Clean Air Act regulations intended to prevent human exposure to toxic airborne asbestos fibers. Khalili, 46, entered a guilty plea to two counts of violating the Clean...
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A federal administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered a Hannibal cement company to pay a worker the company penalized for assisting federal safety investigators during a site visit.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A Meridian man was sentenced to 92 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Two Arkansas men have been sentenced to federal prison for the Distribution of Methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a Scottsdale, Arizona-based ammunition manufacturer to pay compensatory damages, back wages and associated costs to an employee forced from its board of directors after reporting potentially illegal stock transactions.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joseph McGrain, 50, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, attempted obstruction of justice, and obstruction of justice, was sentenced to serve 264 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
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By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
One of New Jersey’s most flagrant violators of federal workplace safety laws – who continually puts workers at risk of serious injuries or worse – is personally liable for $2 million in penalties assessed by the U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A Rogersville, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for three separate cases in which he was convicted of child sexual exploitation, a nearly $1 million investment fraud scheme, and illegally possessing 19 firearms.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Despite the serious consequences of its actions, an Appleton-based contractor was again cited for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector observed six roofers atop a two-story Algoma duplex on Nov. 2, 2021 – about six months after the contractor’s last citations in June 2021.
