News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A man who had sex with a minor was convicted by a jury today after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.Stephen Albert, age 50, from Tama, Iowa, was convicted of one count of sexual abuse by threat and force and one count of sexual abuse of a minor.
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 Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 7, 2022, Dahveed Dean, age 45, an inmate at United States Penitentiary Canaan (USP Canaan), was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for assaulting a federal employee.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A federal workplace safety investigation found that a 34-year-old worker’s fatal fall might have been prevented had the operator of a Pauma Valley zip-line attraction implemented required safety measures.A U.S.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
Release: ROANOKE, Va.-- A man from Atlanta, Ga., was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying a handgun onto his flight on Saturday, March 12, at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
On Sept. 9, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an inspection of My Auto Store after a vehicle lift crushed a worker’s hand in Camden.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
2022 West Africa Mali, Mauritania and Niger NOFO grant opened on March 14.
By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A federal workplace safety investigation into the fatal electrocutions of two 19-year-old apprentices in Adger on Aug. 31, 2021, found their employer might have prevented the incident by ensuring required safety standards were followed, and that adequate supervision and training was provided.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant grant opened on March 14.
By Savannah Howe | Mar 14, 2022
A Howard Beach, New York man associated with the Gambino organized-crime syndicate has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and $75,000 in restitution for his confessed role in an extortion plot involving arson.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
University Partnerships Initiative grant opened on March 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on March 14, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: Dear Mr. Sullivan: In August 2021, the Biden Administration released Aleksei Burkov, a notorious Russian cybercriminal, early from federal custody. Burkov has been described as an “asset of supreme importance" and possibly “one of the most connected and skilled malicious hackers ever apprehended by...
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 14, 2022
The Republic of Korea’s trade minister announced, with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, it will implement export control policies to join the nations standing against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 14, 2022
A first-round of more than $20 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Labor will help several states resolve disparities revealed during the pandemic in how they delivered unemployment insurance benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clarissa Mosley, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today to time served for a counterfeit charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on March 4, 2022, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J. Sison will travel to Bamako, Mali and Paris, France, March 15-22.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. Secretary Blinken and the Foreign Minister discussed Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine and reaffirmed their support to ...
