News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. -Raymond Malara (38, Tampa) was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana. The Court also ordered Malara to forfeit $ 37,820, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense. Malara had pleaded guilty on Aug. 3, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Duncan managed the prostitution activity of a 17-year-old girl.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Brady, Smith Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral House Bill Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.
By Press release submission | Mar 9, 2022
The U.S. Department of State is restarting the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) Direct Access Program for U.S.-Affiliated Iraqis (Iraqi P-2 Program).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
More than $144 million in funding is available to states and tribes for abandoned mine land reclamation projects, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu said during a visit to Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: “Smallmouth bass are an invasive predatory species that will threaten our wild and native trout populations if they become established in the upper Yellowstone River. Since anglers are highly effective at suppressing invasive fish in waters where they coexist with native species such as cutthroat trout...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Lucedale man pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge David Denton of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By Press release submission | Mar 9, 2022
As members of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA), we commend the courage, dignity, and determination of the people of Ukraine and their leadership.
By Press release submission | Mar 9, 2022
Environmental DNA, or eDNA, is an evolving new tool that helps us understand the ecosystems below the waves.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on a provision she secured in the omnibus, which grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate synthetic nicotine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against Defendant Raymond A. Erker, 50, of Avon, Ohio, following a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland. Erker, a former investment advisor, was convicted of stealing more than $9.3 million from clients in a Ponzi scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) are seeking public feedback on options to rehabilitate or replace the Fryingpan Creek Bridge located on the road to Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Inola, Okla. March 25-26, at the Riverbend Arena. The two-day event, featuring 120 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 25. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, March 25, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 26. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed yesterday charging JAMES ARIEL PENNINGTON, 45, of Los Angeles, California, on charges of interference with a flight attendant and assault on a federal officer with physical contact, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) led all Republican members of the Energy and Committee on a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm urging them to end Russian imports of crude oil and lower energy prices in America by producing more energy here at home.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE PEREZ, 40, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. On Sept. 24, 2021, a jury found Perez guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Murder in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Sodinokibi/REvil Ransomware Defendant Extradited to United States and Arraigned in Texas.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Release: The Kremlin is intentionally spreading outright lies that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and biological weapons activities in Ukraine. We have also seen PRC officials echo these conspiracy theories. This Russian disinformation is total nonsense and not the first time Russia has invented such false claims against another country. Also, these claims have been debunked conclusively and repeatedly over many years.
