News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: Defendant stole at least 15 packages from the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kasem Damone Humphrey, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to four years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release for robbing a bank in Ayden, North Carolina. On December 7, 2021, Alexis Baez Morales, 40, pled guilty to the charges.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening. It’s wonderful to be able to see all of you, except I wish it was not here – I wish it was actually in Kyiv or somewhere else in Ukraine. I’m first of all very sorry that – I know some of you have had very challenging journeys just to get here, but I’m grateful to see each of you. I know from so much of the work that that you’ve been doing that over these years, you’ve been building civil society, building democracy in Ukraine.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: Since President Putin launched his unprovoked, unjustified, and unconscionable invasion of Ukraine over a week ago, the international community across continents has spoken with powerful unity to denounce Russia’s aggression and demand its cessation. Giving voice and purpose to that common cause requires ready international venues such as the United Nations, where the Russian government and its dwindling supporters cannot impede scrutiny of their actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Friday, March 4, 2022, after a four-day trial, a federal jury found Ivan Isho, 44, of Peoria, Arizona, guilty of two counts of wire fraud, one count of false impersonation of a federal officer, and stalking, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
Release: The United States is committed to addressing terrorist activity in ungoverned spaces in Syria through the judicious use of our counterterrorism tools and constructive engagement with our partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The former Chief of Staff to the now-convicted former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia III was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for making false statements in connection with lying to federal authorities about her salary-kickback arrangement with the former Mayor.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER LANDSBERGIS: (Via interpreter) Colleagues, good morning. I’m delighted with the opportunity to welcome the U.S. State Secretary and a good friend of mine, Antony Blinken, in Lithuania. We had an opportunity to discuss key and most concerning issues, including Russian war against Ukraine ...
By Timothy Stuckey | Mar 7, 2022
An advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its recommendations on how the EPA can utilize investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to meet the needs of local governments as well as federal environmental goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Juan Carlos Cortez-Gomez, 44, of Riverbank, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 70 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons grant opened on March 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sheldon Livingston, 22, of Pinedale, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was arraigned in federal court today on a charge of aggravated sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Brooke Janine Hayes, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A Romanian national, who traveled to the United States and participated in an ATM skimming conspiracy, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER LAPID: Okay, I’ll go first. So I came here to meet with a friend and a partner in a moment in which world order is changing. The war that is going on in the Ukraine - in Ukraine and the nuclear talks in Vienna are events that are changing the world as we know it.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is joining an array of government, non-profit and private organizations to raise public awareness about widespread and emerging scams during National Consumer Protection Week.
By Press Release | Mar 7, 2022
Extensive repairs to a seven-mile section of US Route 209 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will begin this week and are expected to be completed by the end of the year.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
Release: AMBASSADOR FISHER: Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Great to see everybody. Mr. Secretary, it is an honor to join in welcoming you to Vilnius in this meet and greet with your team and their families. Allow me to start us off with just a few words about the Vilnius team, if I can.
