News from March 2022
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: Media Contacts: Ana Beatriz Cholo, NPS, 805-750-9356 (cell); e-mail us. Debbie Cannon, USCIS, (202) 281-6615; e-mail us. New American citizens sworn in at naturalization ceremony at Santa Monica Mountains. National Recreation Area. THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.- In a beautiful courtyard in the Santa Monica Mountains...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Richard Ricardo, 26, of Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: WILTON/RIDGEFIELD - On March 21st, 2022, Weir Farm National Historical Park will be premiering the new How to be an Impressionist Painter Virtual Workshop. This five-part virtual series will feature Master Impressionist Dmitri Wright and will highlight the science and poetry of Impressionist landscape painting.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will convene the full Natural Resources Committee for an oversight hearing titled, “Examining the History of Federal Lands and the Development of Tribal Co-Management" on March 8 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. The livestream of the hearing can be viewed here.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Derek David Henderson of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 8 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which measures the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events such as hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses. The SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data by providing detailed, near real-time information on the challenges that small businesses face.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced the newest members of agency leadership working to fulfill our mission to steward America’s public lands and waters, pursue environmental justice, and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: Defendant Was Previously Convicted of Similar Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On March 2, 2021, a federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment charging the owner of Ground Zero Seeds, a grass seed production and wholesale company based in Yamhill, Oregon, for his role in a scheme to defraud the J.R. Simplot Company and its former subsidiary the Jacklin Seed Company.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the need for Congress to examine the current Senate confirmation process of presidentially appointed nominees in an effort to make the process...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Peruvian Foreign Minister César Landa about our shared democratic values and opposition to Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. In addition to discussing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sherri Papini, 39, of Redding, was arrested today on charges of making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer and engaging in mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, and Shasta County Sheriff Michael L. Johnson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former mail carrier pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing nearly 100 sports trading cards worth thousands of dollars from the mail.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Mar 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice announced recently that 10 people have been charged in a 26-county indictment for allegedly defrauding federal healthcare programs of $300 million.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: Dear Mr. President: It has become clear that, in the conduct of their unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and their abhorrent targeting of civilian noncombatants, Vladimir Putin and the armed forces of the Russian Federation are committing war crimes in violation of United States and/or international law.1...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: Erie, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal drugs laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview Field Office, has had an uptick in illegal woodcutting. On Saturday, Feb. 19, BLM law enforcement caught several people who had already felled approximately 32 trees. Several weeks prior, recreation staff found that dozens of green trees had been felled in various locations around the Christmas Valley area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Austin Alan Hall, 40, of Henderson, Texas, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 27 months in prison, plus a special condition that he serve an additional 6 months in a halfway house, for interstate transmission of extortionate communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Kennewick, Washington, man was sentenced today to 145 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and distribution of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 2, 2022, Genrry Estuardo Lopez-Ramirez a/k/a Alex Ariel Lopez-Morales, a/k/a Henry Lopez-Ramirez, age 22, was indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.
