News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Russellville, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing more than a kilogram of methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: BATAVIA, OH ‒ An employer installing sanitation sewer pipes in a 15-foot-deep trench in Batavia exposed its employees to the hazard of collapsing walls by not installing trench safety boxes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: SPRINGDALE, Utah - On Thursday, March 3, the National Park Service (NPS) will manage a prescribed fire in Zion National Park’s South Campground. Highly trained wildland firefighters from the NPS, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service will manage the fire. They will postpone the operation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - James Pinson, 46, of Wayne County, and Frank Russo, 69, of North Carolina, were sentenced today for their roles in defrauding Toyota of over $4.3 million in connection with a Toyota Customer Support Program. Both men also will be required to pay restitution of up to $4.3 million to Toyota.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Maurice Menafee, also known as “Mo," 32, of New Haven, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with drug and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that David Cooper, 47, of Reading, PA, was sentenced to 32 years in prison, eight years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $2,000 fine by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. for organizing and directing a prolific drug gang from his home located outside of Reading in Muhlenberg Township.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Sam Jackson | Mar 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced a new campaign to help ensure mine operators provide proper training in a Feb. 28 news release.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 3, 2022
In a March 1 statement, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United Nations Human Rights Council must underscore Russia’s obligation to respect international humanitarian law even during its unlawful invasion of Ukraine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A North Hollywood man has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for possessing five firearms and more than 300 rounds of live ammunition inside the Glendale Galleria mall during the holiday shopping season, the Justice Department announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be conducting a prescribed burn on the Newtie King Burn Unit today, Thursday, March 03. Approximately 120 acres are anticipated to be burned, beginning mid-morning and conclude later in the day.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - A Mexican national was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel’s narcotics distribution operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet was sentenced on Feb. 28, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Northwest Arkansas couple has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearings for the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Feb. 28, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State submitted the 2022 edition of the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) to Congress today. This two-volume, Congressionally-mandated report assesses foreign governments’ efforts to reduce illicit drug production, trafficking, and use as well as their work to counter drug trafficking-related money laundering. The INCSR was first published in 1986, and this edition covers calendar year 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A Whitefish man who admitted to defrauding a Montana investor of $2.3 million by falsely claiming to be a former Force Recon Marine and CIA operative who needed funds to run fake CIA rescue missions in foreign countries but instead used the money for personal gain was sentenced today to six years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2022
The US Energy Department published a seven page proposed rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
