News from March 2022
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park announces temporary and intermittent closures of all three of the park’s observation towers for safety inspections. Structural engineers will inspect all three of the park’s observation towers from April 5 to April 8. Inspections will take place via vertical access (rappelling)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Montanez Miller, 25, Racine, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 37 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This prison term will be followed by a 2-year period of supervised release. Miller pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 21, 2022.
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
Release: During today’s High-Level Pledging Event on Supporting the Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan, the United States announced we are providing nearly $204 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help the people of Afghanistan, bringing the total amount to more than $720 million since August 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Mark Robert Unkenholz, age 60, of Hanover, Maryland, for willful transmission and retention of National Defense Information (NDI). The indictment was returned on March 29, 2022 and unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Jonathan Leslie Carver, 27, of Nebo, N.C., was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison today for the production of child pornography, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Carver’s prison sentence will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release and he will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Join an experienced bird guide to learn about both migrating and local bird species found at Tonto National Monument. Acquire tips and tricks for identifying birds and gain an appreciation for species found in the Sonoran Desert, including the Gila Woodpecker and the Turkey Vulture.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today against Joel Jose Rueda, 29, of Fresno, charging him with escaping from federal custody, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, Calif. - The National Park Service (NPS) is initiating a public planning process and 30-day comment period for the Tomales Point area of Point Reyes National Seashore. This plan will update the management guidance of this wilderness-designated peninsula, including management of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: Three men have been sentenced to federal prison in separate but related cases in which they admitted providing forced labor for south Georgia farms.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke before the Rules Committee during a hearing on H.R. 6833, an attempt by Democrats to revive socialist drug pricing in the tax and spending spree and give Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) a pass to keep hiding savings from patients.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
Release: HONOLULU - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) Wednesday celebrated the career and retirement of Bruno, a four-year-old Labrador Retriever who is trained as an explosive detection canine, and his handler Kathy.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Public Lands Foundation presented a Landscape Stewardship Certificate of Appreciation award to Wesley Hipke, manager of the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA) recharge program for the Idaho Water Resource Board, during the Board’s regular work session meeting today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Shuron Howard, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal jury has found an Orange County real estate investor who successfully flipped foreclosed homes guilty of three federal criminal tax charges, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that ANTHONY PIERCE UNOCIC, age 52, of Cheyenne, Wyoming pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition at a change of plea hearing on March 10, 2022 before Chief United States District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl. Sentencing has been set for June 1, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - On March 28, 2022, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas held a virtual meeting with Australian Minister of Home Affairs Karen Andrews to discuss continued cooperation between the United States and Australia on efforts to increase cybersecurity preparedness and combat violent...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Charles “Man Man" Thompson to 45 years in prison today. The 35-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty in January 2020 to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine; three counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death; and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, Ph.D., head of EchoMail, Inc., detailing evidence obtained by the Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN- Randy Grayson, 43, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Cumberland man made an initial appearance in federal court on Wednesday, charged with allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
