News from March 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Virginia Beach resident from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight on Wednesday, March 30.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Jose Manuel Chavez Zepeda, 54, of Carmichael, and Denis Zacarias Ponce Castillo, 37, of Sacramento, charging them with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Because the Juniper Project may affect golden eagle nests and territories, KG-BM prepared an Eagle Conservation Plan (ECP) and applied for two eagle take permits associated with KG-BM’s mining operations at the Bald Mountain Mine: one permit for take of golden eagle nests during resource development...

By John Kelly | Mar 31, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is putting $2.4 million toward next-generation energy storage technologies.

By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
Release: The United States will continue to impose severe costs on the Russian Federation in response to President Putin’s illegal war. Today, we are targeting entities and individuals in our efforts to shut down the Kremlin’s sanctions evasion networks, which play an important role in the Russian Federation’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Defendant was the director of advanced research at a Massachusetts biotechnology firm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A Southern California businessman has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally brokering the sales of embargoed defense articles from the People’s Republic of China and filing a false corporate tax return.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on March 28, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced new standards for screening transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming airline passengers at TSA checkpoints to improve the screening experience for all passengers.

By Tamara Browning | Mar 31, 2022
A reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of an alleged Guatemalan drug kingpin indicted on Jan. 29, 2019, in San Diego is being offered by the U.S. Department of State

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Charleston, WV - The U.S. Marshals of the Southern District of West Virginia, Cops United Felony Fugitive Enforcement Division (CUFFED) Task Force is working with the Bluefield Police Department and offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of two Bluefield women accused of killing a 13-year-old girl.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 31, 2022
General Electric Co. is required to cleanup a portion of the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site, the EPA has determined in its Revised Final Permit issued earlier this month.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 2 years probation on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND Maine: A Waldoboro woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to Social Security fraud and Theft of Public Money, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash.-The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is launching Operation Engage in Spokane, Washington. Operation Engage Spokane is a comprehensive community-level approach to address the drug epidemic through prevention strategies, facilitating conversations and collaboration with local partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Marquail Jones, age 42, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Timothy Foley, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
For Coast Guard members who are pursuing or who are interested in pursuing higher education, this message is for you.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s (NPS) oldest active ranger, retired today after a decade and a half of sharing her personal experiences and the efforts of women from diverse backgrounds who worked on the World War II Home Front.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Hurricane man was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee today released the following statement in recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility.