News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - Three Nashville, Tennessee, men and a Nashville woman are facing federal charges following a multi-agency pursuit that began in Nashville and ended in Clarksville, Tenn., announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn sentenced Blake Forest Watson, 65, of Nebo, N.C., to 180 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Judge Cogburn ordered Watson to serve a lifetime under court supervision upon completion of the prison term and to register as a sex offender.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2022
U.S. Alumni Capacity Building grant opened on May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Eric Michael Smith, 41, of Redding, pleaded guilty today to being a serial arsonist in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Attempted to Strike Independence Officer with his Truck Before Leading Officers on High-Speed Chase.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2022
AML/CFT Capacity Building in the Federal Republic of Nigeria grant opened on May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Eric R. Olah (619) 546-7540.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s intended plans to redeploy troops to Somalia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: A man who sought out and obtained depictions of child pornography, including infants and toddlers, on the dark web was sentenced today to more than seven years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2022
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant (EMBAG) grant opened on May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Florida has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Rebecca Gilliam, 34, of Grayson, Kentucky, was sentenced on Thursday, May 19, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick to five and a half years in prison after Gilliam pleaded guilty to her role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and acetyl fentanyl in the Toledo area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 30th, 2022, the DEA Phoenix Field Division, along with our law enforcement and community partners collected 8,215 pounds of unneeded prescription medications throughout the State of Arizona, as part of DEA’s on-going commitment to prevent addition and reduce overdose deaths. Nationwide, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with a thwarted Fourth of July 2021 murder scheme.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2022
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER HAYASHI: Tony, I am delighted to welcome you in Tokyo. And amid the lovely evolving strategic environment surrounding us, it is significant that we are able to hold a Quad leaders’ meeting tomorrow here in Tokyo supporting our ministerial meeting in February. And notwithstanding ongoing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE- On April 30, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their support for DEA’s annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off more than 720,000 pounds of unneeded medications at 5,144 collection sites. Since 2010, DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, has collected nearly 16 million pounds of unneeded prescription medications.
By Caleb Lombardo | May 23, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice submitted documents to allow baby formula manufacturer Abbott Labs reopen its factory in Michigan.
By John Kelly | May 23, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed $1.6 billion in preparedness grants.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on May 24.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) were joined by U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing a concurrent resolution welcoming His Excellency Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, to the United States for an address to a joint meeting of Congress.
