News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced today to 12 years and six months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a multi-state drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, oxycodone, heroin, cocaine and cocaine base, also known as “crack," in the Huntington area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls woman who admitted to distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl to an individual, who then died of a drug overdose, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Douglas Owen Law, of Spelter, West Virginia, is facing up to 30 years in prison for traveling to the Philippines to have sex with a minor, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Resource Advisory Council and its Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project Subcommittee will host a field tour on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2022
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) - Region 8 grant opened on May 16.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Nazim Hassam, age 70, of Bartonsville, Pennsylvania, on May 13, 2022 to 60 months in prison and a $150,000 fine for drug trafficking offenses.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2022
Release: The United States welcomes today’s flight between Sana’a, Yemen, and Amman, Jordan, the first commercial flight from Sana’a since 2016. We hope it will enable Yemenis to travel to see loved ones, seek medical care, and find respite from the conflict.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Beginning today, the public will have the opportunity to review and comment on almost $327 million of proposed funding recommendations that will improve the quality of life for residents and visitors in Nevada and portions of Arizona and California from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) Round 19 expenditures. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will accept written comments until June 29, 2022.
By John Kelly | May 16, 2022
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified to the House Judiciary Committee April 28 about ending Title 42, a Trump-Era public health policy that regulated immigration asylum claims during COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: ASHFORD, Wash. - A team of two climbers was rescued by helicopter from the Kautz Climbing Route on May 13, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
“POSSIBILITY OF OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4846-H4850 on May 11
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: FLOWOOD, Ms.- The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event May 20-21, 2022, offering approximately 70 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at South Congaree Arena located at 395 Oak Street, West Columbia, SC. “The BLM has placed more than 240,000 wild horses...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLC ("OHHS"), has paid $1,151,770.50 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and first-degree child sexual abuse of a minor, with aggravating circumstances.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: Recognition includes wreath-laying at Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and commendations for de-escalation work and community outreach PITTSBURGH-.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: Defendant, a Doctor, Designed Software With “Doomsday Counter," Shared in Profits from Ransomware Attacks, and Bragged about Use by Iranian State-Sponsored Hacking Group.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States Magistrate Judge Marshal D. Morgan authorized a criminal complaint against 33 year-old Gilberto E. Raffols-Cuevas, a.k.a. “Tito", of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with production of child exploitation material, coercion and enticement of a minor, possession of child pornography...
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with the Republican leaders of other key committees, including...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: Also later possessed a sawed-off shotgun in vehicle at a hotel.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Lonnie Allen Hill, age 53, of Ames, was sentenced May 12, 2022, to 216 months in prison following his guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. Hill’s term of imprisonment will be followed by five years of supervised release.
