News from May 2022

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that PRESTON RAY WISENBAKER, age 31, of Gillette, Wyoming was sentenced for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime on April 21, 2021, in front of Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. Wisenbaker was ordered to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release and to pay a $100 special assessment.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 10.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: Due to a break in the water line, the Happy Hollow Cold Springs Fountain located on Fountain Street, is closed for repairs. The timeframe for reopening the fountain is unknown at this time. Updates will be posted on our social media Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/HotSpringsNPS and our Park website www.nps.gov/hosp as they become available.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that Patrick Dwayne Murphy, age 53, of Vernon, Oklahoma was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty by a federal jury of Murder - Second Degree in Indian Country, Murder in Indian Country in Perpetration of Kidnapping, and Kidnapping Resulting in Death. The life sentences on each count were ordered to run concurrently.

By State Newswire | May 11, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States, I congratulate President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on his election as the Philippines’ next president. We look forward to working with President-elect Marcos to strengthen the enduring alliance between the United States and the Philippines. Our special partnership is...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - In honor of National Police Week, United States Attorney Ashley C. Hoff recognizes the dedication, service and sacrifice of federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement. This year, the week is observed Wednesday, May 11 through Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Yesterday, a federal district judge in Miami sentenced the last of 10 defendants for her role in a health care fraud scheme involving three physical therapy clinics that recruited and paid kickbacks to beneficiaries of Blue Cross Blue Shield health benefit programs (BCBS) and submitted false claims to BCBS for services that the clinics never provided to the beneficiaries or were not medically necessary.
By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Eric R. Olah (619) 546-7540.

By Tamara Browning | May 11, 2022
State wildlife agencies now have access to $56 million in State Wildlife Grant (SWG) funding to develop programs to save and conserve endangered animals and their habitats.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares Allegedly Abused His Official Position to Protect Cocaine Shipments and Murder a Rival Drug Trafficker as Part of a Conspiracy Involving High-Ranking Honduran Politicians and Members of the Honduran National Police.
By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2022
Release: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for U. S. Agency for International Development.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: In honor of National Police Week, Richard G. Frohling and Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorneys for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, recognize the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement. This year, the week is observed Wednesday, May 11 through Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Uriah Davis, 40, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court today for a preliminary and detention hearing where he was charged with bank robbery. Davis will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal jury has convicted Jesse Carter, 31, of Cincinnati, with illegally possessing a machine gun and possessing a pistol and ammunition after previously being convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Enticed a Minor to Send Sexually Explicit Videos on WhatsApp and Threatened to Publicly Release Them - “I’m Ready to Make U Famous. Any Last Words?".
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 21 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on her conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.