News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Donna Silva, 44, of Lowell, Massachusetts pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 5, 2022, John E. Fredenburgh (age: 37) of the Village of Suring, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison by Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited Minnesota today to announce $61.1 million in grant funding is available to communities in 26 cities across the United States to create new parks and trails, or substantial renovations to existing parks, through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland met virtually yesterday with Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Iryna Venediktova, together with the Attorneys General of the Five Eyes countries: the United Kingdom’s Attorney General, Suella Braverman; Australia’s Attorney General, Michaelia Cash; Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, David Lametti; and New Zealand’s Attorney General, David Parker.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jason Michael Herman, age 39, of Pine Grove, PA, was sentenced on May 5, 2022, to 120 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Rogers man was sentenced today to 60 years in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Production of Child Pornography and one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A former Corvallis, Oregon lawyer pleaded guilty today for perpetrating a scheme to defraud her clients and use their payments to fund personal expenses.
By DOE Newswire | May 6, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | May 6, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Defendant is Second to Plead Guilty to Attack on MPD Officer Who Was Dragged Into Crowd of Rioters.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Kyte Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct with Two Minor Females in Order to Produce Images or Videos of that Conduct.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a commitment of $50 million to assist eligible apparel manufacturers of worsted wool suits, sport coats, pants, or Pima cotton dress shirts; Pima cotton spinners; and wool fabric manufacturers and wool spinners. The new Cotton and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Two Puerto Rico Mayors Arrested and Charged with Accepting Bribes.
By Press release submission | May 6, 2022
Today, Administrator Power met with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to supporting the Armenian people and strengthening ties between the U.S. and Armenia
By Press release submission | May 6, 2022
Today, as part of President Biden’s initiative to strengthen global infrastructure, USAID launched Digital Invest, a new blended finance program that seeks to mobilize private capital for digital finance and internet service providers (ISPs) serving traditionally excluded consumer populations worldwide.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Guy Menard Charles, 51, of Naples, FL, was convicted after trial of 23 counts of fraud and identity theft for filing false federal income tax returns as part of a scheme to fraudulently reduce taxes and inflate the tax refund amounts claimed on tax returns he prepared for his clients.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Dr. Cary Fowler, a noted agriculturalist, has joined the Department of State as U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security. Best known as the “father” of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Dr. Fowler brings decades of commitment and a depth of experience leading multilateral efforts, including at United ...
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Central States Pension Plan request for billions in bailout assistance from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)...
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ) will evaluate a Biennial Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise for Delaware communities around the Salem - Hope Creek Generating Station. The exercise will occur during the week of May 9, 2022 to assess the ability of the State of Delaware to respond to an emergency at the nuclear facility.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2022
Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Gabonese Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo today in Libreville. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Minister Moussa Adamo discussed the strong U.S.-Gabonese bilateral relationship, regional security issues, collaboration in multilateral institutions including the UN Security Council, and shared commitment to address health and climate challenges.
