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News from May 2022


Longtime Missouri juvenile officer indicted on child sex trafficking charge

News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from Hannibal who spent more than 30 years working as a deputy juvenile officer in Missouri state court has been indicted in United States District Court on a felony charge of sex trafficking of a minor.


Peoria Man Sentenced to Nine Months in Prison for “Straw Purchase” of a Firearm

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, man, Dontarius S. Dixon, 29, of the 2800 block of West Larchmont Lane, was sentenced today to nine months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.


Joint Statement from the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom on the establishment of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine

News Release: Begin text: Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at ensuring efficient coordination of their respective support to accountability efforts on the ground. The ACA will reinforce current ...



The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Comer Probes Hunter Biden’s Suspicious Foreign Business Transactions Flagged by U.S. Banks

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today wrote the Biden Administration and several banks and financial institutions about Hunter Biden and Biden family and associates’ suspicious foreign business transactions flagged by U.S. banks. According to recent...


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Anthony Brooks, 30, Middleton, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 42 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.


DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement Following Shooting in Uvalde, Texas

News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) remind the public that sites that provide emergency response and relief are considered protected areas. To the fullest extent possible, ICE and CBP do not conduct immigration enforcement activities in protected ...


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Yesterday, a Mexican national living in Lytle was sentenced to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay $45,000 in restitution for receiving child pornography.


Targeting an Oil Smuggling Network Supporting the IRGC-QF and Hizballah

News Release: The United States remains fully committed to imposing costs on the Iranian regime for its support to terrorist proxies that destabilize the Middle East. To that end, today the United States is designating an international oil smuggling and money laundering network, led by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary ...


South Bend Man Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison

News Release: For Drug Offense. SOUTH BEND - Kelvin Franklin, 39 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Franklin was sentenced...


The US State Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Blinken: Kremlin attack may drive 40 million people 'into extreme poverty and food insecurity'

In conjunction with remarks at the Food Security Ministerial with the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the intention to provide $5 billion in humanitarian aid funding over the next five years to address food insecurity.


Vilsack: USDA continues to add 'state directors to be the face of USDA programs in rural and farm communities

A new executive director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in Hawaii and state director in California were recently announced.


Buttigieg: DOT is taking steps to 'save lives on our roadways'

With recently released estimates showing that traffic fatalities in the nation reached a 16-year high in 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation unveiled its National Roadway Safety Strategy with money from last year's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.


Moy: 'These defendants will now face the consequences for their coordinated investment fraud scheme'

Two people have been sentenced by a federal judge for their part in a “pump-and-dump” securities fraud scheme.


Peterson: NIST discovers 'really good method that's cheaper, faster, better quality' for testing skin allergies

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently announced researchers developed a new technique for testing skin allergies that may be less expensive and more effective than animal testing while retaining the same level of performance.


Mayorkas: New Coast Guard commandant 'is an extraordinary leader, trailblazer and public servant'

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas gave a statement on the confirmation of Admiral Linda L. Fagan as the next U.S. Coast Guard commandant.


Palumbo: 'Water and Energy Efficiency Grants provide communities with the necessary, cost-shared funding to modernize their existing infrastructure'

The Bureau of Reclamation recently selected projects in 11 states, most in the west, to share $17.3 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants.


News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) Anne A. Witkowsky will travel to Accra, Ghana, from May 25 to 27, 2022.