News from November 2022

By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
Strength in Partnership: Call for Proposals grant opened on Nov. 22.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
Release: MR TEK: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today’s call. Our call this morning is on the record and.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Brian Martell Smith, 43, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to three years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and for possessing a firearm with a removed, obliterated, or altered serial number.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very much. First, I really just want to thank all of our colleagues here today from the Qatar Foundation, from the Ministry of Sports, from Generation Amazing, who are doing such wonderful work. And the spotlight’s on it now because of the World Cup - what’s so...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: TOLEDO - A federal jury today convicted Antuan Wynn, 47, of Toledo, Ohio, Marquise Figures, 37, of Wayne, Ohio, and Christopher Simpson, 31, of Toledo, Ohio, of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed large quantities of cocaine, cocaine base (crack) and fentanyl throughout the Toledo area.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A federal jury convicted two men Tuesday of multiple counts of drug trafficking. Additionally, one of the defendants was convicted of domestic and international money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: A Louisiana man was sentenced yesterday to 12 months and one day in prison for possessing dogs for the purpose of using them in an animal fighting venture.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: A former Tribal government official of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) was sentenced today to six years and three months in prison for a bribery scheme involving soliciting and accepting bribes and kickbacks from a contractor providing construction services on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, which is the home of the MHA Nation.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: BRANDON, Fla. - All Disaster Recovery Centers in Florida for Hurricane Ian will close for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend from Thursday, Nov. 24 through Sunday, Nov. 27. Centers will reopen at their regular hours Monday, Nov. 28.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Vladimir Natera Abreu was sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking by United States District Court Judge Silvia Carreño Coll.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the Biden administration’s request to Congress for $3 billion in emergency supplemental funding to provide rooftop solar and storage for low-income households and household with persons with disabilities in Puerto Rico. The funding would be administered by the Department of Energy (DOE).

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: CLEVELAND - A Cleveland man was charged in a superseding indictment with distributing narcotics that led to the overdose death of another individual in January 2022.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted an Illinois woman yesterday for conspiring to defraud Medicare of over $6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 21-year-old Mexican citizen has been sent to prison following his conviction of conspiracy to transport over four thousand pounds of marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - David Stanley, 46, of Bolt, was sentenced today to three years and five months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for retaliation against a government witness.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In accordance with congressional direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management is initiating 30-day scoping periods to receive public input on potential oil and gas lease sales on 35 parcels in Nevada totaling 63,603.89 acres and 18 parcels in Utah totaling nearly 31,808 acres.

By Homeland Newswire Report | Nov 22, 2022
U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) shared his concerns regarding Chinese ownership of agricultural land in the United States in a blog posted over the summer and with his support of a proposal to restrict such sales.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Dominican drug lord Cesar Emilio Peralta-Adamez, also known as “El Abusador," plead guilty to drug trafficking charges, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Two Providence brothers previously convicted in New York state court on violent crime charges are facing federal charges following the seizure of five firearms, including four “ghost guns," and ammunition during searches of their residences as part of a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) investigation, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.