News from November 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities today held a news conference to inform the public of their ongoing efforts to stem the widespread damage caused by fentanyl, the extremely dangerous synthetic opioid that has contaminated nearly every corner of the illicit drug market and is killing Americans at an unprecedented level.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Commerce 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: LOS ANGELES - A former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison for accepting cash payments and other benefits to help an organized crime-linked person, including taking official action designed to help two foreign nationals gain entry into the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Kilan Nicks, also known as “Low," 26, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl, and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - A federal criminal complaint was filed Thursday charging a Tucson man with bank robbery.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of $59.4 million to support the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Programs (GusNIP) Produce Prescription and Nutrition Incentive programs designed to encourage families and individuals to eat more healthfully...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Two former employees of the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs entered guilty pleas in a $2.9 million embezzlement scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor and Cooper Health System have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve alleged hiring and compensation discrimination at the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in Camden.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Concord, NH - Early this morning, “Fugitive of the Week," Samuel Jeff Warren, 31 years-of-age of Rochester was found hiding in a locked closet. Mr. Warren had been wanted on multiple outstanding arrest warrants, including a Strafford County warrant for bail violations/failure to appear on an original narcotics offense, as well as multiple district court warrants for resisting arrest or detention, assault and failing to pay restitution on a theft offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Beyah Islam “Bear" Basha, 44, of Perry, Florida, was sentenced to thirty years in federal prison after being convicted following a jury trial on Aug. 23, 2022, on charges of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former UCLA decathlete who also competed with the Philippines national team was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for fraudulently raising more than $45 million from investors who were told their funds would be used to finance companies marketing cannabis vape pens.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: A former supervisory correctional officer at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for his role in the assault of an inmate and his leadership of a multi-year conspiracy to cover up the abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury sitting in McAllen has convicted a 52-year-old woman for conspiracy to commit murder for hire, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Brian Stoffel, 38, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges for using a victim’s identity to steal money from the victim’s bank accounts and get fraudulent loans in the victim’s name, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
Release: Nicholas Berliner took up his duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary in September 2022. In the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs he is responsible for Russia, as well as Non-Proliferation, Security Assistance, and Arms Control.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
Marine Carbon Dioxide Remove (mCDR): Research and Development for Asesing Large Scale Carbon Removal and Local Scale Ocean Acidification Mitigation grant opened on Nov. 22.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: NOAA, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe (PACIT) and Louisiana Sea Grant are partnering to launch a new pilot project that builds relationships and strengthens community resilience to natural disasters and the effects of climate change.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley field offices will begin seasonal closures on Dec. 1, 2022. Seasonal closures protect wintering wildlife and reduce damage to roads. Most areas will continue to be open to non-motorized and non-mechanized recreation opportunities such as hiking, snowshoeing, and horseback riding.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Julio A. Rodriguez, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 174 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
