News from November 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 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 DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2022
News Release: The Office of Justice Programs (OJP)’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) announced today a grant award of almost $2 million to establish the Department of Justice Jails and Justice Support Center to help create and maintain safe environments for people in the custody of the nation’s jails and those who work in jail facilities.
By State Newswire | Nov 25, 2022
Release: Today’s Special Session at the UN Human Rights Council addressed the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, with a particular and appropriate focus on the regime’s brutal acts of repression and violence against women and children, especially girls. Following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Tennessee man on Nov. 21 of filing false tax returns that omitted income he earned from his business.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Nov 25, 2022
A $5.5 million grant was awarded to Rhode Island in accordance with the Biden-Harris administration's Internet for All initiative.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 25, 2022
“HONORING THE WORK OF MR. TROY HEITHECKER“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E1162 on Nov. 17
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2022
News Release: ملاحظة: تمت ترجمة هذا البيان الصحفي إلى لغات مختلفة. راجع المرفقات أدناه.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2022
News Release: 注：本新闻稿被翻译成多种语言，请参阅以下附件。. 司法部今天发布一份备忘录，要求联邦机构审查其提供的语言支援操作和政策，以便加强联邦政府与英语能力有限人士的接触。. “所有在这个国家的人，无论他们讲什么语言，都应该获得参与联邦机构开展或支持的计划和活动的实质机会。"司法部长梅里克·加兰 (Merrick B. Garland) 表示，“司法部致力于与我们的联邦伙伴合作，解决政府服务中的语言障碍问题，这些语言障碍剥夺了个人完全参与经济、社会和公民生活的机会。". 根据行政令13166号《改善英语能力有限人士获得服务的机会》，该备忘录概述了联邦机构改进、现代化和履行其语言支援职责的行动方案。如备忘录所述，在司法支援办公室的协助下，民权司将带头开展协作工作以确定：(1) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Aero Precision LLC, a Washington state firearm manufacturer. The settlement resolves the department’s determination that Aero Precision had a policy of unlawfully screening out certain non-U.S. citizen job candidates, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced today almost $160 million in grant awards to support crime laboratories, fund forensics research, decrease DNA backlogs and help investigators locate missing persons and identify human remains. The funding is administered by OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
By State Newswire Report | Nov 25, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it was concerning to see a restriction on freedom of expression when World Cup players were threatened by FIFA with yellow cards and expulsion if they wore “One Love” armbands during games.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
This week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted regional family summits across the country in support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Dorian Hayden, 26, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
In support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning, the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division hosted its first-ever Family Summit on the Opioid Overdose Epidemic on November 17 in Rosemont, Illinois.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted regional family summits across the country in support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today that Bradley D. Knapp, 43, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 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.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
This week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted regional family summits across the country in support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers of the Southern District of Indiana announced that Jacob Wall, 29, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By Press release submission | Nov 25, 2022
Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., of the Northern District of Illinois, announced that an international drug trafficker who partnered with Mexican drug cartels to purchase and transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine to Chicago and other parts of the United States has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
