News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Kountze man has been indicted for a federal firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: The United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas speaks from Singapore, during Singapore International Cyber Week. The Secretary’s trip to the region aims to enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s close cooperation with partners in the Indo-Pacific region on a wide range of critical security matters. He takes questions from participating journalists.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal grand jury on Oct. 12 returned a four-count superseding indictment against Malcolm Torres charging him with first degree felony murder, second degree murder of a child, assault...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Dominican national admitted to a federal judge on Monday that, while visiting Providence in March 2022, he participated in a criminal drug conspiracy that law enforcement alleges imported multiple packages containing a kilogram or more of cocaine, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for distributing cocaine after previously receiving at least two felony convictions for controlled substance offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Due to the lack of adequate snow cover in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and Steese National Conservation Area, the summer off-highway vehicle (OHV) limitations will remain in effect until October 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Dartis Cobb (35, St. Petersburg) with one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. If convicted, Cobb faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Luis Manuel Quesada Rodriguez, age 32, Alex Rivera Ramos, age 30, and Pedro Diaz, age 27, all from York, Pennsylvania, were each sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 120 months’ imprisonment for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Lester Taylor Barnhouse, 43, of Craigsville, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SONOMA, CA - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $54,935 in lost wages for 14 farmworkers after an investigation found that a California grape grower gave workers employed under the H-2A agricultural worker program more hours and better wages than those provided to U.S. workers, in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for defrauding 19 victims - some of whom he developed romantic relationships with - and then laundering the proceeds of his scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Rodriguez-Chavez had convictions for aggravated assault, domestic abuse, and attempted robbery while illegally in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Jesus Enriquez Pimentel (41, Mexico) to five years and six months in prison and Tomas Borjas Mendez (38, Texas) to four years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine internationally. Pimentel and Mendez had pleaded guilty on June 28, 2022, and July 5, 2022, respectively.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today seven Sports Envoy programs being held around the world during the month of October. The Sports Envoy program sends professional American athletes and coaches on weeklong experiences to engage in sports-based programming that encourage stronger, more peaceful ties between Americans and people of other countries.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Immediate Help for Over 13,000 Distressed USDA Farm Loan Borrowers; Begins process to provide up to $500 million more for up to 23,000 additional borrowers
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (R-NC), along with Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Tom Emmer (R-MN), the top Republicans on each Committees’ Oversight...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
