News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Two Portland area men are facing federal charges today for running a local drug trafficking organization responsible for making and distributing hundreds of thousands of counterfeit Oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 51-year-old man who advertised himself as the “Used Car King of New York" has admitted to conspiring to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered the following remarks at the Singapore International Cyber Week Summit. His remarks are below...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury has convicted former City of Atlanta Commissioner of Watershed Management Jo Ann Macrina for accepting bribes from an Atlanta contractor in exchange for steering city business worth millions of dollars to the contractor’s company.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Looking to try a new, exciting career in wildland fire? Whether you want to work outside or in the office, the Bureau of Land Management has various seasonal entry-level fire jobs for you to consider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Larry Arthur King, 39, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

By Karen Kidd | Oct 19, 2022
U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s proposal earlier this month to declare aircraft lead emissions to be a public health danger is a step toward protecting children, the agency's administrator said in a news release

By Tamara Browning | Oct 19, 2022
A former Seattle tech worker has been sentenced to time served and five years probation after a federal jury in June found her guilty of stealing computer power to mine cryptocurrency and personal information of more than 100 million people.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - A South Florida man recently was convicted in a Miami federal district court for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery as well as aiding and abetting the commission of said robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced an Environmental Justice Initiative in coordination with federal, state, and local partners. Community members should report potential violations of environmental law impacting human health and quality of life to the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Demarcus Glenn Was Acquitted in State Court for the May 2019 Murder.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden’s reported plans to further drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in order to bail out Democrats for their failed “rush-to-green" agenda.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Robert Owen Johnson, 55, of Procious, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography.

By Tamara Browning | Oct 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing more than $71 million to help underserved communities through two USDA programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The U.S. Department of Justice has announced more than $2.8 million in grants awarded to agencies and entities to support law enforcement and public safety initiatives in the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Three Additional Defendants Pleaded Guilty to Firearms Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $192,976 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the Western District of Michigan. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence...

By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Special Advisor on International Disability Rights (SAIDR) Sara Minkara will travel to Indonesia October 17-20 for meetings with civil society, government, and business leaders as well as with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat to discuss the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025:...