News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: A superseding indictment charging individuals and companies in Europe with violating United States export laws and regulations by attempting to smuggle a dual-use export-controlled item to Russia was unsealed yesterday in the District of Connecticut.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Today, President Biden signed National Security Memorandum-15 (NSM-15), Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness, and Achieving Global Health Security, launching the new National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces a federal jury convicted Scott Lowe, 38, of Denver, of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Organizations interested in better understanding extreme heat in their communities are encouraged to apply for the 2023 Urban Heat Island (UHI) mapping campaign program, managed by NOAA’s National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), in partnership with CAPA Strategies LLC offsite link.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Defendant Sold Counterfeit Opioids Containing Fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Andy Nghiem | Oct 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced joint actions with Mexico to establish a more orderly and secure system to process people fleeing the current humanitarian and economic crisis in Venezuela.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
BJA FY 2022- 2023 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Formula Solicitation grant opened on Oct. 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Both Shouted Insults at Officers Attempting to Secure Area.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: MILWAUKEE Officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) commemorated the 20th anniversary of the federalization of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) this week by recognizing members of the workforce who have been with TSA for 20 years and looking back at the earliest days of TSA and two decades of evolution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Ruckersville, Virginia man, who dealt heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl even after being incarcerated for his crimes, pled guilty today to dealing a fatal dose of fentanyl and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Defendant participated in a $300 Million Nationwide Telemarketing Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was convicted today by a federal jury for his role as the gunman in two armed bank robberies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Clearfield County pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - With the sentencing of the last of 16 defendants, federal prosecutors concluded prosecution of a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization operating primarily within Franklin and Gulf Counties. The convictions and sentences were announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Wilmington, Del. - U.S. Attorney Weiss announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $92,013 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of Delaware. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and other violent criminal activity in the...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Energy 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: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that David Tom, 38, of Barre, Vermont, was sentenced to serve 2 years of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. United States District Court Judge William K. Sessions III also ordered Tom to serve a two-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Billings man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl pills on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation after he tried to flee law enforcement on a dirt bike and discarded a backpack containing drugs and a loaded handgun was sentenced today to seven years and four months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, today announced discretionary grant awards in the amount of $45 million to enhance services for victims of crime across the United States. The grants will fund training, services and resources that will create and improve the response to all crime victims, including victims in historically marginalized communities.
