News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Tiffany Brown has been indicted for allegedly defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA") in connection with a nearly $156 million contract she was awarded that required Brown to provide 30 million self-heating meals to the residents of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: في أول مقاضاة تقوم بها وزارة العدل في قضية تنطوي على تهمة الدعم المادي للإرهاب من قبل الشركات، تعترف شركة لافارج والشركة السورية التابعة لها بإبرام اتفاقية لتقاسم العائدات مع داعش وتوافقان على دفع 778 مليون دولار كغرامات ومصادرة.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Daniel Rendon Herrera, a.k.a. “Don Mario," Ordered to Pay $45.7 Million in Forfeiture.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed into law S.958, the Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LIZBEL SANCHEZ, also known as Lizbel Diaz, 47, of Brookfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $400,000 fine for a federal tax offense.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the Clean Water Act’s 50th Anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Johntavious Tiller, 31, of Wewahitchka, Florida, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release after being convicted at jury trial of possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation seek to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: GREENSBORO, NC - United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) JoAnna McFadden will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Energy 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: Prineville, Ore. - The Deschutes Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM), Prineville District will implement a temporary closure of public lands near La Pine, Oregon at 8:00 AM, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, to protect public health and safety.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District rescinded fire prevention order UTW002-2022-01 today on BLM-managed lands within Box Elder, Cache, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah and Wasatch counties. Fire prevention order UTW002-2022-08 went into effect today on BLM-managed lands on West Mountain and Lake Mountains in Utah County. The public is encouraged to continue to use their “fire sense" to help prevent wildfire.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Paulino Gonzalez-Zarate, 30, a citizen of Mexico found in Dane County, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 16 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced Edward Burton, age 38, of Jessup, Maryland, yesterday to 13 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, after Burton pleaded guilty to federal charges of possession of more than 400 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute and to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Grant Administrator Misused More Than $1 Million Intended for Recruiting and Training New Firefighters.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: A man who packed a stolen car with fake explosives and fake law enforcement credentials was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison for carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $96,098 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of Montana. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence in the district. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that RAYCHAEL DEPLAND, age 33, of New Orleans, plead guilty today to Identity Theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(7).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: A lack of oxygen can reduce even the most furious flame to smoldering ash. But when fresh air rushes in, say after a firefighter opens a window or door to a room, the blaze may be suddenly and violently resurrected. This explosive phenomenon, called backdraft, can be lethal and has been challenging for firefighters to anticipate.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US State Department published a four page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
