News from October 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: Ex- Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison in connection with the 2019 overdose death of Angles pitcher Tyler Skaggs, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, today announced two Department of Justice grant awards to the Kalsipel Tribe of Indians - $ 609,751 in funding to provide services to crime victims on the Kalispel reservation and a $450,000 award...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 29, 2022, Dominque Trinidad Valdez-Velasquez, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 18 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release. Valdez-Velasquez previously pleaded guilty to Transporting Illegal Aliens, Placing in Jeopardy the Life of Any Person.

By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt in Washington, D.C. Secretary Blinken underscored the depth of the bilateral relationship, including our commitment to European security and energy security. ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Today, at a press event at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe announced the selection of the University of California, Berkeley, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, and the Viejas Band ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a hoax bomb threat made against Boston Children’s Hospital.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Puerto Rican man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute over 250 kilograms of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
Release: Today I am announcing a visa restriction policy under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict the issuance of visas for current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, repressing...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today for distributing methamphetamine from his condominium in Boston’s Back Bay area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, more than 325 educators, school nurses, counselors, mental health clinicians, public health professionals and others with an interest in student health have convened today at Sacramento State University for the Opioid Awareness Summit for Educators and Public Health Professionals.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is providing $9.4 million to 27 States and 6 Tribes or Tribal organizations to further develop and implement Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management and response activities in wild and farmed cervids (e.g., deer, elk). The funding will also allow Tribes to submit samples for testing at no cost.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man has been indicted for laundering money on behalf of the Cape Town Zone of Black Axe, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: A U.K. national was arrested today for conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions imposed on Russian Oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska and wire fraud in connection with funding U.S. properties purchased by Deripaska and efforts to expatriate Deripaska’s artwork in the United States through misrepresentations. The U.S. government will seek his extradition to the United States. Deripaska was previously charged with U.S. sanctions violations in an indictment unsealed on Sept. 29.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Florida resident has been sentenced in federal court to 138 months of incarceration on his conviction of Conspiracy to Distribute Five Kilograms of More of Cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Three individuals have been charged for their roles in a multi-year fraud and money laundering conspiracy involving call centers, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 13.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old woman residing in Houston has been sent to prison following her conviction of mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
Tribal Nations: National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) 2022 Cooperative Agreements grant opened on Oct. 12.
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOL Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s final “family glitch" rule...