News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Russell Graham, 42, of Lowell, MA was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Friday sentenced a man from St. Louis, Missouri who carjacked two vehicles in 2020 while armed to 19 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Justin Bryant, 38, of Shelbiana, Ky., was convicted on Friday by a federal jury in Pikeville of distributing fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl that caused the death a victim. The jury also convicted Bryant of conspiring with others to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and para-fluorofentanyl.
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: On the heels of the U.S. Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program’s (GSMP) 10th anniversary celebration and the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that afforded women equal opportunity in education and sports across the United States, the U.S. Department of State’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Brooklyn Center man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after filing fraudulent insurance claims for a staged arson, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Keivin Crosswell-Cervantes, 28, of Mexico, Carlos Alberto Castro-Ruiz, 27, of Avondale, Arizona, and Alexander Ortega-Islas, 22, of Phoenix, Arizona, were indicted on October 4, 2022, on Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine along with Use or Carry a Firearm during a Drug Trafficking Offense. The three defendants had their initial appearance on Sept. 23, 2022, before United States Magistrate Judge Eileen S. Willett.
By Andy Nghiem | Oct 12, 2022
The Functional Government Initiative recently announced transparency litigation against the Department of Homeland Security for failing to release records regarding the implementation of anti-fentanyl legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy requesting information on the Postal Service’s plans to use funding made available by the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand its fleet of electric vehicles (EV) and work with federal and state partners to help create a nationwide public EV charging network.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former San Bernardino County planning commissioner has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for funneling bribes through his company to a corrupt Baldwin Park politician in exchange for the politician’s votes and influence over the city’s cannabis permitting process, the Justice Department announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: GLEN ELDER, Kans. - The Bureau of Reclamation has obligated $14 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law toward the Glen Elder Dam Spillway Chute Replacement project located in north central Kansas. The funding is part of a $240 million investment allocated earlier this year from the Infrastructure Law for aging infrastructure projects across the country.
By Lucas Nava | Oct 12, 2022
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the Department's Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration opened applications for Tribal, state and local governments to help remove and repair culverts that restrict fish passage.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 12, 2022
A Massachusetts courier service that allegedly misclassified drivers as independent contractors must pay $575,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to the 62 drivers.
By Andy Nghiem | Oct 12, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the New Mexico Environment Department and the New Mexico Finance Authority will receive more than $26 million in funding for water infrastructure improvements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kamron Eugene Miller, Sr., of Youngstown, Ohio, has admitted to multiple drug charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking will travel to the region starting October 11 to support intensive, UN-led negotiations with the Yemeni parties to reach agreement on a truce extension and expansion, for the sake of Yemenis. The Houthis have an opportunity to support an expanded truce agreement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Wes Parker McDaniel, 53, of Merced, pleaded guilty today to manufacturing destructive devices and maliciously destroying two residential rental properties in Merced by means of explosive materials, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
2022 Targeted Airshed Grant Program grant opened on Oct. 12.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are vowing vigorous oversight over the implementation of Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan programs, which Democrats expanded in their massive tax and spending sprees.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - Two former employees of eBay, Inc. were sentenced today for their roles in a cyberstalking campaign targeting the editor and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Gabriel Joseph Bustamante, 43, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on Sept. 28, 2022by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 17.5 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Bustamante previously pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Felon in Possession of Firearms.
