News from October 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
There are nine releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: An Iowa man was arrested today in Hiawatha, Iowa, for allegedly sending a threatening communication to an election official on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona, and for allegedly sending a threatening communication to an official with the Office of the Arizona Attorney General.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Debra Bossier a/k/a Debra Palmer, 48, of Mansfield, Louisiana, entered a guilty plea today to one count of acquiring or obtaining controlled substances by fraud. The hearing was held before United States District Judge Donald E. Walter.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance teams helped Hurricane Ian survivors at a “one day only" registration intake center at the Rural Heritage Center in Geneva, Florida, Seminole County today, as assistance teams continue to go door to door to meet people where they are and help survivors with their unique needs. Mobile Registration Intake Centers are opening throughout the state. Survivors can visit these sites for help applying for assistance.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDIBERTO SANTANA, a/k/a “Flaco Veneno," pled guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy involving murder, arising out of SANTANA’s long-time leadership of the Sunset Trinitarios gang. SANTANA pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty.

By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden’s announcement that he would issue an executive order pardoning all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law...

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced that Sean Brebbia has joined her senior leadership team on the Energy and Commerce Committee as the Chief Counsel of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement regarding today’s ruling on the DACA...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: A Dallas man who called himself “Macknificent" was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for human trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Conehatta man was found guilty on several federal charges at the conclusion of a jury trial that began Oct. 3, 2022, in U.S. District Court in Jackson, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
There are eight releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Remon D. Phillips, 39 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was found guilty following a three-day jury trial presided over by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that David R. Markie, 40, of Rutland, Vermont was arrested last night for interfering with commerce by robbery. Markie was charged today by Criminal Complaint, and is scheduled to appear tomorrow before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that they are allocating $1.1 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve transportation in national parks and collaborate with the Department of Transportation to research innovative solutions to provide visitors with comprehensive, reliable, real-time travel information.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: The National Park Service Structural Fire Program has issued a about energy storage systems. An energy storage system is a device or group of assembled devices capable of storing energy for electrical use. Please read the hazard details and incorporate the recommended actions into your risk management program if your concession or lease has any energy storage systems.

By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: A former leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty today to seditious conspiracy for his actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His and others’ actions sought to stop the transfer of power by disrupting a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

By Tamara Browning | Oct 7, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials Chavonda Jacobs-Young and Zach Ducheneaux were among witnesses testifying Sept. 29 during the 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Title XII – Department Operations and Outreach hearing before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: A Canadian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $21,500,000 today for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks. The Court will order restitution at a later date.