News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Thomas VanGelder (40, Holiday) to 30 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for attempted enticement of a minor and possessing child sex abuse material. The court also ordered VanGelder to forfeit the electronic devices used in the commission of the offense. Restitution for the victims will be determined at a later date. VanGelder had pleaded guilty on May 31, 2022.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
Release: On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced availability of credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporations (CCC) Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2023. Further details of the announcement may be found at.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Kyle Goff, 28, a resident of Pembroke New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm silencer that was unregistered and did not contain a serial number, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Buzzards Bay man pleaded guilty on Sept. 30, 2022 in federal court in Boston to his role in a violent kidnapping tied to a Cape Cod heroin trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that Shonda Lynette Johnson, age 51, of Fort Towson, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal jury of Voluntary Manslaughter.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today hailed the start of several of the Inflation Reduction Act’s prescription drug provisions, in particular the policy that will force drug companies to pay a rebate back to Medicare if the price of a product rises faster than the rate of inflation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: WICHTIA, KAN.- A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with drug trafficking related offenses.
By Press release submission | Oct 7, 2022
USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty with the Yakama Nation Tribal Government
By Press release submission | Oct 7, 2022
USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Panola Livestock Enterprise Inc., dba Panola Livestock Company Inc. and Randall Lowery
By Press release submission | Oct 7, 2022
USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Iowa
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - Three men from the St. Lucie County and Polk County area, have been sentenced to federal prison terms for trafficking methamphetamine. The men were prosecuted as part of a long-term investigation that led to the seizure of approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, 26 firearms (including several semi-automatic rifles), and a bulletproof vest.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the Reclamation and Restoration Ministries (RRM) has received $1,498,637 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, to prevent and reduce violent crime in the Baton Rouge area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Louisville, KY - A federal grand jury in Louisville returned a single-count indictment yesterday charging a local man with violating a federal law prohibiting false information and hoaxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A White Earth man was sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a minor child on the White Earth reservation, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Johnstown, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - A former police officer from the southeast Missouri city of Piedmont has been indicted and accused of violating the civil rights of two people and then lying to the FBI about it.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: BARRE, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Tiffany Fisk, 33, of Barre, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison after her conviction for distributing fentanyl. Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered Fisk to serve a three-year term of supervised release after her incarceration.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom announced new designations and national award recipients in a closing ceremony for International Underground Railroad Month. Since 2019, states have recognized September as International Underground Railroad Month - the month renowned...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Man Arrested for Making Threats to Maricopa County Election Official and to Official with Office of Arizona Attorney General.
