News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned an indictment charging LUIS SALTO SAICO, 47, a citizen of Ecuador last residing in Danbury, with one count of illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy), in conjunction with National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. This first-ever, agency-wide Lead Strategy outlines how EPA will utilize ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Richard Tyler Hunsinger has pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer and destruction of government property stemming from his use of a homemade explosive device during a protest which threatened the lives of two federal officers during the summer of 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A Belgrade man who admitted drug trafficking and firearm crimes after law enforcement found him slumped over the steering wheel of an idling vehicle, with drugs and a short-barreled shotgun inside, was sentenced today to six years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
Release: Palm Springs, California - First Senior Officials’ Meeting and Related Meetings (February 2023).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas “Tommy" Squires, age 37, of Cairo, New York, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity with him. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Caguas woman, 55, was sentenced today to one year probation, $10,000 fine, and $1,393.75 of restitution for offering illegal buttock injections to prospective clients at Belleza Vital Spa Inc. d/b/a Belleza Vital Estetic (“BVE"), a business she operated in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jeffery Dean Biddle pleaded guilty on Oct. 26 to production and attempted production of child pornography, receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, and enticement and attempted enticement of a minor. Biddle, 41, of Deming, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: A Maine doctor was arrested today in Kennebunk on criminal charges related to her alleged illegal distribution of opioids and other controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Rodney Matthews, age 49, of Albany, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute cocaine and heroin, and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: DOE is also launching the Energy Champions Leading the Advancement of Sustainable Schools Prize (Energy CLASS Prize). In response to overwhelming stakeholder feedback that many school districts lack the bandwidth and knowledge to find and fund projects, this prize facilitates capacity-building within local educational agencies (LEAs) to identify and implement health and energy improvements, especially in disadvantaged school districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgia man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for engaging in a cyberstalking and extortion campaign in which he used anonymous social media accounts to harass and victimize women, including a Boston-area woman whom he cyberstalked and extorted for videos, photographs and communications of a sexual nature.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal court judge has ordered TPP Holdings Inc., an Atlanta architecture and interior design firm operating as The Preston Partnership, LLC, and its CEO, Robert N. Preston, to restore $540,658 to TPP’s employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: The former Director of Public Works of the Municipality of Guayama, Puerto Rico, and the former Director of Public Works of Cataño, also in Puerto Rico, were sentenced this week to two years and two years and 6 months in prison, respectively, for their involvement in separate bribery schemes in which they received cash payments in exchange for approving invoice payments for an asphalt and paving company.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 28, 2022
U.S. Sec. of Labor Marty Walsh shared a personal anecdote on the benefits of mental-health support in the workplace when he spoke recently with employers and disability-advocacy leaders.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $14.2 million in 52 grants that support urban agriculture and innovative production. This investment, which includes American Rescue Plan Act funds, will allow grant recipients to expand access to nutritious foods, foster ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Columbus vice officer was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 18 months in prison for conspiring to violate an individual’s constitutional rights.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that Troy Allen Stevenson, age 22, of Sequoyah County, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal jury of Involuntary Manslaughter in Indian Country for the July 17, 2021, shooting of his father.
