News from October 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Defendant Accused of Attempting to Take Officer’s Baton, and Pushing Metal Bike Rack Into Line of Officers.

By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Defendant Joined Confrontation With Officers at Lower West Terrace.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jacob Ritchie, 37, of Wolcott, NY, pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography following a prior conviction for a child sex abuse offense before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 80 years, a lifetime period of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison, 10 years supervised release and ordered to pay $37,000 in restitution on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. -On Oct. 13, 2022, United States Border Patrol (USBP) agents arrested Hugo Alexander Garcia-Sales, 22, of Guatemala, for Assault on a Federal Officer With a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Improper Entry by an Alien.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Jennifer Bosworth, 31, of Keene, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Carson City, Nev - On Oct. 23, Brady Owens began a 120-day detail as the BLM Sierra Front Field Manager.

By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK - Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding nearly $2,500,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to two school districts in New Jersey. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - Four former supervisory and deputy correctional officers at Valdosta State Prison in Valdosta were sentenced today in federal court in the Middle District of Georgia for their roles in orchestrating, administering and then seeking to conceal the beating of a handcuffed inmate in their...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Honduran national pled guilty to the federal crime of unlawful return of an alien after deportation or removal.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will temporarily close a two-mile section of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail to protect public safety while crews remove trees that were damaged in the Hog Fire of 2020. The access restriction is expected to begin Monday, Oct. 31, and will continue until November 26.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) are asking toy manufacturers how they plan to ensure children and their information is protected online following reports...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - United States Attorney Darren J. LaMarca announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Bert Carraway will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Oct. 26, 2022) — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding nearly $34,610,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 11 school ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Tampa, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man has been sentenced for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that James Robert Haage, age 30 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. United States...

By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
Release: By USDAs Office of Communications Staff.