News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: MIAMI -- Ruben Montanez-Mirabal, 32, has made his first appearance in federal court to face charges that he accepted bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband, including illegal drugs, into the Federal Detention Center in Miami (FDC-Miami) and delivering it to inmates. Montanez-Mirabal is a licensed registered nurse who has worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons at FDC-Miami since February 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. Travelers who want to board an airplane will soon need a star or flag on their New York state drivers license, indicating that it is a REAL ID-compliant credential or they will need another form of approved identification to board their flight or enter a secure federal facility. New Yorks...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing stricter limits on the amount of pollution Wrangell’s wastewater treatment plant will be allowed to release to Zimovia Strait.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Joshua Pincoske, 47, of Concord, New Hampshire was indicted yesterday by the federal grand jury in Concord, New Hampshire. Pincoske is currently detained and pending trial in Merrimack Superior Court on related charges. Pincoske’s federal arraignment has not yet been scheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council co-chairs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo, and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke with European Commission Executive Vice Presidents Valdis Dombrovskis and Margrethe Vestager today. They emphasized the ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: TONOPAH, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Battle Mountain District Office, Tonopah Field Office is announcing the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to address potential environmental consequences associated with excess wild horses within and outside of the Stone Cabin Complex located in Nye County, Nevada. The preliminary 10-year Wild Horse Gather EA will be available for public review and comments from October 25 to Nov. 23, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: A Bixby man was convicted Friday in federal court for an attempted carjacking in Tulsa and a later double murder that occurred in Haikey Creek Park in Broken Arrow, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A local man pleaded guilty in federal court today to making and selling “ghost guns," untraceable homemade weapons made in whole or in part with a 3D printer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: LANSING, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Justin Presant 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 Presant has...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Connecticut man was convicted by a federal jury of heroin trafficking, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - The Rensselaerville Institute (TRI), a not-for-profit corporation located in Albany, New York, has agreed to pay the United States $86,676 in damages and civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by obtaining an inflated Paycheck Protection Program...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - FEMA may provide financial assistance to residents of Puerto Rico who need temporary housing because they are displaced from their primary residence as a result of Hurricane Fiona. Those who need it can apply for continued rental assistance while they look for more permanent housing.
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Oct 26, 2022
A transportation and infrastructure expert with more than 23 years at the U.S. Department of Transportation has been named executive director of the Federal Highway Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: TOLEDO - John Charles Coy, 72, of Van Wert County, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge James R. Knepp II after Coy pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: The defendant sent the victim hundreds of harassing and threatening emails and voicemails.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE - The State of Florida and FEMA have opened an additional Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Hillsborough County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: TOLEDO - A federal jury on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, convicted the founder and owner of Blue Line Express Taxi & Medical Transport, a Toledo-area ambulette transportation business, of three counts of healthcare fraud following a three-day trial before Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick in Toledo.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met yesterday with Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). They spoke about the dangers to global security stemming from Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war against ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
