News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree that requires it to pay $9.8 million for the cleanup of contamination at the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site (Lane Street Site) in Elkhart, Indiana, and to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a portion of its past costs incurred at the Lane Street Site.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores, which detail students’ math and reading performance in 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Rey David Marquez-Jimenez, 22, of Mexico, previously pleaded guilty to one count of Attempted Murder of a Federal Officer on Oct. 20, 2022. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2023, before United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. Secretary Blinken congratulated Foreign Minister Tajani on his appointment, and expressed his eagerness to work together to strengthen the Transatlantic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Paducah, KY -A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging a Graves County, KY man with federal firearms offenses.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ashley Kawczynski, 32, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Farrah Doreen Fletcher, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted a licensed Illinois psychologist of defrauding Medicare over the course of several years by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for psychotherapy services he never provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Kevin Mark Streeter, Jr. (38, Tampa) to four years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy, receipt of stolen government property, and aggravated identity theft. Streeter had pleaded guilty on June 14, 2022.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 has reached settlements with 22 residential home renovators in Idaho and Washington for violations of federal lead-based paint regulations. EPA’s compliance and enforcement program also conducted 137 inspections of home renovation contractors, the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announces the formation of the District of Idaho’s COVID‑19 Fraud Task Force and highlights the District of Idaho’s ongoing efforts to combat pandemic‑related fraud. Those efforts have included complementary actions by the Criminal, Civil, and Asset Recovery Divisions, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
Release: HORSEHEADS, 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: The Barrio Azteca gunmen directly responsible for the March 2010 murders in Juarez, Mexico of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband, and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee were sentenced to life in prison today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - United States Attorney Gary Restaino announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Sean Lokey will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Lokey has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Louisville, KY - Two former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers charged with conspiring to violate the civil rights of Louisville pedestrians through the arbitrary use of force were sentenced today. One of them was also sentenced for engaging in a cyberstalking conspiracy to hack computer applications for compromising photographs and videos of female victims and then using those photographs to extort additional compromising material from the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - An El Paso man was sentenced last week to 262 months in prison for his role in methamphetamine importation and distribution.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: YOUNGSTOWN -A Dover, Ohio, man was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Henderson to one year of probation and was ordered to pay a $4,000 fine and $1,500 in restitution to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service after he pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a bald eagle.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
