News from September 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dustin Kane Adams, age 42, of Troy, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2244(a)(5), 2246(3), 1151 & 1152, punishable by up to twenty-two years of imprisonment.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Joseph Scott Gray, 53, of Lawton, Michigan was sentenced to five years in federal prison for lying to the Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain over $250,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled. To obtain those benefits, Gray repeatedly told the VA he could not walk or stand, when in fact, he could.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 51-year-old Mexican national who was head of Cartel del Golfo (CDG) from 2003 to 2012 has been ordered to prison and to pay millions for his role in conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By State Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
Release: On September 13 in Abuja, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry joined the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as it signed a Letter of Intent between the Nigerian government, represented by Minister for Environment Mohammed Abdullahi, and seven companies - AB InBev, Akamai, HP...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 46, of Colorado City, Arizona, was arrested on Tuesday in Colorado City for charges returned by a federal grand jury on September 6, 2022. The indictment charges Bateman with Destruction of Records or an Attempt to Destroy Records in an Official Proceeding; Tampering or Attempting to Tamper with an Official Proceeding; and Destruction of Records in a Federal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sven Alston, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 58 months of incarceration for distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - A New Mexico man was sentenced last week to 36 months in prison for attempting to distribute obscene matter to a minor in violation of Title 18, Section 1470 of the United States Code, which strictly prohibits such actions.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: CLEVELAND - Vincent Richardson Jr., 30, of Warren, Ohio, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, to more than 24 years in prison and ordered to pay a $4,000 special assessment by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko after he pleaded guilty in May 2022 to 40 counts of charges related to his role in leading a drug trafficking conspiracy.

By State Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met yesterday with Surinamese President and Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chandrikapersad Santokhi in Washington, D.C. Secretary Blinken and President Santokhi discussed the importance of regional security ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 19, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) applauded a joint announcement by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on a Notice of Funding Opportunity for a new grant program that will help local...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: BEAUFORT, S.C.- On Saturday Sept. 24, 2022, from 10 am to 1 pm, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park will be working alongside community partners at Tabernacle Baptist Church (907 Craven Street, Beaufort, SC 29902) and Brick Baptist Church (85 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena, SC 29920) for National Public Lands Day - the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 24, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A New York man was charged for an armed carjacking committed in South Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a nine page proposed rule on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Eliazar Vazquez-Alvaro, 20, of Mexico, was arrested Sunday on one count of Assault on a Federal Officer with the Use of a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon. Vazquez-Alvaro was charged by criminal complaint and had his initial appearance Tuesday before United States Magistrate Judge Jacqueline M. Rateau.

By State Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman hosted the second U.S.-Switzerland Strategic Partnership Dialogue today in Washington, D.C. Deputy Secretary Sherman, Swiss State Secretary Livia Leu, and officials from both countries discussed areas of bilateral ...

By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now accepting applications for the next cohort of its Operational Technology (OT) Defender Fellowship, which is aimed at expanding the cybersecurity knowledge and capabilities of U.S. energy sector cyber defenders. The fellowship is a unique...
By Press release submission | Sep 17, 2022
NIFA Invests $5.7M in American Rescue Plan Act GusNIP FY22 Produce Prescription Project Enhancement