News from September 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA - The AARP of West Virginia hosted a town hall today so that its members could learn more about trends in elder fraud from the state's top federal law enforcement officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Jason Lauran Kinman, age 40 of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Sept. 20, 2022, to 25 years in prison following his plea to charges of Distribution and Production of Child Pornography and Coercion and Enticement of a Minor. Kinman must also serve a 10-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
There was activity on five bills related to the Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Melissa Sue Hall, 46, of South Point, Ohio, was sentenced today to five months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release with the first five months on home detention with electronic monitoring, for theft of federal funds. Hall was also ordered to pay $49,478.64 in restitution.
By Bob Pepalis | Sep 28, 2022
The U.S. Department of State welcomed the release of several Belarusian political prisoners, calling it a step in the right direction but noting that thousands of political prisoners remain behind bars.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Stormy Shaye Cole Trucke, age 29 of Harlan, was sentenced on September 7, 2022, to 42 months in prison following his plea to a charge of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: A former parole officer with the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation was arrested today after being charged in federal court with civil rights violations, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - Eric Johnathan Hojka, age 50 of Iowa City, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, to 240 months in prison following his plea to charges of Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and Distribution of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine Resulting in Death.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man today admitted serving as the get-away driver to two Pennsylvania men who robbed a bank in Carneys Point, New Jersey, in July 2018, while brandishing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Sept. 27.
By Lucas Nava | Sep 28, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration announced the awarding of $1.66 billion to transit agencies, territories and states across the United States for investing in 150 bus fleets and facilities.
By Tamara Browning | Sep 28, 2022
Burmese nationals and habitual residents are eligible to temporarily stay in the U.S. until they can safely return to Burma under an extension of the temporary protected status.
By Tamara Browning | Sep 28, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly created Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights will work to solve environmental challenges in underserved communities.
By David Beasley | Sep 28, 2022
A federal judge sentenced a 51-year-old Mexican national to life in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. from Mexico.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 29.
By Bob Pepalis | Sep 28, 2022
Speakers and panelists at a Sept. 22 Equity in Focus Summit considered the significance of gender and racial equity in policymaking and workforce development.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
“NOMINATIONS RETURNED TO THE PRESIDENT” was published on pages S7181-S7184 of the Congressional Record on Jan. 3, 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Nicole D. Theriot as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-A District of Columbia Department of Corrections (DOC) Officer, an inmate at the facility, and an alleged supplier have been charged with facilitating bribes to bring prohibited items, including drugs, into the District’s Central Detention Facility (CDF).
