News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a six-day jury trial, Randy Readus, 36, has been convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery, two counts of aiding and abetting robbery, one count of aiding and abetting attempted robbery, and one count of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Daniel B. Brubaker, Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (“TIGTA"), Francis J.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: From March 1 to Sept. 15, the back beaches and sand dunes in this area are closed to hiking to protect the nesting area for the western snowy plover, a federally listed, threatened shorebird. Please remain on the wet sand (below mean high tide) or the road throughout this area during this time.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Staff from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida recently held a Re-Entry Simulation at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce to give community stakeholders a better idea of what former prisoners face when attempting to reintegrate into society.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), co-chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, today reintroduced a resolution recognizing Russian actions in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: FBI Director Visits Norfolk Field Office, Addressing Violent Crime and Community Partnerships.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Hall, 27, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six years in prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Hall pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 31, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court in Austin last week to 14 years in prison for his role in a narcotics distribution network that spanned the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury in Boise returned an eight-count indictment on Feb. 15, 2023, charging five Idaho men with distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl, aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine, and conspiracy to do the same, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: The defendant also sentenced for two other home invasion robberies.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - All FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers in Georgia will be closed on Sundays, starting Feb. 19, 2023. Regular hours will resume Monday through Saturday.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - DAJANAE DRAKE, age 29, from Missouri City, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to 24 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00 after previously pleading guilty as charged to a one-count...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin applying for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup starting February 27 through April 7, 2023. CRP is a cornerstone voluntary conservation program offered by the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: A former salesman pleaded guilty today for his leading role in a bid rigging scheme involving the sales of certain brands of digital interactive whiteboards to the New York City Department of Education Public Schools (NYCDOE).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Restoring public trust and accountability to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must be a top priority for its next commissioner, said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) ahead of today’s Senate confirmation hearing with Biden nominee Daniel Werfel.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CALLEIGH AMOS, age 30, a resident of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, pled guilty on February 9, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Born in Boston to enslaved parents of African descent, Primus Hall would also be considered enslaved himself. However, when sent away to live with the Trask family in the countryside town of Danvers, Massachusetts, Primus grew up as an indentured apprentice and personally rejected the enslaved status...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Defendant Threw Object at Officers in One Incident, Poured Bucket Filled With Liquid on Officers in Second Confrontation.
