News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Ramona Rivera Luna, 65, a native of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced in federal court today after previously pleading guilty to one count of transporting an individual in foreign commerce for the purpose of prostitution and three...
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
Release: The United States and Iceland held the fourth bilateral Economic Partnership Dialogue today in Reykjavik, led by Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Whitney Baird and Icelandic Director General for External Trade and Economic Affairs Ragnar Kristjánsson, with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it entered into a settlement agreement with the City and County of Honolulu (Honolulu) under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to improve its paratransit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on charges of violating federal narcotics trafficking laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Victim Shot in Upper Chest Outside Nightclub.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A Florence, Texas man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a child and production of child pornography.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
Release: The United States is designating a financial network, spearheaded by Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled, that facilitates financial activities for Hizballah. Moukalled has presented himself as an advocate for Lebanon’s economic prosperity but instead has been helping Hizballah and himself to profit from Lebanon’s economic crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
BLM IIJA Bureau of Land Management Alaska Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management grant opened on Jan. 25.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a nonprofit organization made up of mobile network operators, vendors, and academic and government institutions working to make radio access network (RAN) technologies more open, intelligent and interoperable.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.8 million grant to the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, Middletown, Pennsylvania, to make roadway access improvements needed to support...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: A California man was sentenced today to five years in prison for defrauding investors of more than $15 million in connection with a scheme to misappropriate investor funds for his own personal use.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited, two related companies based in Greece, were sentenced today for committing knowing and willful violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and the Ports and Waterways Safety Act related to their role as the operator and owner of the Motor Vessel (M/V) Joanna.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Defendant Engaged in Multiple Confrontations, Launched a Wooden Handrail Into Officers Protecting the Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Sherron Kye, 39, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and 4-ANPP, was sentenced to serve 40 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Golia Xiong, 40, Eau Claire, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 60 months in federal prison for possessing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - David Lamoureux, 34, of Nashua was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
