News from January 2023
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Calaveras County has been added to the major disaster declaration for California’s severe storms and flooding, meaning residents who had damage or losses from the storms that began Dec. 27, 2022, may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Shakari Francis, 26, of St. Thomas, and Ahkoy Smith, 24, of Daytona Beach, FL, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Ruth Miller for an initial appearance hearing after being charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found James Wayne Houck (65, Jacksonville) guilty of seven counts of distributing child sex abuse materials. Houck faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison on each count and a potential life term of supervised release. He was remanded into custody pending his sentencing hearing on May 1, 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A Sanilac County trucker was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines to engage in unlawful sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced the first hearing of the 118th Congress, which will focus on restoring American energy dominance and strengthening U.S. economic, environmental, and national security...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Norman Rosen, age 84, of Towson, Maryland, to four months of home detention as part of 18 months of probation, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone in connection with his operation of Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management Associates, P.A., where he was Medical Director and part owner.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Disaster survivors who are repairing their homes after Hurricane Fiona can visit Walmart in Cayey, Home Depot in Mayagüez, and National Lumber hardware stores in Salinas to talk with FEMA mitigation specialists about their damage and discuss how to make homes stronger and safer during the rebuilding process.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US State 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: A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 114 months in prison and six years of supervised release for conspiring with others to obtain and distribute several kilograms of cocaine and violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior conviction for conspiring to distribute cocaine. Lavinston Lamar, 40, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb in Camden federal court on May 5, 2022.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Defendant Cut Victim’s Throat with a Box Cutter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment was unsealed today in the Western District of Wisconsin charging a Wisconsin man with one count of labor trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Norman Rosen, age 84, of Towson, Maryland, to four months of home detention as part of 18 months of probation, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone in connection with his operation of Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management Associates, P.A., where he was Medical Director and part owner.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposed expansion of gold exploration at the site of the former Hog Ranch Mine, about 60 miles south of Cedarville along county road 34 in Washoe County, Nev. The project would cover approximately 200 acres of BLM-managed public land. Most of the proposed drilling would take place on the former mine site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that QUINCY WHITE, age 41, and a resident of Mobile, Alabama, pled guilty on Jan. 10, 2023 before United States District Judge Greg G. Guidry to a one-count bill of information charging him with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky.- An Ashland, Ky., man was convicted on Friday by a federal jury in Ashland for charges related to child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is hosting several public and stakeholder meetings to gather input on the development of off-highway vehicle grant proposals for submission to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division (Division). If approved, the grants...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $10 million cooperative agreement to The Ergo Group to provide assistance to state labor courts in Mexico in protecting worker rights as part of the country’s 2019 labor law reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Justice 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: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two Pennsylvania men have been sentenced on their convictions for violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
