News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former owner of a wastewater treatment facility in Orange County and his company each pleaded guilty today to a federal environmental criminal charge for discharging untreated industrial wastewater into the county’s sewer system.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Manila, the Philippines, on January 18-21. During his travel, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will participate in the tenth U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue, accompanied by delegation co-chair...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.9 million to New York as part of a nationwide effort to strengthen the country’s infrastructure for pest detection, surveillance, and mitigation, as well as protect the U.S. nursery system. USDA is providing more than $70 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Daniel King, 41, of Westminster, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday to serve 66 months of imprisonment for conspiring to obstruct interstate commerce by robbery, in violation of the Hobbs Act. Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has found a 33-year-old former state trooper guilty for assaulting two women while on duty, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: INDIANAPOLIS Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 68 handguns at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) security checkpoints in 2022, a decrease from the 74 detected in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Brayan Contreras-Avalos, a/k/a “Anonimo," “Humilde," and “Malia," age 28, of Langley Park, Maryland, late yesterday to the statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison on charges related to his participation in a racketeering enterprise...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: BOSTON Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at six New England airports detected a record 46 firearms in 2022, three more than the previous record of 43 in 2018.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: I join President Biden in recognizing the somber one-year anniversary of the cross-border terrorist attack against the UAE, which tragically killed and wounded civilians. We strongly condemn these attacks. As I have reaffirmed in my engagements with Emirati President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Foreign...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Maurice A. Taylor, 44, was sentenced on Thursday to 385 months in federal prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine (five kilograms and 500 grams) and one count of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams of fentanyl.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
The Coast Guard has extended the retirement age for active duty enlisted members from 30 years to 34 years of military service.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
The Coast Guard has updated the officer in charge (OIC) review board process based on feedback from the workforce
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
In a nondescript industrial park in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., the Coast Guard Exhibit Center preserves 15,000 vital artifacts of the service’s history. Contractors are preparing a select set of these artifacts for transfer to the National Coast Guard Museum, which is scheduled to open its doors in New London, Connecticut.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
“Narcotic interdiction continues to be a key component in the CBP border security mission,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. “These significant seizures demonstrate the result of our officers’ diligent work and dedication to stopping drugs from crossing the border.”
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers assigned to the Tecate Cargo Facility in San Diego found over $4 million worth of cocaine concealed within a shipment of decorative stone.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested three convicted sex offenders, shortly after they illegally entered the United States.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the state Route 82 immigration checkpoint near Sonoita, Arizona, rescued seven migrants and arrested three smugglers early Thursday January 12, 2023.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.2 million to Idaho as part of a nationwide effort to strengthen the country’s infrastructure for pest detection, surveillance, and mitigation, as well as protect the U.S. nursery system. USDA is providing more than $70 million in funding this year to support 350 projects in 48 states, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The Plant Protection Act Section 7721 gives USDA the authority to provide this funding.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
January 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati intercepted smuggled narcotics in a large shipment of acrylic waterproofing paint from Mexico enroute to Cleveland, Texas, located just outside of Houston
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized marijuana that totaled over $7,500,000 in street value.
