News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Former Postal Employee Sentenced for Delay of U.S. Mail

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the April 19, 2022 sentencing of MILES J. DUPERON, age 29, of Slidell, to one count of delay of U.S. Mail matter by postal employee, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1703(a).


Former U.S. Army Sergeant Sentenced for Bank Fraud

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JOSHUA HOCKLESS, age 29, a resident of Belle Chasse, was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release by the Honorable Sarah S. Vance, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Also, the Court ordered HOCKLESS to pay a $100 mandatory special assessment fee and $138,859.21 in restitution to the United Services Automobile Association Federal Savings Bank (USAA).


President Biden, Department of Energy Establish Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's $20 Million Rebate Programs to Upgrade Grid and Commercial Equipment

Release: DOE Opens Comment Period on Its Draft Guidance for Rebate Programs for Efficient Transformers That Save Money and Improve the Power Grid


Grand Jury Indicts Former Municipal Prosecuting Attorney for Jefferson County, Missouri on Civil Rights Charge and Lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury indicted James Isaac “Ike" Crabtree, former Municipal Prosecuting Attorney for Jefferson County, Missouri, on April 20, 2022, for one count of Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law, and one count of False Statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") related to a March 8, 2021, incident.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-AZE offers new grant application process starting April 20

U.S. Embassy Baku PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on April 20.


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709.


Three Men Charged In Conspiracy To Distribute Millions Of Fentanyl Pills

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Patrick Silfrain (40, Winter Garden), aka “Prada," “Haitian Pat," Kevin Jean-Gilles (39, Orlando), aka “G," “Cole," “Darren Tai," “Vincent DiPietro," and Jean Kesnor Choisil (50, Ocoee) with...


U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrest Suspect on Aggravated Assault, Assault on a Viable Fetus and a Drug Charge

News Release: Jackson, TN - The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Javion Mayo, 21, of Jackson, for Aggravated Domestic Assault and Assault on a Viable Fetus from Gibson County and a separate Simple Possession of Marijuana in Jackson, Tenn. U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announced today.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 19, 2022, defendant Ramón Julbe-Rosa was sentenced to 18 months in prison and was ordered to pay $270,941.98 in restitution, by United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado Colón, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


Capitol Heights, Maryland Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances and Federal Firearm Charges

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Billy Lorenzo Bush, age 38, of Capitol Heights, Maryland to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.


Assistant Secretary Noyes Travel to Mexico

Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Mexico April 20-23.


News Release: Defendant Was Apprehended Through CyberTips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.


Transportation Department publishes notice on April 19

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Our Ocean Conference Closes in Palau with more than 400 Commitments to Protect Ocean Health and Security

Release: The seventh Our Ocean Conference concluded in Palau with 410 commitments worth $16.35 billion. The conference - co-hosted by the Republic of Palau and the United States - was the first to be held in a small island developing state. Titled “Our Ocean, Our People, Our Prosperity," the conference highlighted the importance of a healthy ocean to small island developing states-and to all communities where the ocean is a primary source of sustenance.


Contracted Accountant Sentenced to Prison for Second Embezzlement Conviction

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pleasant Hills, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Citrus County Convicted Felon Sentenced To More Than 4 Years For Possession Of Firearms And Ammunition

News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Christopher Lawrence Leslie (25, Homosassa) to four years and four months in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon and for possessing a National Firearms Act (NFA) firearm (short-barreled rifle).


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Gladstone, Mo., man who was injured in a shoot-out when his drug-trafficking customers tried to rob him has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana, including selling marijuana near a public school, and illegally possessing firearms.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with NATO Permanent Representatives

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.