News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


News Release: CONCORD - Andrew Spinella, 36, of Derry, Renee Spinella, 24, of Derry, and Nobody, a/k/a Richard Paul, 53, of Keene, pleaded guilty last week in federal court to wire fraud, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that TIMOTHY P. DRAPER, 54, of Bethel, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of tax evasion.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jesus Adrian Pena-Gamez, 33, a Mexican national unlawfully residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to five years and three months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be able to receive Foreign Minister Popescu, to return some of the very warm hospitality that the foreign minister, the president, the prime minister showed me and our team when we were in Moldova just a couple of months ago. And needless to say, this is an especially timely visit given the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine and the challenge that it poses to other countries in the region.


Crawford County Residents Invited to Attend Virtual Flood Map Information Open House

News Release: CHICAGO - Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a Virtual Flood Map Information Open House for communities in Crawford County, Ohio, on April 26, 2022, from 5 - 7 p.m. The open house will give residents the chance to review preliminary versions of a recently completed Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and its accompanying preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs).


Cherokee County Man to Federal Prison for Meth and Firearm Charges

News Release: Hageman was caught with over a pound of meth in his residence.


Crapo, Brady Demand Update on Criminal Breach of Taxpayer Data

News Release: Washington, D.C.--Nearly 10 months later, the Biden Administration still does not know what taxpayer data was stolen and leaked to ProPublica last summer. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, top Republicans on the Senate and House tax panels are requesting an update on the investigation.


Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm and Drug Crime

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm and to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.


Fresno Man Sentenced to over 5 Years in Prison for Investment Fraud, Bank Fraud, and Tax Evasion

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Kenneth Shane Patterson, 44, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to five years and six months in prison and ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution for wire fraud, bank fraud, and evading the payment of taxes, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Columbia, Mississippi woman was sentenced to 57 months in prison for defrauding health care insurance providers.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A powerful advocate, freedom fighter, and hero, Harriet Tubman’s story takes form in a new trip-planning tool through the National Park Service (NPS) App. Travel with Tubman: Let Harriet Tubman Guide You on the Journey of a Lifetime, highlights 13 sites that most effected Tubman throughout her life, representative of her 13 rescue missions to Maryland.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patricia Castaneda, 38, of Redwood City, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and her brother, Eric Castaneda, 37, also of Redwood City, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller for their roles in a scheme that involved the theft and interstate sale of Apple MacBooks, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.


'Working together': EPA administrator co-chairs OECD meeting, 38 nations pledge to fight climate change

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which met in March, condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and made several commitments over two days in what a U.S. official calls, “an example of nations working together,” according to an April 1 press release.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison today for perpetrating a scheme to steal funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.


USDOJ-OJP-OVC grant application closes on June 9

OVC FY 2022 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking grant opened on April 18.


Graves, Capito Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief on Clean Water Act Authority

News Release: Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO), Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led 45 additional senators and 154 other House members on an amici curiae...


News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to supplement commonwealth, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storm and snowstorm Jan. 28 - 29, 2022.


News Release: VAN BUREN, Mo. - Ozark National Scenic Riverways announces that the final Roads and Trails Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (RT Plan) will be available online beginning April 18.


DOS-PA grant application closes on Jan. 1

Global Engagement Center - Annual Program Statement grant opened on April 18.