News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian has sentenced Jesus B. Zavala-Alvarez, 28, of Kennewick, Washington, to 135 months in federal prison for his role in guarding a stash house, where the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized over 8 pounds of methamphetamine, 64 ounces of...


Venezuelan Woman Arraigned on Conspiracy to Kidnap and Murder, Child Pornography Charges

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Moraima Escarlet Vasquez Flores, aka “Johana Martinez," 39, of Venezuela, was arraigned and pleaded not guilty on April 11, 2022, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, on charges that she conspired with...


Baltimore Police Detective Convicted on Federal Charges of Conspiracy to Deprive Civil Rights

News Release: Also Convicted on Charges of Conspiracy to Commit Offenses Against the United States, Falsifying Records in Contemplation of a Federal Investigation, and False Declarations Before a Grand Jury.


Congratulations to the summer 2022 Isle Royale artists-in-residence

Congratulations to the summer 2022 Isle Royale artists-in-residence


Brady: Biden’s Higher Taxes Doubles Down on Rising Prices as Families’ Income Falls for Seventh Straight Month

After the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation had the highest annual increase in nearly 40 years–up 6.4 percent from the year previous–Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady.


Come participate in the 2022 Junior Ranger Day at Andersonville National Historic Site

Come participate in the 2022 Junior Ranger Day at Andersonville National Historic Site


Indiana Man Sentenced to 420 Months for Gun, Drug Offenses

News Release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Torrence Larry, 44, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced on April 8, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, after being convicted of federal gun and drug charges following a three-day jury trial.


Upcoming closures in Cosby and Ramsey Cascades Trail as next Trails Forever project begins

Upcoming closures in Cosby and Ramsey Cascades Trail as next Trails Forever project begins


Chair Jim Costa Opening Statement at Hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: International Trade and Food Assistance Programs”

House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chair Jim Costa delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: International Trade and Food Assistance Programs”


Pile Burning and Prescribed Fire at Crater Lake National Park

Pile Burning and Prescribed Fire at Crater Lake National Park


U.S., Mexican Agriculture Secretaries Meet to Address Shared Priorities

United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Mexico Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Victor Villalobos met this week to continue cooperation on shared priorities including open trade, science-based policy making, and sustainable and climate-smart agricultural production.





News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Eugene man on supervised release for a drug trafficking conviction was again sentenced to federal prison today after threatening to shoot at an apartment and then driving to the apartment with a loaded assault rifle.


USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on New York Produce Business

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Carioto Produce, Inc., satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $11,510 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.


Fact Check: Biden Budget Director is Wrong–American Inflation Isn’t Just Part of a Global Trend

A new analysis from the San Francisco Fed finds that U.S. core inflation is higher than other nations – and attributes a part of it to President Biden’s decision to continue unemployment bonuses and government stimulus after the pandemic receded.


BLM Elko District to burn tumbleweeds along fence lines

News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Weather conditions permitting, the Bureau of Land Management Elko District is planning a multi-day prescribed burn to mitigate the risk of hazardous fuels by reducing unsafe accumulations of tumbleweeds along fence lines from April 12 through April 22, 2022, approximately 26 miles North of Battle Mountain, NV.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Philip James, 35, of Folsom, pleaded guilty today to transporting stolen property interstate, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down a 30-year sentence to the leader of a drug and money laundering organization operating across the Carolinas, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell ordered Jared Shemaiah Jones, 39, of Alpharetta, Georgia, to serve five years of supervised release.