News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Scranton Man Sentenced To 42 Months’ Imprisonment For Committing Aggravated Identity Theft While Serving A Term Of Federal Supervised Release

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert Cagle, age 57, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 4, 2022, to 24 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 1-year term of supervised release, by United States District Court...



News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Each April, the Department of Justice and United States Attorney’s Offices across the nation join survivors, advocates, and communities in observing Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Sexual assault is far too prevalent, and it is important to not only raise awareness of the myriad forms of it takes, but to engage in meaningful prevention efforts, take action to hold offenders accountable, and care for survivors in a trauma-informed manner.


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WAYNE MARCELL, 36, of Danbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of sexual exploitation of a child.



OGCC Behavioral Services and Dionne Huffman pay $750,000.00 to settle False Claims Act allegations

OGCC Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (“OGCC”) and its owner and Executive Director, Dionne Huffman, have agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by, among other things, billing the government for services that they did not provide or were not provided in the way that OGCC said that they were.


Pittsburgh Man Indicted on Bank Robbery Charges

A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on bank robbery charges, United States Attorney Cindy K.


National Memorial to Complete Ten Year Reforestation Project

News Release: SHANKSVILLE, PA - Flight 93 National Memorial will complete a major reforestation project this month, fulfilling the original memorial design with 150,000 native trees. The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial, the National Park Foundation, and the National Park Service will host ‘Plant a Tree at Flight 93,’ on April 22 and 23. The tree planting coincides with National Park Week and is the longest ongoing volunteer service project at the memorial.


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - In the early 1990s, DOE, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state of Idaho signed a record of decision to clean up a pit within a waste repository at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site using a chemical extraction process, which later proved unsuccessful.



DOI-FWS offers new grant application process starting April 5

F22AS00291 White-nose Syndrome Research for Conservation Grants 2022 grant opened on April 5.


Establishment of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy

News Release: The Department is pleased to announce that the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) began operations today. A key piece of Secretary Blinken’s modernization agenda, the CDP bureau will address the national security challenges, economic opportunities, and implications for U.S. values associated with cyberspace, digital technologies, and digital policy.


National Security Agency Employee Facing Federal Indictment for Willful Transmission and Retention of National Defense Information

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Mark Robert Unkenholz, age 60, of Hanover, Maryland, for willful transmission and retention of National Defense Information (NDI).


News Release: The following is the text of a joint statement released by the Governments of the United States and Turkey.


Bridgeport Man Admits Committing Robberies in Stratford and New Haven

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LATRELL S. MOORE, 32, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to robbery and firearm offenses.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kyle Bower, age 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 4, 2022, to 2 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 2 months of home detention by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for smuggling cellular telephones into Dauphin County Prison.


McCaul Opening Statement at Committee Markup of Legislation to Address Russia’s Full-Scale Attack on Ukraine

News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul delivered the following opening statement at a full committee markup of legislation related to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.


Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Drug Conspiracy

A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana.


USDA-AMS offers new grant application process starting April 5

Micro-Grants for Food Security Program grant opened on April 5.


April 4: bills handled by Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 4.