News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Former Los Lunas High School coach arraigned on child pornography charges

Johnathon Bindues, 30, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on March 30 on a nine-count indictment charging him with one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and eight counts of production of child pornography.


Don’t Let the Left’s Reinterpretation of Title IX Erase 50 Year of Progress for Women

Today, on the House Floor, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) condemned the Left's reinterpretation of Title IX to erase women from sports.


Defendant Sentenced for Dog-Fighting Conspiracy and Illegal Possession of a Firearms

A Henrico resident was sentenced today to 37 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to federal charges resulting from a lengthy investigation into a significant multi-state dog fighting conspiracy.According to court documents, Raymond L.


Foxx Readout on Parental Rights Roundtable

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of protecting parental rights.


Foxx on Weil

Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement in response to the Senate’s failed cloture vote on President Biden’s nomination of David Weil to run the Wage and Hour Division at the Labor Department:


Two Sacramento Area Men Indicted for Cocaine Trafficking

A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Jose Manuel Chavez Zepeda, 54, of Carmichael, and Denis Zacarias Ponce Castillo, 37, of Sacramento, charging them with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Sacramento Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 17.5 Years in Prison

Gabriel Arauza, 33, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L.


Foxx Opposes Democrats’ Radical Drug Price Control Scheme

Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement in response to the passage of H.R.


DOL Has Failed to be Transparent with the American People

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Walsh regarding his lack of transparency and accountability to taxpayers.


Federal Jury Convicts Anchorage Man of Heroin Distribution

A federal jury convicted an Anchorage man on two counts of distributing heroin following two controlled operations in June 2020.


Biotechnology Firm Director Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice Relating to Attempts to Acquire Ricin

The director of advanced research at a Massachusetts biotechnology firm was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for obstructing an investigation into his efforts to acquire the deadly toxin, ricin.


Swampscott Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Scheme Targeting Greater Boston Congolese Community

A Swampscott man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by falsely inflating taxpayer’s federal income tax refunds and diverting a portion of those refunds to accounts he and his co-conspirators controlled.


US Department of Labor recovers $538K in back wages, damages for 129 aviation maintenance, repair workers after finding overtime violations

The illegal pay practices of a Louisville, Kentucky, staffing agency that provides aviation maintenance and repair workers to airlines nationwide shortchanged workers in Mobile, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.


Lodge Grass man sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually abusing children on the Northern Cheyenne and Crow Indian reservations

A Lodge Grass man who was convicted by a jury of sexually abusing two children in the 1990s on the Northern Cheyenne and the Crow Indian reservations was sentenced today to 14 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


Investigation recovers $64K in back wages, damages from West Columbia used auto dealer who denied overtime to workers

When federal investigators inspected a West Columbia used auto dealer, they found the employer’s pay practices violated wage laws, leading to the recovery of more than $64,566 in back wages and liquidated damages for 24 workers.





Corinth Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

A Corinth man pleaded guilty in federal court today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S.