News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


NBA Player's Personal Assistant Sentenced to 70 Months for Theft of $4.7 Million

NBA Player's Personal Assistant Sentenced to 70 Months for Theft of $4.7 Million


Joshua Tree Announces Art Gallery Opening of Local Artist and Students from Twentynine Palms

News Release: Joshua Tree National Park management is pleased to announce a new art exhibition by local Wonder Valley artist, Stacy Byrd. ReUsed! is an assemblage of pieces incorporating reclaimed items collected near her Mojave Desert home. Through repurposing materials, Byrd created desert landscapes full of vibrant color and depth.


11 Defendants Plead Guilty in $300 Million Healthcare Fraud

11 Defendants Plead Guilty in $300 Million Healthcare Fraud


Federal Jury Convicts Big Island Pain Doctor Rudolph B. Puana of Conspiracy and Distribution of Oxycodone and Fentanyl

Federal Jury Convicts Big Island Pain Doctor Rudolph B. Puana of Conspiracy and Distribution of Oxycodone and Fentanyl


On the Occasion of the Panchen Lama’s 33rd Birthday

Release: Today marks the 33rd birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who remains missing since PRC authorities abducted him as a six-year-old child on May 17, 1995. The PRC continues to deny members of the Tibetan community access to the Dalai Lama-designated Panchen Lama, the second most revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism, and instead continues to promote a state-selected proxy.


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

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: United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on April 19, 2022, an indictment was returned charging Deandre L. Rodgers (age 36) of Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, and Viridiana Garcia-Ramirez (age 24) of Los Angeles, California, with conspiring to violate the...


Former USDA animal inspector pleads guilty

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 68-year-old Laredo man has admitted to accepting bribes, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that JOHN ELDON RIMMASCH, 47, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and WASATCH RAILROAD CONTRACTORS (“WASATCH"), incorporated in Wyoming in 2005, were found guilty by a federal jury on five counts of wire fraud and one count of knowing endangerment. The trial took place April 4 through 13, 2022 before Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. Sentencing has been set for July 5, 2022.


Two Naturopaths Agree to Pay $32,000 in Civil Penalties For Improper Prescription of Opioids and Controlled Substances

News Release: SPOKANE, Wash.- Dr. Jacqueline Thomas, N.D., an East Wenatchee-based naturopathic doctor, and Dr. Rebecka Hoppins, an Edmonds-based naturopathic doctor, have each agreed to pay $16,500 to resolve allegations under the Controlled Substances Act that they improperly prescribed controlled substances. The...


FBI Media Alert: FBI, Albuquerque Police Search for Bandaged Bandit Serial Bank Robber

FBI Media Alert: FBI, Albuquerque Police Search for Bandaged Bandit Serial Bank Robber


St. Louis man sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for series of armed robberies

St. Louis man sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for series of armed robberies


DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day set for April 30, 2022

News Release: Numerous collection sites located across Montana.


Biden-Harris Administration Invests Nearly $3 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Expand Access to Health Care for People in Rural Mississippi

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is awarding nearly $3 million in Emergency Rural Health Care Grants to help rural health care organizations expand critical services to more than 21,000 people in rural Mississippi.


$5,000 Reward for Capture of Suspects of Violent Store Robbery in Beloit

$5,000 Reward for Capture of Suspects of Violent Store Robbery in Beloit


DOS-BEL grant application closes on Aug. 8

U.S. Embassy Brussels PAS Annual Program Statement (APS) grant opened on April 25.


Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 70 Months’ Imprisonment For Cocaine And Fentanyl Trafficking

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ricardo Jimenez-Rodriguez, age 35, of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 22, 2022, to 70 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for drug trafficking.


Release: Today marks the 33rd birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who remains missing since PRC authorities abducted him as a six-year-old child on May 17, 1995. The PRC continues to deny members of the Tibetan community access to the Dalai Lama-designated Panchen Lama, the second most revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism, and instead continues to promote a state-selected proxy.


FAA Youth Task Force Announces New Members

News Release: The Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force (YIATF) welcomed two new members at its second public meeting of the year on March 31, 2022.


Emergency Closure of All Wilderness Campgrounds Due to Fire Danger

Emergency Closure of All Wilderness Campgrounds Due to Fire Danger