News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


Judge Sends Philadelphia Man to Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced on Thursday in federal court to 33 months’ imprisonment on his conviction for violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: Embezzled More Than $200,000 from Community Prevention Coalition of Jackson County.



Hunting Permit Registration Opens September 1, 2022

News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - Big Thicket National Preserve Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz announced today that the preserve will start issuing this season’s free hunting permits on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Available 2022/2023 permits will be issued until Feb. 27, 2023.



Service finalizes recovery plan for endangered amphipod found only in D.C.


Notice published by Commerce Department on Aug. 22

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Announces $3.8 Million to Counter the Brown Tree Snake on Guam


News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Romeo Lenell Battle (25, Lehigh Acres) to four years and nine months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Battle to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense. Battle had pleaded guilty on April 13, 2022.


News Release: Denver - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Christopher Robert Pattinson, age 40, of Commerce City, has been indicted on charges of tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance by deceit.


In August 2022, the United States and the FSM complete a round of Compact Talks in Washington


News Release: Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Aug. 22, 2022, Raymon A. Fuller, Jr. (age: 26) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison by Senior District Judge William C. Greisbach.


Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Announces $3,473,362 in FY2022 Grant Support to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands


Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Funds Study of Mitigation Options for Sargassum Seaweed Influx in the U.S. Virgin Islands



OSMRE invites beta testing of acid mine drainage tool


News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - Samuel Lee Pelechek, age 25, of Iowa City, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for Possession of Child Pornography. Following his imprisonment, Pelechek was ordered to serve five years of supervised release.


News Release: Bowling Green, KY - A federal grand jury in Bowling Green returned an indictment on Aug. 10, 2022, charging a Hopkinsville, KY, man with possessing handguns and drugs on two separate days.


Biden-Harris Administration Continues Offshore Wind Momentum, Announces Next Steps for Gulf of Maine


Dry Conditions Prompt Restrictions at Belle Fourche Reservoir