News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


Rapid City Man Indicted for Escape

News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Escape from Custody.


“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” published by the Congressional Record  on Dec. 16, 2021

“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” was published on pages S9257-S9258 of the Congressional Record on Dec. 16, 2021.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that an Oglala, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


Connecticut Man Indicted in Human Smuggling Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Worcester for conspiracy to commit human smuggling offenses.



U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to the UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $6.4 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Develop a New Business Facility in Duffield, Virginia

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $6.4 million grant to the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority, Duffield, Virginia, for construction of a new multi-tenant business facility. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.


Designation of Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez and Yacyretá Bi-National Entity Legal Counsel Juan Carlos Duarte for Involvement in Significant Corruption


Army Corps reminds Prompton visitors to be aware of potential Harmful Algae Blooms





News Release: CLARKSDALE, Miss. - A judgment was entered against a Clarksdale resident in connection with a scheme to defraud the United States of more than $81,505 in Rental Assistance for Mississippians Program (RAMP) funds distributed by the Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.


Wildlife Trafficker From Uganda Sentenced To 63 Months For Large-Scale Trafficking Of Rhinoceros Horns And Elephant Ivory

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MOAZU KROMAH, a/k/a “Ayoub," a/k/a “Ayuba," a/k/a “Kampala Man," a citizen of Liberia and resident of Uganda, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for conspiring to traffic in millions of dollars in...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former caseworker for the New Jersey Department of Children and Family Services, Division of Child Protection and Permanency, was indicted today on charges of possession and transportation of child pornography and attempted sex trafficking of a minor, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.



U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Returns from Travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia




Development of a Three-Dimensional Vegetative Loss Mechanism for the Geophysical Scale Transport Multi-Block Hydrodynamic Sediment and Water Quality Transport Modeling System (GSMB)