News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: BOSTON - A Winthrop man was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Aug. 15, 2022 for distributing over 15 kilograms of cocaine and for laundering or attempting to launder approximately $645,000 in cocaine proceeds.


News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send my congratulations to the Indonesian people on the occasion of your Independence Day.


BLM and partners work to control cheatgrass across Fremont County


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Dyshika McFadden, 28, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of civil disorder, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. McFadden was also ordered to pay $4,287 in restitution.


BLM rescinds stage 1 fire restrictions in Juab and Millard counties


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Deletion From the National Priorities List on Aug. 17

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Bureau of Land Management to hold virtual public information forum for Townsite Solar 2 Project


Purchase BLM Elko District fuelwood-cutting permits online


Bureau of Land Management approves Piute-Eldorado Area of Critical Environmental Concern Management Plan and Environmental Assessment


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Evaristo Contreras-Silva, 49, of Haughton, Louisiana, has been found guilty by a jury in United States District Court in Shreveport of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. The jury returned the guilty verdict yesterday afternoon. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote presided over the two-day trial.


Interior Department Announces Next Steps for Selection by Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans on Millions of Acres of Federal Lands


BLM Canyon Country District Announces Key Leadership Changes


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Douglas Johnathan Wesley, 33, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a foiled Fourth of July 2021 murder scheme.


The Bureau of Land Management welcomes public input on the Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility Project


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Special Agent from the U.S. Department of Labor, Thomas Hartley, age 48, of Henryville, Pennsylvania, was charged yesterday in a second superseding indictment with engaging in multiple schemes to commit fraud.



Grand Jury Indicts Two Men On Multiple Charges For Defrauding Dozens Of Victims Out Of Millions Of Dollars

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Darin R. Pastor, 51, currently of Morristown, NY, and Halford W. Johnson, 59, of Brockport, NY, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud.


APHIS Removes Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) Quarantine Areas in Palmview, Hidalgo County, and Zapata, Zapata County, Texas

Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-28. Aug. 16, 2022To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective July 27, 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) removed the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantine area in ...


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Darryl Brent Waltz, 48, of Greenwood, Indiana, and John Keeler, 72, of Indianapolis, were each sentenced today for devising and participating in election finance schemes. Waltz pleaded guilty to receiving fictitious donations and for lying and misleading FBI agents who were investigating...


Kansas Man Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking

News Release: Arrested After Motorcycle Chase Across State Lines.