News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: I just want to express appreciation for visiting the Rwandan Genocide Memorial. This is an incredibly powerful reminder of man’s inhumanity to man, and also a very, very powerful incentive to do everything in our power (inaudible) this can’t happen again anywhere. It’s so important to be reminded of that on a regular basis because we continue to see conflict, major conflict, in parts of the world and the potential for the past to be prologue.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis on Monday admitted threatening to blow up a St. Louis synagogue in 2021.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Rogche Yoe Begay, 25, of Chinle, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 16 years in prison. Begay previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jose Garcia-Zamora, 30, of Modesto, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to eight years and four months in prison for illegally cultivating marijuana in the Stanislaus National Forest and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that offense, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Former Somerville Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine and Illegally Possessing a Firearm

News Release: BOSTON - A former Somerville man was sentenced on Aug. 4, 2022 in federal court in Boston for his role in a cross-country methamphetamine conspiracy and illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.


The House section of the Congressional Record published “PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” on June 14.


“PROVIDING FOR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” published by Congressional Record  on June 8

The House section of the Congressional Record published “PROVIDING FOR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” on June 8.


News Release: Roanoke Comprehensive Treatment Center Agrees to Pay $348,000 for Improper Billing.


Local Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Conviction

News Release: Valdez Romero helped remove 20 pounds of meth from the gas tank of a car driven from California to Iowa. The meth was intended for redistribution in NW Iowa.


Correctional officer indicted for Paycheck Protection Program fraud

News Release: ATLANTA - Harrescia Hopkins, a correctional officer employed at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, has been arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining two Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loans. Hopkins was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 9, 2022.


Camden County Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Deploying Homemade Explosive at Local Fitness Center

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for setting off a homemade bomb at a fitness center, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Calvin Moore, 32, of Silver City, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Local Paving Company Owner Charged with Tax Evasion

News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a local paving company was charged today and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with a seven-year scheme to underreport income on his tax returns.


United States and Vietnam Continue Cooperation on Energy Security

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the conclusion of the fourth United States-Vietnam Energy Security Dialogue.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Keon Ball, age 45, of Baltimore, Maryland to 66 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft in relation to multiple identity theft schemes and fraud...


Leupp Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Monday, Rom Lee Bennett, 33, of Leupp, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 120 months in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release. Bennett previously pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor.


Release: Section 353 Corrupt and Undemocratic Actors Report.


News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Don Everett Peters, III, a/k/a “Pop," 21, and Shylik Lamont Smalls, a/k/a “Mitch," 22, both of Columbia, and Elijah Rasue Dewayne Ellis, a/k/a “Smoke," a/k/a “Black," 21, of Valdosta, Georgia, all appeared in federal court in Columbia for their first appearance on federal complaints charging them with conspiracy to commit armed robbery of a postal carrier, armed robbery of a postal carrier, and theft/possession of a postal arrow key.


Guatemalan Woman Indicted for Falsely Using Social Security Number

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Guatemalan national with one count of possession of a false social security card/number.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Jeremy Johnson, 34, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika pronounced the sentence.