News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


June 8 sees Congressional Record publish “EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE” in the Senate section

“EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE” was published on page S2865 of the Congressional Record on June 8.


Boise Man Sentenced to over 4 Years for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: BOISE - Justin Yount, 51, of Boise, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography.


Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking and Threatening Representative Kevin Hern

News Release: A man known for showing up uninvited to political events and attempting to get close to politicians pleaded guilty Wednesday for cyberstalking and making multiple threatening statements regarding U.S. Representative Kevin Hern and his family. Hern represents Oklahoma’s first congressional district.


Assumption Parish Man Sentenced for Theft of More Than $213,000 From New Orleans Company

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RODNEY ROUSSELL (“ROUSSELL"), age 40, of Belle Rose, Louisiana, was sentenced on July 12, 2022 for Bank Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344(2).


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 25 years imprisonment on his conviction of violating federal narcotics, firearms and health care fraud laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Update for the Coast Guard's electronic transition for the Military Human Resource Record


Siblings Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine From Arizona to Wisconsin

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Douglas Mack, 45, Phoenix, Arizona, and Emily Mack, 36, Madison, Wisconsin were sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley. Douglas Mack was sentenced yesterday to 132 months...


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on July 25, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


News Release: CONCORD - Timothy Spaulding, 23, of Manchester, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison in connection with his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.


News Release: BOISE - a Federal jury in Idaho convicted five defendants yesterday for their roles in operating a $41 million dollar scheme wherein they sold counterfeit cellphones and cellphone accessories on Amazon.com and eBay.com which they misrepresented as new and genuine Apple and Samsung products.


News Release: GENEVA - Senior leadership from the Department of the Interior are representing the Biden-Harris administration this week in Geneva, Switzerland at the 107th session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Principal Deputy Solicitor Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes ...


News Release: HOUSTON - A 43-year-old health care marketer has been indicted in a conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROBERT B. CALLOWAY, age 62, of Metairie, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017. CALLOWAY served as Executive Vice President of the bank.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Stephon Williams, age 38, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve 41 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a previously convicted felon. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Matthew Scarpino, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office, and Timothy Walker, Port Director-Alexandria Bay Port of Entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for possessing nearly 500 grams of fentanyl intended for distribution.


Second Man Sentenced to Federal Prison in Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme

News Release: Laundered Over $900,000 in Fraudulent Loan Proceeds.


Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Cardell Richardson, 33, of Chili, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to possession of 10 grams or more of para-flourofentanyl with intent to distribute, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.


At Committee Roundtable, Bipartisan Panelists Highlight “Desperate Need” to Counter Election Misinformation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a roundtable with state officials and election experts to examine the effects of the unprecedented rise in election lies following the 2020 presidential election. Ahead of the roundtable, the...



Huntington Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Multi-State Drug Ring

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced to four years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine and other illegal drugs in the Huntington area.