News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: The National Park Service and the ChesMont Astronomical Society invite you to attend this year’s Starfest event Saturday, August 20th from 6:00pm to 11:00pm at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. This free event will include formal presentations and kid’s activities starting at 7:00pm followed by...


Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga Continue Chickamauga Battlefield Bicycle Tours in 2022


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old Alice man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of trafficking meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Jury Finds Defendant Guilty in Interstate Drug Conspiracy

News Release: Defendant faces 5 to 40 years after traffic stop uncovered ½ kilogram of cocaine in his center console.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nathaniel Lee Williams, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.



Former Twitter Employee Found Guilty of Acting as an Agent of a Foreign Government and Unlawfully Sharing Twitter User Information

News Release: Former Twitter Employee Found Guilty of Acting as an Agent of a Foreign Government and Unlawfully Sharing Twitter User Information.


CRAWFORD COUNTY PAIR PLEAD GUILTY TO VEHICLE BREAK IN AND IDENTITY THEFT SCHEME

News Release: BENTON, Ill. -- An Oblong man and Robinson woman pleaded guilty on Thursday, August 4, 2022, to.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to criminal civil rights violations for the on‑duty assault of two inmates entrusted to his care and to submitting false reports about those incidents in an attempt to cover them up, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Death Valley National Park Announces Closure Due to Flooding


Man on supervised release sentenced to 5 years in prison for possessing firearms

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - William J. Dishman, 40, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months total in prison for possessing multiple firearms as a convicted felon and violating his supervised release.


News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Nashville man was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for using social media platforms to threaten, harass, and stalk multiple victims, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.


Madison Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Drug Trafficking

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Keante K. Gunn, 32, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 6 years in federal prison for possessing heroin, fentanyl, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. The prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Gunn pleaded guilty to this charge on May 12, 2022.


Texas company forfeits proceeds and pays fine after supplying potentially tainted rocket fuel to NASA

News Release: HOUSTON - Anahuac Transport Inc. must pay a substantial fine after admitting to fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 180 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Alvin Porterie, Jr., age 51, of Port Allen, Louisiana, to 180 months in federal prison following his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced Porterie to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered that the firearm involved be forfeited.


Celebrate 50 years of summer concerts at Fort Dupont Park


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Daniel B. Brubaker, Inspector in Charge, New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the U.S. Postal Service...


Mercer County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime

News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Mercer County man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Pallone Writes In Strong Support Of Fda’S Proposal To Prohibit Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars


News Release: MEDFORD, Ore.-A Josephine County, Oregon man who distributed marijuana throughout the U.S. using his private airplane and who hired a hitman to kill a drug trafficking associate was sentenced to federal prison today.