News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: Memphis, TN - Demetrius Williams, 20, has been sentenced to 125 months in federal prison for.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Omar Olmedo Paredes (55, Cocal Payan, Colombia) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Olmedo Paredes had pleaded guilty on March 31, 2022.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for his alleged unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.


Denver Company Pays $194,000 to Resolve Claims It Took Federal Minerals Without Permission

News Release: DENVER-The United States Attorney’s Office t0day announced that PDC Energy, Inc., an oil and gas company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has paid $194,000 to resolve allegations that it drilled, and then operated, an oil and gas well that removed federal minerals without permission.


Woodmere Man Sentenced to Prison for Obtaining Stolen Credit Card Information and Using it to Purchase Gasoline

News Release: CLEVELAND - Charles E. Smith, Jr., 52, of Woodmere, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $10,621.23 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to using stolen financial information to purchase gasoline.


USDOJ-OJP-OJJDP grant application closes on Sept. 7

OJJDP FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Children’s Advocacy Center National Subgrants Programs grant opened on Aug. 25.


Cooke County School Bus Driver Sentenced for Child Exploitation Violations

News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Lake Kiowa, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


ICYMI: Ranking Member Boozman Op-ed in Agri-Pulse: “Sri Lanka, a Cautionary Tale”


Albany Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Offenses

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Wakeem Ricks, age 31, of Albany, pled guilty today to four counts of distributing cocaine base.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Toni Johnson, 58, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.



Save the Date: CPA Stakeholder Session December 6-7 in Brussels


USDA Announces Pistachios Continuance Referendum Dates


USDA Withdraws Proposal on Amendments to the California Almond Marketing Order


USDA Issues Opportunity for USGSA Designation and Request for Comments on the Official Agencies Servicing Various Areas


USDA AMS Facilitates Bureau of Land Management Seed Purchase Process


USDA Announces Training on Cow Herd Management, Cull Cow Evaluation and Marketing at West Texas A&M University on September 21 - 22, 2022


USDA Seeks Further Public Engagement on Competition and Intellectual Property in Seed and Agricultural Input Markets, Will Host Public Listening Session


USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Kentucky


Time-Series Methods for Forecasting and Modeling Uncertainty in the Food Price Outlook