News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Hancock County man indicted in international drug operation

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Hancock County man has been charged with acquiring more than 50,000 pills from Europe for redistribution in the United States.


Commerce Department discusses South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings on Dec. 14

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Ricky Darnell Franklin, Jr. (31, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Franklin had been indicted on May 24, 2022.


DOT-PHMSA grant application closes on Feb. 15

FY 2023 Pipeline Emergency Response Grant (PERG) NOFO grant opened on Dec. 15.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1 Million from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Florida Environmental Workers

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 14, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Florida. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program ...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - ALEJANDRO MUNOZ, age 47, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on December 8, 2022 by U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to a term of twenty (20) months’ imprisonment followed by a term of three (3) years’ supervised release and a 100.00 mandatory special assessment fee...


Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to 24 Years in Federal Prison for Bank Robbery and for Violating Supervised Release for Two Previous Federal Robbery Convictions

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte today sentenced Christopher Michael Cline, a/k/a “Carisa Cline," age 46, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, to 24 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after the defendant pleaded guilty to bank robbery. The defendant also admitted violating two terms of supervised release for previous federal bank robbery convictions.


Savannah man sentenced to prison for violent kidnapping

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man with a long, violent criminal history has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to a kidnapping that left the victim robbed and badly injured.


Las Cruces man sentenced to over 26 years in prison for federal firearms, narcotics conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Paul Michael Astorga was sentenced on Dec. 8 to 26 years and eight months in prison. A federal jury convicted Astorga, 36, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Dec. 16 on one count each of being...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Willard Haven Dedios was arraigned on Dec. 2 on a two-count indictment charging him with production of child...


New Web-Based System Improves Waste Tracking at Savannah River Site

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Contractor employees recently implemented a new web-based waste tracking system to reduce risk of database failures and better serve the needs of the Savannah River Site (SRS).


Latta: Censoring Americans is Fundamentally Un-American

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry regarding the administration coordinating with social media companies to silence Americans.


“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” published by the Congressional Record  on Jan. 3, 2009

“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.“ was published in the House section on pages H10983-H10997 on Jan. 3, 2009


Felon driving stolen car sent to prison for possessing meth

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 52-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Agriculture Department discusses Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the North Branch Park River Watershed Plan, North Dakota on Dec. 14

The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Fayetteville Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayetteville man was sentenced on December 9,2022, to 188 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Martin Eriacho was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Eriacho, 52, of Zuni, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, pleaded guilty on Sept. 7 to assault with a dangerous weapon and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.


Hardy County man sentenced for drug charge

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Angel Luis Martinez-Rodriguez, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 100 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes on Dec. 14

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Johnson: 'Let's pass a CR'; DOL maintains updated contingency plan

As the U.S. Department of Labor prepares for contingency in case of a shutdown, a continuing resolution (CR) from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) to keep government funded into February could hit the Senate floor as early as today.