News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States and State of Wisconsin announced a settlement with Container Life Cycle Management LLC (CLCM) that addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at the company’s container reconditioning facilities in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area. The company will pay a $1.6 million civil penalty to be split evenly between the United States and the State.


Release: The United States is committed to using its full set of counterterrorism tools to counter the threat posed by terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan, including al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as part of our relentless efforts to ensure that terrorists do not use Afghanistan as a platform for international terrorism.



News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man admitted participating in a conspiracy to commit multiple armed robberies from August 2018 to February 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


News Release: Seattle - A 22-year-old Seattle man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to four years in prison with 15 years of supervised release to follow, for Providing Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams...


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Jose David Navarro Cervellon, age 41, of Norcross, Georgia, today to life in federal prison, on charges related to a murder-for-hire that occurred on Nov. 30, 2016, in Hyattsville, Maryland. On July 20, 2022, after an eight-day trial...


Providence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who acted as a middleman as he bought and sold cocaine as a member of a drug trafficking conspiracy was sentenced today to nearly four years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Chanhassen psychologist has pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing for counseling services never actually rendered, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: TAYLOR DZICZEK, 30, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, was arrested today on federal criminal complaint charging him with robbing a Connecticut bank earlier this year. As alleged in the complaint, Dziczek is also a suspect is several additional bank robberies that have occurred in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire since September 2021.


Entry-Level Driver Training: Robert Towle; Application for Exemption discussed on Dec. 1 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: MIAMI - Frankie David Vargas II of Miami has been sentenced to 27 years in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles for a two-day crime spree that involved carjacking, robbery, and a firearm.


The U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):  Advancing Security, Prosperity, and Human Rights

Release: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is the world’s largest regional security organization with 57 participating States from Europe and Eurasia as well as Canada and the United States.  Through political dialogue about shared values and practical work on the ground that aims ...


ERO Baltimore arrests 2 sex offenders during national operation

News Release: BALTIMORE - Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations’ Baltimore field office - commonly called ERO Baltimore - apprehended two unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort between Oct. 22...


Former Police Officer Sentenced to 25 Years of Imprisonment for Stealing 125 Firearms from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau Shooting Range at Isla De Cabra

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States District Court Judge Silvia Carreño Coll sentenced José Padilla-Galarza to a total of 25 years’ imprisonment and five years of supervised release for the theft of 125 firearms. Specifically, the defendant will be serving 20 years of imprisonment for his conviction...



What did Commerce Department publish on Dec. 1?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: SEATTLE – On Dec. 1, 2022, EPA Region 10 Regional Administrator Casey Sixkiller transmitted to EPA’s Office of Water Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox, a Clean Water Act Section 404(c) Recommended Determination to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed ...


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; CFM International, S.A. Turbofan Engines on Dec. 1

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ONE-PAGER: Republicans Will Use Oversight to Protect Working Families from the Biden Admin’s Broken Policies.


Two Maryland Men Convicted After a Two-Week Trial for Federal Charges Related to an Armed Heroin and Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy Operating in Washington County

News Release: Baltimore - A federal jury convicted Jarvis Antonio Coleman-Fuller, age 35, of Hagerstown, Maryland and Eric Tyrell Johnson, a/k/a E, age 38, of Owings Mills, Maryland, late on Nov. 17, 2022, on federal charges related to a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, specifically fentanyl and heroin in Washington County, Maryland.