News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


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.


Justice Department Secures Promotion and Backpay for National Guardsman in Puerto Rico and Continues to Defend Reemployment Rights of Servicemembers

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has resolved a claim that the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) when it failed to reemploy Puerto Rico National Guardsman Sergeant(E-5) Daniel Nazario to his proper ...



PAMS-SC offers new grant application process starting Dec. 2

Climate Resilience Centers grant opened on Dec. 2.


News Release: During remarks at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) signed an agreement to establish guidelines to provide for the effective and efficient administration of criminal investigations in Indian Country. This is the first update since the early 1990s to a memorandum of understanding between the agencies.



News Release: Brady: We Don’t Just Have to Sit Here and Take a President Biden-Induced Recession.


Agriculture Department discusses Notice of Solicitation of Applications for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants for Fiscal Year 2023 on Dec. 1

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


Federal Jury Convicts Tampa Man of Double Murder

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Jy’quale Samari Grable (20, Tampa) guilty of conspiracy, robbery, and first-degree premediated murder. Grable faces a mandatory minimum sentence of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 16, 2022. Jy’quale Grable was indicted on Feb. 1, 2022.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Two members and associates of the 18th Street gang operating within Washington, D.C. were sentenced today to over five years each in prison for their roles in an attack on rival gang members on the platform of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station on Sept. 17, 2019.


South Texas meth trafficker heads to prison

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 26-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Man Sentenced for Delaware County Murder and Assault

News Release: A Jay man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for shooting and killing his mother and wounding a second family member.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KIDUS AWLACHEW, age 32, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with international parental kidnapping, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1204. The charge stems from AWLACHEW allegedly retaining a child in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, with the intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of another person’s parental rights.


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


News Release: Seattle - A 57-year-old Seattle woman who embezzled more than $2.1 million from her long-time employer was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year and a day in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Michele D. Sharar pleaded guilty on April 25, 2022, to wire fraud for the fraudulent...


Environmental Protection Agency discusses N,N-Dimethylnonanamide; Tolerance Exemption on Nov. 30

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Coraopolis Man Sentenced to Five Years for Possessing Sexual Videos and Images of Minors

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 60 months’ imprisonment and eight years’ supervised release upon his conviction for possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor.


Carper Statement on EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Proposal

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program in 2023, 2024, 2025...


DHS Secretary Mayorkas Announces Inaugural Members of Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, as part of the White House Tribal Nations Summit, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the appointment of 15 members to the first ever Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council, to advise on homeland security policies and practices that affect Indian Country...


News Release: Two Marshallese nationals pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay bribes to elected officials of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) in exchange for passing certain legislation.