News from December 2022

By Tamara Browning | Dec 27, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy will host a webinar Feb. 1, 2023, to solicit feedback on the department’s proposed rulemaking to raise the minimum lightbulb efficiency level from 45 to more than 120 lumens per watt for common bulbs.

By USDA Newswire Report | Dec 27, 2022
Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced an investment of $102 million in the expansion of housing and water infrastructure access for people in rural and underserved areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Michael Kornaker, 52, of North Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud and violation of supervised release, was sentenced to serve 28 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced charges against EFREM ZELONY-MINDELL for attempted enticement of one minor boy...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: William Tryon was the last British Provincial Governor of both New York and North Carolina. Place of Birth: Norbury Park, Surrey, England. Date of Birth: June 8, 1729. Place of Death: Greater London, England. Date of Death: Dec. 27, 1788. Place of Burial: Twickenham, London...

By State Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement on President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the United States and address to a joint session of Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Loegan Morrison Samples, 24, Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of maintaining a drug-involved premises, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Ted Earl Severeid, III, 40, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced on December 5, 2022, by United States District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 41 months in prison, to run consecutively with previously imposed prison terms in other criminal cases. Severeid previously pleaded guilty to Threatening to Assault a United States Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Michael Neill, 56, Marita Crawford, 53, Niko Rodriguez, 31, and Brian Fiocca, 31, all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and all employees of Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“Local 98"), entered pleas...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Mark E. Butler, 46, of Somersworth, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for distribution and possession of child sexual abuse materials, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Defendant’s Co-conspirator Shot Victim After They Stole $225.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Boston, today announced that NICHOLAS SKIRKANICH, 43, of Ridgefield, was arrested yesterday and charged by federal criminal complaint with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - U.S. Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest announced today that the District of Vermont collected $1,597,621.03 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $1,076,812.47 was collected in criminal actions and $520,808.56 was collected in civil actions.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Isrrael Millan, III, 40, of Yuma, Arizona, was found guilty by a federal jury on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, eight counts of Wire Fraud, two counts of Mail Fraud, and four counts of Money Laundering. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 21, 2023, before Senior United States District Judge Roslyn O. Silver.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting an Officer.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Enrique Marquez (26, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to four robberies, conspiracy to commit those robberies, and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence while committing those robberies. Marquez faces up to 20 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Seburn John Henry IV, age 37 of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Mario Jerard Delancy (33, Ocala) with possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. If convicted, Delancy faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.