News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Granholm: Proposed rule on lightbulb efficiency level ‘latest in a series of more than 110 energy efficiency actions’

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.


Torres Small: 'USDA can help invest in opportunity and prosperity for all people'

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.


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.


Defendant Charged With Attempted Enticement Of Nine-Year-Old Boy

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...


William Tryon

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...


Meeks Issues Statement on President Zelensky’s Visit to the United States and Address to Congress

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...


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.


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.


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...


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.


News Release: Defendant’s Co-conspirator Shot Victim After They Stole $225.


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.


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.


Yuma Contractor Convicted of Insurance Fraud

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.



Tampa Area Man Pleads Guilty To Series Of Convenience Store Robberies

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...


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.


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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.


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.