News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


McCaul Relieved That Americans Held Hostage by Taliban Have Been Released

News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released a statement following the Taliban’s release of two American hostages.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Savage man has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint for possession of a machine gun and for attempting to receive and possess unregistered destructive devices, specifically hand grenades, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Export Sales to China and Unknown Destinations

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


National Institute of Justice Study Measures the Reliability of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

News Release: The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice has published an article summarizing an NIJ-funded study that measures the ability of bloodstain pattern analysts to provide valid and consistent conclusions. Bloodstain patterns can be pivotal evidence, with the power to exculpate or exonerate defendants in high profile cases. Although admissible in court for more than 150 years, the validity of bloodstain pattern analysis has recently been questioned.


News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Chase Levi Thibodeaux, 39, of Ruston, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty to 36 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for transmitting threats in interstate commerce.


Texas Man Convicted of Receiving and Possessing Images of Child Sexual Abuse

News Release: A federal jury in Dallas convicted a Texas man today for receiving and possessing images of child sexual abuse.


News Release: A federal jury in the District of Maryland convicted three members of La Mara Salvatrucha - a transnational criminal enterprise also known as MS-13 - on Dec. 16 for racketeering conspiracy.


Las Vegas Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Six Armed Robberies

News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas resident was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon to 18 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for committing six armed robberies of gas station convenience stores.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued this statement after the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus government funding package...


US Accepting Applications for Panama Agribusiness Trade Mission

News Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


Bridgeport Meth Dealer Sentenced to 39 Months in Federal Prison

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DEREK COULSON, 36, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 39 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine.


News Release: Dear Director Young:. I write regarding the implementation status of the AI in Government Act.[1] This legislation requires OMB to provide guidance for agency use of artificial intelligence (AI) within 270 days of enactment. The Act became law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 on...


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced four individuals to federal prison terms for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Edgar Ortiz Lopez (30, Jacksonville) was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months, Jeffrey Rivera Gomez (39, Puerto Rico) was sentenced...


Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Tytus Lamaar Shields, 34, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Career Offender Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses

News Release: Charles Edward Rowe, 40, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to thirty years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


News Release: UOP LLC, doing business as Honeywell UOP, a U.S.-based subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., has agreed to pay more than $160 million to resolve parallel bribery investigations by criminal and civil authorities in the United States and Brazil stemming from bribe payments offered to a high-ranking official at Brazil’s state-owned oil company.


Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Spending and Projects Report 2022

News Release: About this article: This article was originally published in the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail 2022 Annual Report.


Queens Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Child on the Internet

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Kevin Rizo was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 17 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor. Rizo will also be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. Rizo pleaded guilty to the charge in September 2021.


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...


News Release: Emigrants on the California Trail were introduced to many new plants and animals as they made their journey west. With over 2,000 miles of trail, through countless habitats, there are a number of places where you can have a similar experience!.