News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


News Release: Four Individuals Indicted on Wage Fixing and Labor Market Allocation Charges.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Matthew Ostrowski, 49, of North Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.


What did Transportation Department publish on Jan. 26?

The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Matthew Holton (25, Lakeland) to five years in federal prison for possessing images and videos depicting young children being sexually abused. Holton was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release, to register as a sex offender, and to pay $21,000 in restitution to child victims. Holton had pleaded guilty on June 4, 2021.


Member Of Armed Robbery Crew Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Henderson man who was a member of a crew that robbed at least nine stores in southern Nevada was sentenced today to 14 years in prison.



News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A man convicted at trial in summer 2021 of crimes related to creating child pornography of his sexual abuse of a 5-year-old was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 300 months in prison.


Omaha Railcar Cleaning Company and its Owners Sentenced for Violating Environmental and Worker Safety Laws Resulting in Workers’ 2015 Deaths

News Release: Steven Michael Braithwaite, Adam Thomas Braithwaite and their company Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC (NRCS) were sentenced today in Omaha, Nebraska, for willful violations of worker safety standards that resulted in two worker deaths, knowing violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, on National Data Privacy Day, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris (R-WA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), along with Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Rodger Wicker (R-MS) and Consumer...


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Bloomington, Illinois, man, Javares L. Hudson, 21, of the 600 block of Monroe Street, was charged by federal criminal complaint on Jan. 27, 2022, with possessing a machinegun. Hudson appeared in federal court in Peoria today in front of Magistrate Judge Jonathan E. Hawley for an initial appearance, at which the complaint against him was unsealed.


Notice published on Jan. 26 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Commerce Department publish on Jan. 25?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 25

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


EPA Region 7 Recognizes Mid-America Regional Council for Promoting Sustainable Food Management Principles

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 recognizes the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Solid Waste Management District in Kansas City.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


EPA fine leads to Hale Kauai and Halona Pacific cesspool closures, to protect groundwater

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken enforcement actions against Hale Kauai Limited and Halona Pacific LLC to close two illegal, pollution-causing large capacity cesspools on the islands of Kauai and Oahu.


Allentown Man Sentenced to Over 1 ½ Years for Importing Illegal Controlled Substances from China and Fraudulently Selling them as ‘Dietary Supplements’

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Leandro Rodriguez, 45, of Allentown, PA, was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit approximately $669,000 by United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith for his participation in a conspiracy to smuggle mislabeled drugs into the United States from China, and sell them as dietary supplements.


Area Doctor, Patient Recruiter Charged in a $17 Million Illegal Opioid Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: DETROIT - An indictment was unsealed today charging a physician and a patient recruiter with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, and other opioid-related charges, U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison announced today.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.