News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Goldsboro Woman Sentenced to More Than Six Years for Trafficking Crack Cocaine

News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Goldsboro, North Carolina woman was sentenced to 80 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute a quantity of cocaine base (crack).


Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to practice, propagate, and give expression to one’s religion, in public or in private and alone or with others. The Constitutional Court in December 2020 ruled against recitation of the national...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Sydni Frazier, a/k/a Sid, Junior Boss, and Perry, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, to life in federal prison on charges of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death, conspiracy to distribute...


2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Namibia

Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of belief and the right to practice, profess, and promote any religion. The government periodically included religious leaders in discussions regarding issues affecting the country and in national events. The government held...


More charges filed in nationwide fraud scam targeting elderly victims

News Release: HOUSTON - A 24-year-old Indian citizen has been taken into custody on charges related to a large nationwide conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man already under felony indictment was charged with conspiracy to engage in firearms trafficking and unlawful transportation of firearms in interstate commerce following law enforcement’s seizure of 11 firearms, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


There was activity on five bills related to the Armed Services Committee on June 9.


Release: The constitution and the law on religious freedom provide for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief, and assure judicial protection to all religious denominations. Both the constitution and the religious freedom law grant religious groups autonomy and...


News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join a ranger at Indiana Dunes National Park for a morning stroll along the sandy shore of Lake Michigan at Central Avenue Beach on Saturday, June 18 from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Learn about the origins of the Great Lakes and the Indiana Dunes while scanning the beach to see what kind of interesting things have washed up. There is a sandy slope down and up from the beach. Meet at the Central Avenue Beach parking lot.


Former Prison Inmate from Georgia Sentenced for Defrauding Victims Out of Over $9,700

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Andre Deaveon Reese, 32, of Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 33 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Reese was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims in this case in the amount of $9,797.95.


News Release: Sentencings. Chief United Stated District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced PEDRO NAVARRETTE-GOMEZ, 24, of Sacramento, California (originally from Tapachula, Chipas, Mexico) on May 27, 2022, for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. Navarrette-Gomez was arrested in Rawlins, Wyoming...


Update on Special Immigrant Visa Processing

News Release: The Department of State remains committed to processing Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications from Afghan partners as expeditiously as possible. We have increased staffing, streamlined individual processing steps, made technological improvements, and surged additional staff to support third-country ...


Updated Standard Provides Fundamental 3D-Printing Design Guidance to Streamline Production

News Release: Since the 1940s, engineers have used a common design language - a set of definitions, symbols and practices - to draft engineering drawings that can serve as clear manufacturing blueprints or inspection checklists.



News Release: Channel Islands National Park has received $1.43 million to remove and remediate a derelict well site near Scorpion Ranch on Santa Cruz Island. The funding includes removing the dilapidated infrastructure and associated debris, as well as sealing and restoring the site.


News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: A Coffee County man was found guilty on all counts after a two-day trial in federal court for possessing and distributing child pornography.


Colombian Attorney Convicted of Obstruction of Justice in East Texas Federal Court

News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Colombian lawyer has been convicted of federal obstruction violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


News Release: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to various charges stemming from his sale of more than $2.7 million worth of various unregistered pesticides to numerous victims based on false representations that these products were registered pesticides with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and on EPA’s “List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2" that EPA deemed to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus).


Release: The provisional federal constitution (PFC) provides for the right of individuals to practice their religion, makes Islam the state religion, prohibits the propagation of any religion other than Islam, and stipulates all laws must comply with the general principles of sharia. Most areas of the country...


2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Madagascar

Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits religious discrimination in the workplace. Other laws protect individual religious beliefs against abuses by government or private actors. Muslims born in the country continued to report that despite generations of...