News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


McCaul on the Release of Americans Illegally Detained in Venezuela

House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released a statement following the announcement that two American hostages were freed from Venezuela.


DOI-BLM grant application closes on May 24

Bureau of Land Management Nevada Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management grant opened on March 22.


Video: Hanford Plant ‘Banks’ on System for Waste Analysis

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - View this video about how laboratory technicians at the Hanford Site ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant have been building proficiency in using a system that will safely transfer samples of radioactive waste from the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility to the plant’s Analytical...


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a 27-count indictment charging EDWARD F. ZIEGLER II, 63, of Bridgton, Maine, with fraud and tax offenses related to an embezzlement scheme.


News Release: Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, assisted by multiple federal and local agencies, conducted an operation on March 11 to investigate and remove six boxes labeled “blasting caps" from Ogle Cave. Prior to the operation it was unknown if the boxes contained explosives.


News Release: BOISE - A Boise man was sentenced to federal prison this week for distributing methamphetamine in Boise and Nampa.


News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The wheels on the bus go round and round, but soon you can see just where in town they are going.


Announcing the Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations

Release: The United States has a special and longstanding relationship with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau - collectively known as the Freely Associated States (FAS). We are currently engaged in negotiating amendments to certain provisions of the Compacts of Free Association with the FAS, and completing the negotiations is a priority for this Administration.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment against Spenc’r Denard Rickerson, 35, of Claremont, N.C., charging him with wire fraud and bank robbery offenses, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The indictment was returned on March 15, 2022, and was unsealed today following Rickerson’s arrest on Monday.


Florida Man Is Sentenced To Prison For Cyberstalking

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. sentenced Jalon Carlos Torres, 43, of Boynton Beach, Florida, to 27 months in prison for cyberstalking and making interstate threats, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Murder Suspect and Child Rape Fugitive Apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Memphis

News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of two separate fugitive cases out of Memphis. Maceo Boyd and Cassell Hunt were both arrested today by the Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Memphis.


Remarks at the UN General Assembly Thematic Consultations on “Our Common Agenda”

Mr. Chair, the challenges facing the world today are larger and more complex than when the United Nations was founded.


Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Chemical Weapons in Syria

Thank you, Mr. President and I thank the High Representative for her briefing this morning.


Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old Huntsville resident has admitted to being a felon in possession of multiple firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Keon Moore (30, Tampa) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm or ammunition as a convicted felon and possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute them. Moore had been indicted on June 4, 2020. A jury found him guilty on Oct. 21, 2021.


Risch: Iran Deal Negotiated Behind Closed Doors Will Reward Terrorists and Human Rights Offenders

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding the administration’s efforts to rejoin JCPOA:


News Release: On March 21, the United States, Australia, and Japan participated in the third OECD-hosted Blue Dot Network Executive Consultation Group (ECG) meeting. The OECD, through technical support funded by the Blue Dot Network Steering Committee, organized the ECG to convene representatives from the private sector, civil society, and academia to advise on the design and implementation of this infrastructure initiative.


Man with Many Addresses Indicted for Fraud Scheme and Identity Theft

News Release: PITTSBURGH - An individual has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: BOSTON -The leader of a local MS-13 clique pleaded guilty on Friday, March 18, 2022 in federal court in Boston to RICO conspiracy.