News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


US Department of Labor announces webinar on best practices for increasing competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced a webinar, “How Blended, Braided or Sequenced Funding can Help Drive Employment, Equity and Inclusion," will be held on March 22 at 3 p.m. EDT, as part of its ongoing efforts to advance competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities.


National Park Service to Hire Youth Workers for Summer 2022

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Indiana Dunes National Park has jobs for four teenagers this summer. The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program is a work-learn-earn program for 15-18 year-olds. Deadline to apply is April 30, 2022.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Rochester, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Two Plead Guilty to Operating Illegal Gambling Business in Northern California and Conspiring to Launder Money

Two Los Angeles-area residents pleaded guilty today to operating an illegal gambling business and conspiring to launder money, U.S.


Cuban guilty of ignoring court order

A Corpus Christi jury has returned a guilty verdict against a 45-year-old citizen of Cuba for failing to appear in court as ordered, announced U.S.


News Release: Four Defendants Also Charged with the Murder of a Far Rockaway Mother Whose Body Was Found in the Trunk of Car.


Cottage Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery

News Release: Minneapolis - A Cottage Grove man has pleaded guilty today to bank robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.


Jefferson Parish Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - Travis CARTER, a/k/a “Tree," age 42, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, pled guilty on March 17, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a one-count indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management will be conducting prescribed burns throughout southwest Idaho to reduce unsafe accumulations of tumbleweeds along fencelines from late March through April, depending on weather, vegetation, and ground conditions.


North Hills Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robberies in Two Counties

 A former resident of McCandless, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing three area banks and attempting to rob a fourth bank, United States Attorney Cindy K.


Martin Woman Sentenced for Meth Trafficking

United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Martin, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 21, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


Final Environmental Assessment issued for Lincoln Hill Exploration Project

News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Humboldt River Field Office has signed a Decision Record, issued a Finding of No Significant Impact and the final Environmental Assessment for an exploration project located in Rochester Canyon by Coeur Rochester, Inc. The project site is located approximately 20 miles northeast of Lovelock, Nevada.


Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Violently Sex Trafficking Two Children

A man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for violently sex trafficking two children in the Chicago area and Wisconsin.


Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Ammunition

A man involved in a shooting incident in a Chicago suburb has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for illegally possessing ammunition.LAVOYCE BAYS was charged with illegally possessing four cartridges of .40-caliber ammunition on June 15, 2019, in Markham, Ill.


Stratford Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Heroin Trafficking Operation

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NADYAR MALAKA, 35, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S.


Stroudsburg Man Sentenced To Two Years’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Scott a/k/a “Wells,” age 39, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 18, 2022, to 24 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Robert D.


Windsor Locks Man Charged with Child Exploitation Offenses; Victimizing Teens Through Snapchat

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Boston, today announced that JUSTIN McKENNEY, 27, of Windsor Locks, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with multiple child exploitation offenses.


Lead Defendant in OCDETF Operation Hustle City Sentenced in Federal Court

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Shamariay Duntae Locke, 36, of Haughton, Louisiana, has been sentenced on drug conspiracy and drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced. Chief United States District Court S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Locke today to 48 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.


DOI-BLM offers new grant application process starting March 22

Bureau of Land Management Nevada Environmental Quality and Protection grant opened on March 22.


Navy Deserter Sentenced To 25 Months In Prison For Identity Theft

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn.- On March 21, 2022, Jerry Leon Blankenship, 65, currently of Newport, Tennessee, was sentenced to 25 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.