News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: ANCHORAGE - Following a three-week trial in U.S. District Court, a federal jury convicted an Anchorage man on charges of murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise, using a firearm to commit murder in a drug trafficking crime, drug conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.


Man Sentenced to Nine-Year Prison Term for Robbery and Attempted Robbery of Stores

News Release: Defendant Told Store Employees He Had Firearm in His Jacket.



2 women sentenced for committing $1.2M in food stamp fraud following ICE HSI, federal partner investigation

Two women sentenced Wednesday following their convictions of conspiracy and committing $1.2 million in food stamp fraud following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) investigation worked jointly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Office of Inspector General (USDA OIG)


News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Larceny was sentenced on March 14, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


ICE HSI El Paso investigation results in Cuban national sentenced to over 38 years for drug trafficking, other crimes

A Cuban national living in Fort Hancock, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday to 460 months in prison for drugs, firearms and immigration crimes.Special agents with U.S.


Building Workforce Among Priorities in Los Alamos Cleanup, Panelists Say

News Release: PHOENIX - Recruiting and retaining employees for critical positions such as radiological controls technicians, engineers, and waste handling and waste processing operators is a top priority for the EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) cleanup contractor, the company’s vice president said during a panel session at the 2022 Waste Management Symposia last week.


Waterford resident and registered sex offender sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of several children following ICE HSI investigation

A Waterford man was sentenced today to 50 years in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to production of child pornography and commission of an offense against a child by a registered sex offender, announced acting Special Agent in Charge James C. Harris III, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


ICE HSI Nogales investigation leads to multiple human smuggling arrests in US and Mexico

Extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico resulted in Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), conducting a significant enforcement operation last week to dismantle a prolific transnational human smuggling organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border.U.S.


News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Burley Field Office announced it will extend the South Hills area seasonal road closure until at least March 30, until road conditions improve. The seasonal closures were implemented January 16 to prevent resource damage and protect crucial mule deer winter range and sage-grouse habitat.


News Release: Brady: Congress Must Do Everything it Can to Squeeze Russia’s Revenue.


News Release: CONCORD - Jason Ellis, 45, of Derry was indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with one count of attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to possessing an incendiary bomb.


The Congressional Record published “NOTICE OF A TIE VOTE UNDER S. RES. 27” in the Senate section on March 10.


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 29

FY 22 Arkansas Technical Assistance Projects grant opened on March 15.


Melvin Hill Charged with Selling Fentanyl

News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Melvin Hill, 42, of the state of Georgia, appeared yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington on a criminal complaint charging him with distributing fentanyl. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Doyle ordered that Hill be detained without bail pending trial, which has not been scheduled.


National Park Service seeks public comment on Ocracoke Light Station Rehabilitation Project Environmental Assessment

News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - The National Park Service invites public review and comment on an environmental assessment (EA) for the rehabilitation of the Ocracoke Light Station at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Two public meetings are scheduled on Monday, March 28.


“U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on March 10

“U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE“ was published in the Senate section on pages S1074-S1075 on March 10


News Release: Fact Check: American Workers See Largest Decline in Real Wages Since Data Began Being Reported.


Man Sentenced to Four Years for Machinegun Crime

News Release: A Dallas man who sold at least nine Glock “switches" - devices that convert ordinary semiautomatic pistols into fully automatic machineguns - was sentenced yesterday to four years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.