News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: Brady, Rice: At GOP’s Urging, IRS Agrees to Use Existing Funds to Fight Backlog.


News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Herman Felton, 52, of Wendell, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for possessing a stolen firearm. Felton pled guilty to a single-count criminal information on Dec. 1, 2021.


Court orders home care agency to pay more than $4.5M in back wages, damages to 503 workers after US Department of Labor investigation, litigation

News Release: UPPER DARBY, PA - A federal court has ordered an Upper Darby home healthcare agency to pay $4,544,872 in back wages and liquidated damages after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer misclassified some workers as independent contractors, which denied 503 home health aides their rightfully earned overtime wages.


Economists Warn of Looming Recession

News Release: Economists Warn of Looming Recession. Following historic inflation, economists warn the U.S. economy is nearing a damaging recession. March 2, 2022 - Blog - Press Releases - Select Revenue Measures - Talking Points - Worker and Family Support. With inflation at a 40-year high, economists are sounding...


News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Giuseppe Tomasino, age 45, and Andrea Tomasino, age 71, co-owners of Tomasino’s Restaurante Italiano, located in Dallas, PA, were sentenced on March 8, 2022, by United States District Judge Robert...


Ensuring the Responsible Development of Digital Assets

Release: The United States is committed to the responsible development and design of digital assets and the technology that underpins new forms of payments and capital flows in the international financial system. Today’s Executive Order (E.O.) on “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets" demonstrates our determination to lead and shape financial innovation to promote prosperity, prevent abuse, and advance democratic values.


News Release: He Used Threats and Placed the Victim in Fear in Order to Cause Her to Engage in Sex.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Czech Foreign Minister Lipavsky

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Monroe Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

News Release: MONROE, La. - Darryl Andrea Williams, 59, of Monroe, Louisiana was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty to 144 months (12 years) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown.


News Release: Spokane, Washington - On March 9, 2022, a federal jury convicted James Cloud, 37, of White Swan, Washington, on four counts of First Degree Murder. The jury also returned guilty verdicts against James Cloud for Carjacking, two counts of Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence, Kidnapping...


News Release: Defendant Allegedly Robbed the Owner and Multiple Customers of a Queens Check-Cashing Business.


South Charleston Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A South Charleston man was sentenced today to five years in prison for a federal drug crime.


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On March 7, 2022, following a two-day trial, a jury convicted Alexander Dewayne Noah, 25, of Tazewell, Tennessee, of possession of child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B).


News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 7, 2022, Nelson Ferry, age 32, an inmate at FCI Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with possession of a weapon.


News Release: EL PASO - Ricardo Ortiz, 30, a former teacher at Horizon High School in El Paso pleaded guilty today to three counts of Coercion and Enticement of a Minor and one count of Possession of a Visual Depiction Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Uzbekistani Foreign Minister Kamilov

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Redwood National and State Parks Launches Gold Bluffs Beach Day-use Area and Fern Canyon Pilot Permit Program this Summer

News Release: Humboldt County, CA. Starting May 1st - September 30th, permits will be required to enter all locations within the Gold Bluffs Beach Day-use area, including the popular Fern Canyon parking area. Permits will be free and will be available online only on the Redwood National and State Parks website,.


US Department of Labor announces proposed amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption filing, processing procedures

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced proposed amendments in its procedures governing the filing and processing of Prohibited Transaction Exemption applications.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - James Lancaster, 40, of Indianapolis, the former manager of customer service at Indianapolis’ New Augusta Post Office, has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and theft of mail. The charges against Lancaster were unsealed late yesterday. On March 1, 2022...


Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Murder Aboard Commercial Scalloping Boat

News Release: BOSTON - A Mexican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a murder aboard a scalloping vessel off the coast of Massachusetts.