News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Spring plowing operations begin next week

News Release: MOOSE, WY- Spring plowing will begin in Grand Teton National Park on Monday, March 14. The plowing operations mark the end of over-snow access on the 14-mile section of the Teton Park Road between Taggart Lake Trailhead and the Signal Mountain area.


Inmate Sentenced For Assaulting Corrections Officer

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 7, 2022, Dahveed Dean, age 45, an inmate at United States Penitentiary Canaan (USP Canaan), was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for assaulting a federal employee.


Fort Hall Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years for Assault with a Machete

News Release: POCATELLO - A Fort Hall man was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for assault with a dangerous weapon.


News Release: Silveus Ins. Group, Inc. also agreed to a year-long monitoring period and CEO James Cameron Silveus agreed to a year-long exclusion from federal programs.


News Release: Scranton -United States Attorney John C. Gurganus recently honored eight individuals for their outstanding contributions to public safety. These awards are made each year to a select group of individuals who perform in an exceptional manner and who make significant contributions to our Office’s efforts to promote public safety.


Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to a Year and a Half in Federal Prison for Conducting Illegal Sports Gambling Business

News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man was sentenced today to a year and a half in federal prison for conducting an illegal sports gambling business and laundering the proceeds.


Justice Department Files Complaint to Stop Seafood Processor from Distributing Adulterated Seafood Products

News Release: Justice Department Files Complaint to Stop Seafood Processor from Distributing Adulterated Seafood Products.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) today introduced the Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022 to strengthen human rights standards for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s...


Whitehall man sentenced to 20 months in prison for illegally possessing guns, ammunition

News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Whitehall man, a convicted felon who was on state supervision, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing three firearms and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on how President Biden’s energy policies have weakened America’s national security, raised costs on families, and emboldened Russia.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss at a Joint Press Availability

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s very good to see everyone here today, and especially good to see my colleague and friend, Foreign Secretary Truss.


Chairman Neal Floor Remarks on the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act

News Release: M/ Speaker, I rise today with great sorrow as the Ukrainian people continue to endure Russia’s brutal invasion.


News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Eugene man was sentenced to federal prison today for supplying a University of Oregon student with fentanyl-laced counterfeit Oxycodone pills that caused the student’s overdose death.


News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Christopher Huggett, age 30, of Grand Junction, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. After his term of incarceration, Huggett will serve 3 years of supervised release.


E&C Republicans Call on POTUS & Granholm to Stop Importing Russian Oil and Increase American Energy Production and Exports

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) led all Republican members of the Energy and Committee on a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm urging them to end Russian imports of crude oil and lower energy prices in America by producing more energy here at home.


Mallinckrodt Agrees to Pay $260M to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Payment of Illegal Kickbacks and Medicare Drug Rebate Underpayments

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD LLC (previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., “Questcor," and collectively “Mallinckrodt"), has agreed to pay $260 million as part of a global settlement to resolve separate allegations...


Crapo, Wyden Introduce Bill to Respond to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced legislation (S.3786 ) to ban the import of energy products from Russia, and to suspend normal trade relations with both Russia and Belarus. The legislation reflects the agreement reached by the top Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee leaders earlier this week.


Fort Washakie Man Charged With Abusive Sexual Contact

United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that ROBERT LEE LOWERY, 51, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming was charged with sexual abuse of a minor and attempted sexual abuse of a minor


News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal district judge in West Palm Beach, Florida has sentenced 33-year-old Eric Leon Nelms to 180 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and distributing fentanyl as an armed career criminal.


Methamphetamine Ring Sentenced For Drug Conspiracy Across The State of Wyoming

United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming has sentenced four defendants charged in a drug distribution case