News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Ethete Man Pleads Guilty To Assault By Strangulation

United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that CALVIN ANDERSON WHITE, 32, of Ethete, Wyoming pleaded guilty to assault by strangulation at a change of plea hearing on February 17, 2022, before Chief United States District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl. Sentencing has been set for May 10, 2022.


News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Two women have been sent to prison following their convictions of conspiracy and committing $1.2 million in food stamp fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in 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.


Leader Rodgers Remarks on President’s Expected Ban on Russian Oil

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in 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.


Business Formation Statistics Monthly Data Release

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for February 2022. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. The BFS are a standard data product of the Census Bureau, developed in research collaboration...


Former Tennessee State Representative Charged With Honest Services Wire Fraud

Former Tennessee State Representative Robin Smith, 58, of Hixson, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to a single count of honest services wire fraud, following charges filed on Friday, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: FORT SMITH - Two Arkansas men have been sentenced to federal prison for the Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge P.K. Holmes, III, presided over the sentencing hearings in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.


Rochester Drug Dealer Going To Prison

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Dkeidron Dublin, 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On March 8, 2022, Jareece Edward Blackmon, 28, from Enterprise, Alabama, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on federal gun and drug charges, including a charge of committing murder in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. There is no parole in the federal system.


A. Smith: Reconnect Americans to Work to Grow the Economy

News Release: A. Smith: Reconnect Americans to Work to Grow the Economy.


Scranton Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Taxpayers Of More Than $250,000

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 7, 2022, Donald Royce, age 45, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to a mail fraud charge and a tax fraud offense.


USDA-NIFA grant application closes on June 1

American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program grant opened on March 9.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States filed a complaint to stop a seafood processor in Monroe, Washington, from processing and selling adulterated seafood products, the Justice Department announced today.


Former Tallahassee Federal Correctional Officer  Sentenced To Forty-Eight Months In Federal Prison For Sexual Abuse Of Inmate

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA -Jimmy Lee Highsmith, 42, of Marianna, was sentenced to forty-eight months in federal prison following his conviction on one count of sexual abuse of a ward while on duty at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee. Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentenced.


Manufacturers Unveil Landmark Campaign to Close Gender Gap in Workforce

The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, announced their “35×30” Women’s campaign, an ambitious, industry-wide effort to close the gender gap in manufacturing.


One Individual Charged as Law Enforcement Targets Fentanyl Shipped from Las Vegas to Utah

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Colin Andrew Shapard, 21, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged in federal court by the United States Attorney’s Office in Utah with six counts related to the distribution of fentanyl in Utah. The complaint charges Shapard with one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and five counts of distribution of fentanyl.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


NAM Honors Nephron CEO Lou Kennedy for Extraordinary Commitment to Manufacturing in America

The National Association of Manufacturers today honored NAM board member and Nephron Pharmaceuticals CEO and Owner Lou Kennedy with the Manufacturing Icon Award during the NAM’s spring board meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.


News Release: VAN BUREN, Mo. - On March 1, 2022, a federal grand jury for the Eastern District of Missouri in Cape Girardeau returned an Indictment against Marvin "Mark" Remster in connection with the arson of the Round Spring Visitor Contact Station in Ozark National Scenic Riverways last December.


USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting March 9

Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2022 &- Idaho grant opened on March 9.