News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022



Manderson Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on March 3, 2022, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


DOI-BLM offers new grant application process starting March 8

Bureau of Land Management Nevada Recreation and Visitor Services grant opened on March 8.


Chair Antonio Delgado Opening Statement at Hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development”

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chair Antonio Delgado delivered the following statement at today’s hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development" with USDA Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small.


Spring Prescribed Fire Season at the Preserve

News Release: Strong City, Kansas - Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve announced its prescribed fire season beginning now through April, weather conditions and moisture levels permitting. Prescribed fire is one method used to promote a healthy prairie and maintain the cultural landscape of the preserve. It is also...


Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison

Victor Manuel Hernandez (22, Wimauma) was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for a narcotics conspiracy involving methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, as well as for being a felon in possession of multiple firearms. Hernandez had pleaded guilty on July 27, 2021.


Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee; Meeting discussed on March 7 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Darknet Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

28-year-0ld Nicholas Partlow of Issaquah, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Partlow admits selling drugs on the darknet more than 400 times as part of a conspiracy with the operators of darknet marketplaces and other drug traffickers.


Guatemala’s Public Ministry’s Continued Attacks Against Independent Judges and Prosecutors

Release: The United States is deeply concerned by Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras’ continued, brazen attacks on Guatemala’s justice system through politically motivated arrests and detentions of current and former public servants fighting corruption. The reports of repeated, uncommon delays in arraignment...


Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison

U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. today sentenced a methamphetamine dealer to 120 months in prison, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Christian Allen Garcia, 30, of West Covina, California, was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term.


Lead Defendant Sentenced in Middle Georgia Methamphetamine-Trafficking Conspiracy

The lead defendant in a now-disrupted Laurens County methamphetamine-trafficking ring has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to his leadership role in the conspiracy.David Alex Monroe, 32, of Dexter, Ga., was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, said David H.


Six Augusta-Area Defendants Indicted on Separate Firearms, Drug Charges

Three Augusta men face felony gun charges while three others also faces drug trafficking charges as Richmond County law enforcement officials pursue individuals associated with an increase in gang-related violent crime.Federal indictments returned in the March term of the Southern District of Georgia U.S.


Commerce Department discusses Freight Rail Coupler Systems and Certain Components Thereof: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination on March 7

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-HR offers new grant application process starting March 8

2023 Foreign Affairs IT (FAIT) Fellowship Program grant opened on March 8.


Turkish National Sentenced to 27 Months for Orchestrating “Birth Tourism” Health Care Fraud Scheme on Long Island

News Release: Defendant was Organizer of a Scheme that Caused Losses of More than $1 Million to New York State’s Medicaid Program.


Brian S. Besser Named Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division

Administrator Anne Milgram has named Brian Besser as the Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division. Besser most recently served as the Interim Assistant Administrator over the Diversion Control Division at DEA headquarters in Washington.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.




News Release: SAN JOSE - Cardiologist John Giacomini pleaded guilty today to one count of felony abusive sexual contact, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds; Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) Special Agent in Charge Jason Root; and Chief of Police of the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Police Service Martin Sizemore. The guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable Beth L. Freeman, United States District Judge.