News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Huntington men were sentenced today to prison for their roles in a multi-state drug ring. Donald Duane Cole, 51, was sentenced to five years and 10 months. William Edward Nellons, Jr., 38, was sentenced to three years and 10 months. Three years of supervised release will follow each prison sentence.



News Release: CONCORD -Joseph A. Foistner, 68, of Mont Vernon, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for his involvement in a fraud and money laundering scheme, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.



McCaul Joins Washington Post Live to Discuss Securing Cyberspace

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul joined Washington Post Live yesterday to discuss securing cyberspace against the U.S’s foreign adversaries.


News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dana Aldinger, age 55, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to one year probation and a $525 fine by United States Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson for theft in connection with health care. Aldinger also permanently surrendered her nursing license.


McCaul, Meeks, Smith, Bass Issue Joint Statement Regarding Somali Presidential Election

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) along with the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA) issued the following statement on the results of the May 15 presidential selection process in Somalia.


Hilton Man Going To Prison For Illegal Possession Of Firearms And Ammunition

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Stephen Reed Pattison, 33, of Hilton, NY, who was convicted of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon, was sentenced to serve 96 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.


Operators Of Monroe County Veterinary Clinic Sentenced To Prison For Failure To Remit Payroll Taxes

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Karin Breitlauch, age 58, of Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, and Linda Breitlauch, age 64, of Stroudsburg Pennsylvania, were each sentenced on May 20, 2022, to 12 months’ plus one day imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for failure to remit payroll taxes from their veterinary business.


CASPER MAN SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS FOR  PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that DANIEL HENDRICKS, age 33, of Casper, Wyoming was sentenced on four counts of production of child pornography. Hendricks appeared for a sentencing hearing before Chief United States Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 10, 2022. Hendricks was sentenced...


News Release: NASHVILLE - A federal indictment, unsealed today, charges a Maury County corrections officer with obstructing an investigation into allegations that he sexually abused an inmate in his custody, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee and Assistant Attorney General Kristen M. Clarke of the Civil Rights Division.


Former CEO Of NYC Non-Profit Sentenced To Prison For Honest Services Fraud

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VICTOR RIVERA was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to commit honest services fraud. RIVERA, who used to lead Bronx Parent Housing Network (“BPHN"), a non-profit organization that operated...


News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Danzavieran Durand Thurman. (35, Lehigh Acres) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered Thurman to forfeit the firearm used in the offense.


News Release: KINDERHOOK, New York - Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will open for summer programs and tours on June 3, 2022. The visitor center tent will be open seven days a week from 9 am. to 4:30 pm. Restroom facilities are available, but the museum shop remains closed at this time.


News Release: An Owasso man who fraudulently applied for Paycheck Protection Program loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was sentenced Monday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Risks and Considerations for U.S. Businesses Operating in Sudan

Release: Introduction[1]. The U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Labor are issuing this advisory to highlight growing risks to American businesses and individuals associated with conducting business with Sudanese State-Owned...


News Release: John Abowd, associate director for research and methodology and chief scientist for the U.S. Census Bureau, is the inaugural recipient of the 2022 Edward Lazear Prize from the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE). The award recognizes excellence in research, exemplary service to the field and contributions to civil society.


News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Travis Darnell Brown 40, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick to 12 years in prison after Brown pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 400 pills of methamphetamine, carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. -The Bureau of Land Management Kingman Field Office has completed a preliminary Environmental Assessment for the proposed UniSource Antares to Meadview 69kV Upgrade Project and is seeking public comment.


News Release: On behalf of the United States, I congratulate Prime Minister-Elect Anthony Albanese on his victory in the May 21 Australian federal election.