News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


Welcoming the Resumption of Flights Between Sana’a and Amman

News Release: The United States welcomes today’s flight between Sana’a, Yemen, and Amman, Jordan, the first commercial flight from Sana’a since 2016. We hope it will enable Yemenis to travel to see loved ones, seek medical care, and find respite from the conflict.


Fugitive for Murder Near Widener University Caught by U.S. Marshals

News Release: Philadelphia, PA - Members of the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force arrested Jihad Perry, 43, for criminal homicide and Pennsylvania State Parole violations, at approximately 11:30 a.m. in New Castle County Delaware on May 16th. The arrest was made in relation to a shooting which occurred May 5th, 2022, ...


Transportation Department discusses Notice To Establish the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity on May 16

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


NIST Publishes Review of Digital Forensic Methods

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published Digital Investigation Techniques: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review. This draft report, which will be open for public comment for 60 days, reviews the methods that digital forensic experts use to analyze evidence from computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.


E&C Republican Leaders: The FDA Commissioner Must Testify on Baby Formula Shortage

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) requesting...


MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Three Murders on Long Island

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Jhonny Contreras, a member of the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip to racketeering and related firearms charges...


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $789,724 to Expand an Entrepreneurial Training Program in Charleston, South Carolina

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $789,724 grant to Lowcountry Local First, Charleston, South Carolina, to support their Good Growth Program.


Former Head of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Named in Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging False Statements on Loan Application

News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The former president and CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce is expected to appear this afternoon in federal court after being charged with lying to a mortgage lender about his assets while seeking a loan for a $1.5 million home in the San Bernardino Mountains.


Postal Service Employee Sentenced for Fraudulent Claims

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for fraudulently claiming reimbursements for travel expenses for her work for the U.S. Postal Service.


Former Chief Of Honduran National Police Extradited To The United States On Drug Trafficking And Weapons Offenses

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today the extradition of JUAN CARLOS BONILLA VALLADARES, a/k/a “El Tigre," on charges of conspiring to import cocaine into...


Farley Man Faces Additional Child Pornography Charges

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Farley, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on nine additional counts of producing child pornography, as well as additional counts of distributing and receiving child pornography.


White River Man Sentenced for Arson

News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a White River, South Dakota, man convicted of Arson was sentenced on May 16, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


EM Leadership Gets Firsthand Look at Cleanup Progress in Paducah

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM leaders recently got a firsthand look at cleanup progress being made at the Paducah Site in western Kentucky.


Decatur County Man Sentenced for Resisting Arrest by a Federal Officer

News Release: Jackson, TN- Anthony Ray Phoenix, 37, of Decatur County, has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for resisting arrest by a federal officer. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.


How politicians on Judiciary Committee dealt with bills on May 16

There was activity on one bill related to the Judiciary Committee on May 16.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.2 Million for Construction of a Produce Processing and Distribution Facility in Lawrenceville, Virginia

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.2 million grant to the Brunswick County Industrial Development Authority, Lawrenceville, Virginia, for construction of a produce processing and distribution facility.


Agriculture Department discusses Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request on May 16

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Bureau of Land Management seeks input on fence improvements north of Emmett

Bureau of Land Management seeks input on fence improvements north of Emmett


Iron County Man Sentenced to Serve 20 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - The United States Attorney's Office announced that Samuel J. Gillam, age 37, of Iron County, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve 240 months (20 years) in federal prison for the offense of Receiving Child Pornography. Gillam appeared for his sentencing hearing today before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.