News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL ) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently installed piping and tubing to provide critical water and network data infrastructure to the Hanford Site ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP ).


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bradley Glaspell, of Salem, West Virginia, admitted to defrauding over 70 customers out of more than a half a million dollars through his contracting businesses, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


York Man Sentenced To 270 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

York Man Sentenced To 270 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses


News Release: Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Chicago Field Division, and Special Agent in Charge Renita D. Foster of the DEA Caribbean Field Division announced the transfer of...


Senate Passes Capito’s Motion by Bipartisan Vote Amid Progressives’ Cry to Declare Climate a National Emergency

Senate Passes Capito’s Motion by Bipartisan Vote Amid Progressives’ Cry to Declare Climate a National Emergency


Kissimmee Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Ricin In Plot To Kill Former Partner

News Release: Orlando, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Kevin Deane Jones (50, Kissimmee) today pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of ricin, a biological toxin, and possessing two firearms as a convicted felon. Jones faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count.


Chairs DeFazio, Payne, Jr. Announce Hearing to Discuss the Surface Transportation Board’s Role in Resolving Freight Rail Conflicts

Chairs DeFazio, Payne, Jr. Announce Hearing to Discuss the Surface Transportation Board’s Role in Resolving Freight Rail Conflicts


Chair DeFazio Statement on the Reported Move of Boeing

Chair DeFazio Statement on the Reported Move of Boeing


Williamsport Man Sentenced To 144 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Quran Geddy, age 26, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 144 months’ imprisonment to be followed by four years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, for his role in distributing fentanyl in Lycoming County.


Man Sentenced to More Than a Year in Federal Prison for Inciting Rioting in Downtown Chicago

News Release: CHICAGO - A man was sentenced today to more than a year in federal prison for inciting rioting involving multiple incidents of property damage and looting in Chicago in the summer of 2020.


NTSB Issues Investigative Update for Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse

NTSB Issues Investigative Update for Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse


Kalispell businesswoman accused of running money mule business to launder funds overseas from wire fraud schemes in the United States

Kalispell businesswoman accused of running money mule business to launder funds overseas from wire fraud schemes in the United States


Managers of Arizona Telemedicine Company Admit Roles in $64 Million Nationwide Kickback, Health Care Fraud Schemes

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two owners of a nationwide telemedicine company today admitted their roles in conspiracies to bribe doctors and to commit health care fraud, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.



Boston Area Fentanyl And Cocaine Supplier Sentenced
Over Seven Years In Prison In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Boston Area Fentanyl And Cocaine Supplier Sentenced Over Seven Years In Prison In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy


New Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses

New Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses


Former Campus Police Dispatcher Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchase of Glock Firearms; Defendant claimed to be a police officer with authority to arrest and procure Glock firearms

Former Campus Police Dispatcher Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchase of Glock Firearms; Defendant claimed to be a police officer with authority to arrest and procure Glock firearms


Air Plan Approval; California; Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District discussed on May 9 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



PHMSA Issues Proposed Civil Penalty of Nearly $1 Million to Colonial Pipeline Company for Control Room Management Failures

PHMSA Issues Proposed Civil Penalty of Nearly $1 Million to Colonial Pipeline Company for Control Room Management Failures