News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Cincinnati Man Sentenced to 7 Years and 2 Months in Federal Prison for Assaulting and Brandishing a Firearm at Federal Task Force Officers

News Release: Louisville, KY - John F. Johnson, also known as Grand Master Jay, was sentenced to 7 years and 2 months in prison for assaulting and brandishing a firearm at federal task force officers.


Vietzke: New Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area superintendent ‘has extensive experience’

The acting superintendent of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area has officially been named its new superintendent.


Lechleitner: Catalytic converter thefts 'are not victimless crimes'

Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently announced various law enforcement officials from around the U.S. worked to take down a multi-million dollar catalytic converter theft ring.


Estes: 'Our communities are safer with these gun-carrying meth merchants off the streets' in Georgia

The last of 21 defendants in a drug trafficking conspiracy in a crime ring that distributed methamphetamine and other drugs in Georgia pleaded guilty to their crimes.


2022 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections Open This Week

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began mailing ballots this week for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county and urban county committee elections to all eligible agricultural producers and private landowners across the country. Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative...


Man Indicted in Connection with Attempted Kidnapping and Assault at Pelosi Residence

News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a California man with assault and attempted kidnapping in connection with the break in at the Pelosi residence on Oct. 28 in San Francisco.


Release: U.S. Special Envoy Tim Lenderking yesterday returned from travel to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, where he met with Emirati, Saudi, Yemeni, and other international senior officials, including representatives from P5 and other current and incoming UN Security Council Member States. These...


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Paul David Chapman, 50, from Verbena, Alabama, was sentenced to 50 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. Following his prison sentence, Chapman will be on supervised release for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: FAIRBANKS - A former U.S. Air Force Contract Specialist assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and forfeiture of $47,000 in unlawful gains by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for conspiracy and agreeing to accept nearly half a million in bribes from a private contractor.


Russia’s Continued Wrongful Detention of Brittney Griner

Release: Following a sham trial and the unjust sentencing of Brittney Griner, Moscow is transferring her from a prison in Moscow to a remote penal colony. It is another injustice layered on her ongoing unjust and wrongful detention.


Fayetteville Man Sentenced To 10 Years in Federal Prison for the Online Enticement of a Minor

News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayetteville man was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Online Enticement of a Minor. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.


Former Tracy Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud Financial Institutions

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Johnathan Ward, 44, formerly of Tracy, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 38-year-old Indian citizen who was illegally residing in Houston has been ordered to prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Release: Good evening, everyone. It’s a pleasure to join you here for the opening of the Ocean Pavilion.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Cowlitz Indian Tribe under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe seek to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The BLM would like the public to be aware that public access to the Shaffer Mountain Road near Litchfield in Lassen County will be temporarily restricted later this month, as the Lassen Municipal Utility District completes a project to underground a power line serving the communication site on the mountaintop.


Forbes Names U.S. Department of State as one of America’s Best Employers for Veterans for 2022

News Release: Forbes, in partnership with Statista, has named the U.S. Department of State as one of America’s Best Employers for Veterans for 2022.


Man Found Guilty of 19 Counts of Child Pornography

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - After a seven-day jury trial, Francisco Xavier Ortiz-Colón was found guilty of 19 counts, including nine counts of production of child pornography, eight counts of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual conduct, one count of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias Marxuach presided over the trial.


The US Justice Department published a three page rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Steal USDA-Mortgaged Houses

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Georgia man was convicted today before Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette for conspiring to steal houses from the United States Department of Agriculture, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Dax Roberson of United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Inspector General.