News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man has been charged by criminal complaint with one count of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery.


Fairfax Man Sentenced for Attempted Production and Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax man was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for attempted production of and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).


Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry announced a major expansion of the First Movers Coalition, the public-private partnership to commercialize clean technologies through advance purchase commitments, on the initiative’s first anniversary. Launched by President Biden in partnership with...


DOE-GFO offers new grant application process starting Nov. 10

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Request for Information (RFI) Energy Efficiency Materials Pilot for Nonprofits grant opened on Nov. 10.


Ohle: 'Economic Recovery Corps program will build capacity and drive resources'

A national Economic Recovery Corps program will launch through a $30 million grant to a coalition of groups.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; US Aviation Training Solutions discussed on Nov. 9 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution enterprise, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Man Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS

News Release: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced yesterday to 208 months, more than 17 years, in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.


Houma Man Sentenced to Seventeen and a Half Years for Enticing Teen Boys to Create Sexually Explicit Images and Videos

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that STEVE C. MERGEY (“MERGEY"), age 52, of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced on November 8, 2022 for Production of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2251(a) and (e).


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment today charging LONNY CROSS, 44, and REBECCA...


California Man Extradited from Australia to Face Charges for Investment Scheme

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Gustavo Guzman, 59, previously of Fullerton, Calif., made his initial appearance in federal court in Charlotte today following his extradition from Australia, to face wire fraud, securities fraud and transactional money laundering charges related to an alleged $2 million investment fraud scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Two Drug Runners for Drug Trafficking Organization Connected to CJNG Cartel Sentenced to Prison

News Release: SEATTLE- Two men who served as drug runners for a Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) cartel connected drug trafficking organization were sentenced to prison following an extensive wiretap investigation. In sentencing 28-year-old Armando Fierro-Ponce to eight years in prison, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour noted that he had acted as a debt collector for the organization, obtaining guns and making threats of violence against those who owed the group money.


News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit man who sex trafficked two minor girls while he was on bond and an electronic tether for state sex trafficking charges was sentenced to 16 years in prison, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


Man Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS

News Release: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced yesterday to 208 months, more than 17 years, in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.


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


Former Firefighter Sentenced for Two Bank Robberies

News Release: A Bixby man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court for robbing two Oklahoma banks of nearly $320,000, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Assistant Secretary Medina’s Intervention   at the COP 27 Heads of State Official Launch Event   “International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA)”

Release: Thank you. It is an honor to be here amongst such esteemed company. I want to thank Prime Minister Sanchez and President Sall for their diplomatic work in getting this effort off the ground and bringing us all here today. Dr. Thiaw, you and your team at UNCCD will be critical to the success of this...


News Release: Earlier today, a federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict on all five counts of superseding indictment charging Lorraine Pilitz, also known as “Lorraine Christie," and “Lorraine Storms" with illegally structuring financial transactions, corruptly obstructing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and filing false tax returns. The verdict followed a two-week trial before United States District Judge Joanna Seybert.