News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Two newly indicted, nine previous indictments unsealed for crimes including illegal firearms possession

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Six defendants are among those facing federal charges including illegal possession of firearms after separate indictments by a grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while recent actions in U.S. District Court include guilty pleas and criminal sentences related to illegal gun possession.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping sector are significant, increasing, and on a trajectory that is incompatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Compared with country emissions, the sector would rank among the top 10 largest emitters globally.


Former postal employee pleads guilty to embezzling mail packages in exchange for cash payments

News Release: CINCINNATI - A former Post Office supervisor pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to embezzling mail packages for profit.


News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A documented member of a criminal street gang organization who led a drug distribution network responsible for trafficking more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and other illegal drugs into Southwest Georgia was sentenced to federal prison today for his crimes.


Criminal Charges Unsealed Against Haitian Gang Leaders for Kidnappings of U.S. Citizens

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced the unsealing of criminal charges against seven leaders of five Haitian gangs, including gang leaders involved in the armed kidnappings of 16 U.S. citizens in the fall of 2021.


DOS-LVA grant application closes on Feb. 15

Notice of Funding Opportunity for Alumni of U.S. Government Programs grant opened on Nov. 8.


Florida Man Sentenced for Racially-Motivated Hate Crime

News Release: Jordan Patrick Leahy, 29, was sentenced today in federal court in the Middle District of Florida to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his racially-motivated attack against a Black man who was traveling down a public roadway with his family in Seminole, Florida.


Department of Energy honors South Carolina's Savannah River Site’s 'essential' sustainability efforts

A former 310-square-mile-site of plutonium and tritium production in Aiken, South Carolina, that focuses on environmental cleanup has won the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sustainability Award in the “Innovative Approach to Sustainability” category.


Pittsburgh Felon Charged with Illegally Possessing a Firearm, Ammunition and a Machinegun

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating various federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced earlier today that a federal jury found HOWARD ADELGLASS guilty for his participation in a conspiracy to illegally prescribe oxycodone. The defendant was found guilty following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff. Sentencing is scheduled for March 8, 2023, before Judge Rakoff.



Criminal Charges Unsealed Against Haitian Gang Leaders  For Kidnappings of U.S. Citizens

News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the unsealing of criminal charges against seven leaders of five Haitian gangs, including gang leaders involved in the armed kidnappings of 16 U.S. citizens in the fall of 2021.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Mobile Man Sentenced in Firearms Case

News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Mobile man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: Former U.S. Army helicopter pilot-turned-civilian-contractor Shapour Moinian, 67, of San Diego, was sentenced in federal court today to 20 months in prison for acting as an agent of the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and accepting thousands of dollars from representatives of the Chinese government to provide aviation-related information from his defense-contractor employers.


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Colorado; Revisions to Colorado Code of Regulations; Regulation Number 3 on Nov. 7

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Wichita Man Indicted for Child Porn

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with one count of sexual exploitation of a child -production of child pornography, three counts of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Welcome the foreign ministers from Armenia and Azerbaijan - Foreign Minister Mirzoyan, Foreign Minister Bayramov - here to Blair House, to Washington, to pursue what have been, I think, very productive discussions that we initiated in New York at the UN General Assembly and then in ...