News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Arkansas Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Soliciting and Paying for the Production of a Video Depicting a 9-Year-Old Child Being Molested

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Cody Dillon Hogan (27, Leachville, Arkansas) to 20 years in federal prison for using the internet to solicit and pay an individual to molest a 9-year-old child and to create a video recording depicting this sexual abuse.


News Release: A federal jury in Atlanta convicted a former commissioner of the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners today for extorting a DeKalb County subcontractor in connection with a $1.8 million contract.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Israeli Prime Minister Lapid

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Prime Minister Yair Lapid to commend Israel for its free and fair elections, and to thank the Prime Minister for his partnership. The Secretary reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Israel bilateral ...


News Release: ST. LOUIS - Two men pleaded guilty Wednesday and admitted trying to pick up 100 pounds of methamphetamine that was being brought to the St. Louis area from Colorado.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released statements on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on small refineries.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $200,000 for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Project in Indiana

News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected the East Chicago Calumet Coalition Community Advisory Group Inc. to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in Indiana. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states that will receive $53.4 million from President ...


Commerce Department publishes 166 notices in October

There were 166 notices published by the Commerce Department in October, according to the Federal Register.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the 3M Company agreed to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order to sample and provide treatment to address contamination from per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS) found in drinking water in the vicinity of 3M’s Cordova, IL facility. Recent sampling results provided ...


Commerce Department discusses Export Trade Certificate of Review on Nov. 3

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Project in Mississippi

News Release: JACKSON, Miss. (Nov. 3, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in the Cherokee Community. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 ...


News Release: Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown today of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Rhasha Wright, age 30, of Roosevelt, New York, was sentenced today to 24 months and a day in prison for scheming with New York State prisoners to defraud pandemic-related unemployment insurance programs.


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Abalone discussed on Nov. 3 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Alexandria Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Firearms

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Treymon Daykeem Reed, 29, of Alexandria, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge David C. Joseph to 72 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegal possession of firearms.


Cincinnati man charged with federal hate crime for physically assaulting Asian American student based on race

News Release: CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati man has been charged with committing a federal hate crime by physically assaulting a victim based on the victim’s race.


The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Jefferson City Man Charged with Heroin Trafficking

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing heroin to distribute.


Former eBay Employee Sentenced for Aggressive Cyberstalking Campaign

News Release: BOSTON - A former intelligence analyst for eBay, Inc. was sentenced today for her role in a cyberstalking campaign targeting the editor and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.


Northern District Of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Election Day Program

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Andrew J. Grogan will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming...


US Department of Labor offers webinar in education, enforcement campaign to address alarming violations in Southeast’s care industries

News Release: ATLANTA - As the nation marks Home Care and Hospice Month, the U.S. Department of Labor will hold a public webinar on federal wage and hour regulations for home care, residential care and nursing care industry employers, workers and other stakeholders in the Southeast.