News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


News Release: SOUTH BEND - Quadre Gavin, 20 years old, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to six counts of Hobbs Act robbery and a count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


News Release: NASHVILLE - A 21-count indictment, unsealed today, charges the former owner and the former Chief Financial Officer of Auto Masters with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges related to a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud financial institutions, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.


Texas Police Officer Indicted For Attempting To Entice An 11-Year-Old To Engage In Sexual Activity In Florida

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Seth Estes Vanover (50, Diana, Texas) with attempting to entice an 11-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Vanover faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, imprisonment...


News Release: MIAMI - Many criminal justice professionals have tried this exercise and struggled. It’s not easy, but a recent Re-Entry Simulation training held at Riverside House in Miami gave community stakeholders a look at what it’s like for former inmates trying to make it in society.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly  At a Conversation with Rising Leaders

Release: (Via interpreter.). MS ST VICTOR: (In progress) call you Mélanie? Actually, we know each other quite well, Madam Minister. It’s a pleasure to see you where you’re from here, and Mr. Secretary Blinken, it’s an honor to have you here in Montreal and to be able to carry out this conversation in French.


Defendant in Yosemite National Park Sexual Assault Case Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Charles Porter, 32, formerly of Pomona, was sentenced today to 12 years and four months in prison for attempted aggravated sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, assault with intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse, assault with intent to commit abusive sexual contact, and assault by striking or wounding, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Czech Republic’s National Day

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I join the people of the Czech Republic in honoring the foundation of an independent, democratic Czechoslovak state 104 years ago.


La Mesa Man Charged with Threatening to Burn Public Water Utility Building

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Shane Watkins was charged by criminal complaint with making interstate threats. Watkins, 36, of La Mesa, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in court on Oct. 26 and will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Oct. 31.


Release: The United States notes with deep concern a series of recent actions relative to members of the Constitutional Court in the Central African Republic, particularly the October 25 removal of Constitutional Court President Daniele Darlan. Judicial independence is a central tenet of democracy. We call on the Central African authorities to ensure the safety and independence of the Constitutional Court.


News Release: A Unanimous Jury Has Found Shea Guilty of a Scheme to Defraud Thousands of Donors to the Crowdfunding Campaign “We Build The Wall" of Over $25 Million.


Interior Department Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Central Utah Project Completion Act

News Release: OREM, Utah - The Department of the Interior today celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA), the state of Utah's largest and most comprehensive federal water resource development project. Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo joined local, state ...



Remarks at the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) REMVE Initiative: Roundtable on Addressing Vulnerabilities to REMVE/ERWT Radicalisation

Release: Introduction. Thank you, Tom. Thank you for hosting us here at Lancaster House. Your government has been a great partner in our collective effort to countering the threat from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism, or REMVE, as we in the U.S. call it, or extreme right-wing terrorism, as ...


Former Charter School Board President Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Embezzlement and Wire Fraud

News Release: MIAMI - U.S. Federal District Court Judge Rodney Smith has sentenced Jimika Williams to 40 months in prison for embezzling federal funds.


News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office has prepared and completed the final Environmental Assessment analyzing the impacts to construct, operate, and maintain the Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Project in Washoe County, proposed by Ormat Nevada Inc., 26 LLC.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Ernest James Jones, Jr., 22, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney also imposed a 3-year period of supervised release to follow Jones’s incarceration.


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting discussed on Oct. 28 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Homeland Security Department discusses Final Flood Hazard Determinations on Oct. 28

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.