News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Chicago, Illinois man is charged with drug offenses involving heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine, in an indictment returned today by a grand jury sitting in Madison, Wisconsin. The indictment is announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.


Five Bridgeport Men Convicted of Narcotics Trafficking Offenses

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that, on Oct. 14, a federal jury in Bridgeport found the following five men guilty of narcotics trafficking offenses...


Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the Hayden Grace, O.N. 1326783 discussed on Oct. 19 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- To date, FEMA has provided nearly $500 million in assistance to Hurricane Ian survivors across 26 counties, as the agency continues to provide rental and repair assistance, hotel stays, reimbursement for temporary lodging and other forms of support to help Floridians jumpstart their recoveries.


Five Russian Nationals and Two Oil Traders Charged in Global Sanctions Evasion and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: The Defendants Obtained Military Technology from U.S. Companies, Smuggled Millions of Barrels of Oil and Laundered Tens of Millions of Dollars for Russian Oligarchs, Sanctioned Entities and the World’s Largest Energy Conglomerate.


Dr. Charles J. Southall, III Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Admits to Obtaining Over $889,000 Through Fraud

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DR. CHARLES J. SOUTHALL, III, age 64, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Jay Zainey after previously being charged in a one-count bill of information with laundering proceeds unlawfully obtained from a wire fraud scheme, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1957 and 2.


National Lab Study Charts Path Toward Significant Growth in Offshore Wind Workforce

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published a first-of-its-kind study that examines future U.S. offshore wind workforce growth and identifies future workforce development needs. The report estimates that the offshore wind industry...


News Release: The co-owner of multiple bars and a restaurant in Georgia pleaded guilty today to tax evasion.


Reading Man Sentenced to 100 Months’ Imprisonment for Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Oct. 17, 2022, William F. Showers, age 37, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 100 months of imprisonment and a 5-year term of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine.


News Release: MIAMI - Kendrick Williams, 43, of Vero Beach, Fla., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore to 70 months in prison for drug trafficking. Williams previously had pled guilty to two counts of distributing fentanyl.



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News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nathaniel Opondo Hubbert, 41, of Grass Valley, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to possess and distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


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News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Federal indictments have been unsealed charging three defendants in separate and unrelated gun and drug cases, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Felix A. Rivera-Esparra.


Two Men Who Kidnapped Philadelphia Teen to NJ Apartment Complex Both Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Eduardo Castelan-Prado, 39, of Leonia, NJ, and Jose Ochoa, 32, of Moreno Valley, CA, were both sentenced to 40 years in prison, and five years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III, for their convictions on kidnapping charges arising from the abduction of a teenage victim from Northeast Philadelphia to New Jersey in June 2021.


Former Congressional Candidate Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Falsification of Records

News Release: Former Congressional Candidate Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Falsification of Records.


Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Electric Motors discussed on Oct. 19 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a seven page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 21.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that IAN JOSIAH TIMBANA, age 34, of Lander, Wyoming, was sentenced by United States Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal for assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Timbana was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment with three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $29,998.33 in restitution and a $100 special assessment.