News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022



FBI Seeks Public’s Help in Identifying 'Umbrella Man'

News Release: FBI Seeks Public’s Help in Identifying 'Umbrella Man'.


Justice Department Announces Charges and Arrests in Two Cases Involving Export Violation Schemes to Aid Russian Military

News Release: In separate charges unsealed today in the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the Eastern District of New York and the District of Connecticut, and with the support of the Department’s Task Force KleptoCapture, the Justice Department has charged nearly a dozen individuals and several corporate entities with ...


New U.S. Strategy for combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

News Release: Today, NOAA and its partners released the “National Five-Year Strategy for Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing." Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global problem affecting ocean ecosystems, threatening economic and food security and putting law-abiding fishermen and seafood producers at a disadvantage. The strategy details U.S. priorities and plans over the next five years to combat IUU fishing and promote maritime security worldwide.


DOS-ECA grant application closes on Oct. 19

U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program grant opened on Oct. 20.


GAIN Vouchers Awarded to Support Advanced Reactor Siting Activities and New Spent Fuel Recycling Process

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative to three business to help support siting activities of advanced reactors and the development of a new recycling process for the nation’s spent nuclear fuel. All three companies will gain access to the research capabilities and expertise of Oak Ridge National Laboratory at no cost to the recipients to help advance their projects.


Justice Department Files Complaint to Enjoin Massachusetts Beverage Seller from Distributing Unapproved New Drug

News Release: The United States filed a complaint to enjoin a West Boylston, Massachusetts, defendant from distributing a product the government alleges to be an unapproved new drug, a misbranded drug product and an adulterated food product, the Department of Justice announced.


Federal Railroad Administration set to publish a new notice on Oct. 21

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


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Unifying laboratory operations and streamlining analytical processes are changing the game for EM ’s liquid waste program at the Savannah River Site (SRS).


Former Pitt Student Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Threatening Communications and Impeding and Obstructing FBI Investigation

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Khaled Miah, 29, a former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and former student at the University of Pittsburgh, was sentenced yesterday by Judge W. Scott Hardy to 72 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Miah was found guilty by a federal jury in December...


Jury Convicts Vermont Man for Attempting to Entice a Minor

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas Cesiro, age 68, of Rutland, Vermont, was convicted yesterday of attempting to entice or coerce a minor, following a three-day jury trial. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


California Man Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Went to Senate Dais, Occupied Vice President’s Seat.


Grant Notification for Fiscal Year 2023 discussed on Oct. 19 by Interior Department

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


Ohio man admits to methamphetamine charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Deonte Raymond James, of Euclid, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Former Tucson Insurance Agent Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Elder Fraud

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Koreasa Maria Williams, 47, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on Sept. 30, 2022, by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 136 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to her victims. Williams previously pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud. The sentence was ordered to run concurrent to a 51-month sentence for an earlier annuity fraud scheme.


Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking Maine Woman

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to cyberstalking, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

News Release: This week at an event in Portland, Oregon, EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention Jennie Romer announced that Oregon, Idaho, and the Knik Tribal Council have been awarded a total of $751,550 in pollution prevention (P2) grant funding. ...


Former Special Agent Sentenced For Falsifying His Education And Work Experience

News Release: LAS VEGAS - A former Special Agent assigned to the U.S. National Park Service, Lake Mead Resident Office in Boulder City, Nev., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey for submitting false information about his work experience and education on his job application for a federal law enforcement officer position.


U.S. Departments of Transportation and Commerce to Establish Joint Task Force with Ukraine to Help Support Ukraine’s Infrastructure Resilience

News Release: Today U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov announced that they have signed a joint statement of intent to create a U.S.-Ukraine Infrastructure Task Force focused on Ukraine’s critical war-time ...


Elliott County Man Sentenced to 100 Years for Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: ASHLAND, Ky.- An Elliott County man, Ronald Stinespring, 51, was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison on Monday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, after pleading guilty to three counts of using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, one count of possession of material containing sexually explicit images of minors, and one count of obstruction of justice.