News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


News Release: MIAMI - Following a nine-week trial ending in guilty verdicts, two leaders and an associate of a violent drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood have been sentenced to prison terms.


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


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in evading taxes for the tax years 2015 through 2018, United States Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.



News Release: VDA OC LLC (VDA), a health care staffing company, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for entering into and engaging in a conspiracy with a competitor to allocate employee nurses and to fix the wages of those nurses.


News Release: A resident of Montego Bay, Jamaica, was extradited to the United States and made his initial appearance in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina, on charges relating to his participation in a fraudulent lottery scheme that targeted elderly victims in the United States, the Department of Justice and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Mohamed Muse Noor, aka “Deeq Darajo," has been indicted for his role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.



News Release: DENVER – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) with $411,440 in Pollution Prevention (P2) grants to support state programs as they work with businesses to prevent or reduce pollution and reduce costs. CDPHE is one of thirty-two (32) recipients of $9 million in P2 grants announced by the EPA earlier this month.


Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Aaron Andrew Dement, 43, of Munroe Falls, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to attempted enticement of a minor.


Chicopee Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Offense

News Release: Defendant possessed more than 100 images of child sexual abuse material.


Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods; Designation of One New Equivalent Method discussed on Oct. 28 by Environmental Protection Agency

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


Crapo on Inflation: No Signs of Slowing

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the statement below following the release of data on the personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE), which showed that year-over-year PCE inflation was 6.2 percent in September, the same as in August.


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations discussed on Oct. 28 by Homeland Security Department

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


In consultation with the Springfield Astronomical Society, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield has regrettably postponed the Star Party originally scheduled for October 28, 2022, due to expected cloud cover.


On October 26 at approximately 3:30 p.m., an electrical fire was reported at El Tovar Hotel within Grand Canyon National Park.


Shenandoah National Park has announced plans for their 2022 Veterans Day observance.


An elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 5, in Grand Teton National Park.


Closures have been lifted to Thunder Creek, Diablo Lake, areas along State Route 20, and East Bank and Desolation areas along Ross Lake.


On Oct. 26th, Redwood National and State Parks Superintendent Steve Mietz was honored and recognized with the National Park Service Director’s Award as Superintendent of the Year for Natural Resource Stewardship.