News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Fishers Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Two Children

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Steven Danford, 51, of Fishers, Indiana, was sentenced late yesterday to 35 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Superseding Indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh charging Sahire Walker with committing crack cocaine trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.



News Release: Sales Director of Firm Pleads Guilty to Role in Conspiracy.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Gabriel Joseph Bustamante, 43, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on Sept. 28, 2022, by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 17.5 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Bustamante previously pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Felon in Possession of Firearms.


Blinken: 'America is an Arctic nation'

The Arctic region is crucial to America's foreign policy, economic growth and national security and so is also an area of renewed focus for the Biden Administration, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.


New Mexico Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

News Release: For Firearm Offense. SOUTH BEND - Joshua L. Metts, age 41, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Metts was sentenced to...


Luzerne County Man Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting In Death

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Roger Joseph Kapinsky, age 42, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 11, 2022, by a federal grand jury and charged with the distribution of controlled substances resulting in death.


US Department of Labor cites Florida company for numerous safety failures after investigation into how 22-year-old diver working in canal drowned

News Release: MARGATE, FL - Working at the bottom of a Margate canal on April 4, 2022, a young diver was removing sand with an industrial vacuum to restore an embankment project when sediment above collapsed onto him, leaving the 22-year-old worker trapped until he drowned.


September: Occupational Safety and Health Administration publishes 14 press releases

There were 14 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in September.


Vacaville Gun Store Burglary Defendant Charged with Failure to Appear for Court Proceedings

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Desteny Estrella Leilani Salazar, 24, of South San Francisco, charging her with failure to appear, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 17.


CHIPS for America Seeks Public Input on Financial Incentives, New Institutes for Semiconductor Manufacturing

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) CHIPS for America initiative is seeking public input on two programs that aim to restore U.S. global leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. Both were authorized under the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 17.


Export Sales to China, Philippines, and Unknown Destinations

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


USDA Proposes Additional Requirements for Imported Chilean Table Grapes

Release: Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposes to revise the conditions under which table grapes from Chile may be imported into the United States.


There were eight press releases or notices published by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Work in August.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $541,026 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program in the Middle District of Florida. Funding will support law enforcement and community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime...


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and computer fraud for a scheme utilizing Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) swapping. SIM Swapping is an increasingly common method of fraud in which a victim’s cell phone carrier is compromised to...