News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Ohio Man Admits to Making a Bomb and Driving it to Carroll County, Maryland with the Intent to Kill His Romantic Rival

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Clayton Alexander McCoy, age 32, of Chesterland, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to transporting explosives with intent to injure and to possession of an unregistered firearm/explosive device, in connection with an explosion at a home in Carroll County, Maryland. A resident of the home was the boyfriend of a woman in whom McCoy had a romantic interest.


Transportation Department discusses Flight Attendant Duty Period Limitations and Rest Requirements on Oct. 12

The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan on the occasion of 77th annual session of the UN General Assembly.


Interior Department discusses Notice of Inventory Completion: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM on Oct. 11

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Portman Announces Senate FY 2023 NDAA Includes 13 Key Priorities to Protect the Homeland

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that thirteen of his key priorities have been included in the Senate FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).


Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Akale Jamel Green, 54, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of heroin.



News Release: WASHINGTON -Charles Clark, 65, of La Plata, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division, and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


Baltimore Businessman Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Crimes

News Release: A Baltimore businessman pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to account for and pay over employment taxes to the IRS.


News Release: Today’s remarkable vote at the United Nations General Assembly is a powerful reminder that the overwhelming majority of nations stand with Ukraine, in defense of the UN Charter, and in resolute opposition to Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and its people.


Release: The United States today announced more than $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya inside and outside Burma, as well as for host communities in Bangladesh. With this new funding, our total assistance in response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis has reached nearly $1.9 billion since August 2017, when over 740,000 Rohingya were forced to flee to safety in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.


Joint Readout of Quad Ministerial Meeting

Release: The following is the joint readout released by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of the Governments of Australia, India, and Japan.


Out of State Group Charged in $11 Million Indian Call Center Fraud Ring

News Release: HOUSTON - Three individuals have been charged for their roles in a multi-year fraud and money laundering conspiracy involving call centers, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2022 - Brazilian peppertree thrips (Pseudophilothrips ichini) showed promise as biological control agents for invasive Brazilian peppertree populations in Florida according to a recent study published in the Florida Entomologist.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Donna Laansma, 58, of Fairless Hills, PA, was sentenced to three years in prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay full restitution by United States District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson for her scheme to embezzle over $1.8 million from her former employer, and for failing to report these fraudulently obtained earnings to the IRS.


There are three releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 14.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Three Kentucky Correctional Officers Face Additional Civil Rights Charges for Assaulting Inmates and Attempting to Cover it Up

News Release: A federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, filed a superseding indictment against three federal correctional officers - two officers and a lieutenant - for their respective roles in assaults against three federal inmates and subsequent cover-ups.