News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Miami Yesterday

News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Miami Yesterday.


APHIS Completes Final Environmental Assessment for First Seven States Affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza


FNS Staff Recall Highlights from White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Serbian President Vucic

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Secretary Blinken underscored U.S. support for the EU-facilitated Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue and urged continued constructive engagement to secure peace and stability ...


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Michael Marcum, 46, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of ammunition and possession of a counterfeit postal key, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


US Department of Labor recovers $157K in back wages for 65 workers of North Carolina restaurant that kept their tips illegally

News Release: GOLDSBORO, NC - A federal investigation has recovered $157,287 in back wages for 65 workers after finding that a Goldsboro-based restaurant’s pay practices denied the workers their full wages by keeping portions of their earned tips.


News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Bradenton residents Nathasha Prieto (33) and Angel Hernandez Coss (37) with conspiring to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine. If convicted on all counts, each faces a mandatory minimum term of 10 years, and up to, in federal prison.


News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A former California woman, who recently relocated to Southwest Virginia, was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison on drug distribution charges.


News Release: Louisville, KY - A federal jury convicted a Tennessee man on Friday, October 7, 2022, of robbing five Louisville area banks.


EPA Fines Asphalt Sales Company in Olathe, Kansas, for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 11, 2022) – The Asphalt Sales Company in Olathe, Kansas, will pay $82,798 in civil penalties and improve pollution controls to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act.


Rochester Man Going To Prison For More Than 12 Years For Selling Fentanyl That Led To Overdose, And Robbery

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Andrew D. Williams, 26, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and para-flourofentanyl, and Hobbs Act robbery, was sentenced to serve 150 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jonathan Gallegos, 32, of Ivanhoe, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana and using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Pocatello Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Discharging a Firearm During a Robbery

News Release: POCATELLO - A Pocatello man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for the discharge of a firearm during a robbery that occurred on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation on June 23, 2021. According to court records, Jose Acosta, Jr., 41, entered a camping trailer and demanded money from a female occupant.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Adrian Grier, 47, of Jackson, Georgia, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 168 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.


FEMA Provides over $210 Million to Hurricane Ian Survivors

News Release: WASHINGTON -- More than $210 million in federal disaster assistance has been approved for over 128,000 individuals and households impacted by Hurricane Ian. FEMA is opening more Disaster Recovery Centers and going door-to-door to help survivors sign up for assistance in affected communities.


News Release: Two men who distributed large quantities of heroin laced with fentanyl and fentanyl analogues were sentenced this week to a total of more than six years in federal prison.


Spinrad: Port Freeport navigation system 'allows ships to move safely within U.S. waterways'

Port Freeport outside of Houston, Texas, had a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration system installed to enhance efficient and safe marine navigation.


Blinken: Russian bombs damaged 'targets without military purpose throughout Ukraine'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Russia's brutal missile and drone strikes on Ukraine Oct. 10, saying the Kremlin hit “targets without military purpose throughout Ukraine.”


Sams: 'This study meets an urgent need to identify Cold War properties'

The National Park Service named 24 sites worthy of national historic landmark consideration.



Granholm to wealthy oil companies: 'take action to lower prices'

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm addressed the nation's oil and energy companies in a statement issued late last month, challenging them to reduce prices for Americans instead of pocketing record profits.