News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


What releases are upcoming from the Drug Enforcement Administration on Oct. 11

There are nine releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.


Man Arrested for Making Threats to Maricopa County Election Official and to Official with Office of Arizona Attorney General

News Release: An Iowa man was arrested today in Hiawatha, Iowa, for allegedly sending a threatening communication to an election official on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona, and for allegedly sending a threatening communication to an official with the Office of the Arizona Attorney General.


Leader of Multi-State Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges

News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Former Medical Assistant at Desoto Regional Health System Pleads Guilty in Federal Court

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Debra Bossier a/k/a Debra Palmer, 48, of Mansfield, Louisiana, entered a guilty plea today to one count of acquiring or obtaining controlled substances by fraud. The hearing was held before United States District Judge Donald E. Walter.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance teams helped Hurricane Ian survivors at a “one day only" registration intake center at the Rural Heritage Center in Geneva, Florida, Seminole County today, as assistance teams continue to go door to door to meet people where they are and help survivors with their unique needs. Mobile Registration Intake Centers are opening throughout the state. Survivors can visit these sites for help applying for assistance.


Leader Of Sunset Trinitarios Gang Pleads Guilty To Racketeering

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDIBERTO SANTANA, a/k/a “Flaco Veneno," pled guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy involving murder, arising out of SANTANA’s long-time leadership of the Sunset Trinitarios gang. SANTANA pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty.


Pallone Applauds Biden’s Executive Order Pardoning Federal Marijuana Offenses

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden’s announcement that he would issue an executive order pardoning all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law...


Rodgers Announces Sean Brebbia as Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chief Counsel

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced that Sean Brebbia has joined her senior leadership team on the Energy and Commerce Committee as the Chief Counsel of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.


Statement from Secretary Mayorkas on Fifth Circuit Ruling Regarding DACA

News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement regarding today’s ruling on the DACA...


News Release: A Dallas man who called himself “Macknificent" was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for human trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Conehatta Man Found Guilty in Shooting

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Conehatta man was found guilty on several federal charges at the conclusion of a jury trial that began Oct. 3, 2022, in U.S. District Court in Jackson, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.



News Release: FORT WAYNE - Remon D. Phillips, 39 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was found guilty following a three-day jury trial presided over by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that David R. Markie, 40, of Rutland, Vermont was arrested last night for interfering with commerce by robbery. Markie was charged today by Criminal Complaint, and is scheduled to appear tomorrow before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle.


Biden-Harris Administration announces $1.1 million for transportation improvements in national parks from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that they are allocating $1.1 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve transportation in national parks and collaborate with the Department of Transportation to research innovative solutions to provide visitors with comprehensive, reliable, real-time travel information.


News Release: The National Park Service Structural Fire Program has issued a about energy storage systems. An energy storage system is a device or group of assembled devices capable of storing energy for electrical use. Please read the hazard details and incorporate the recommended actions into your risk management program if your concession or lease has any energy storage systems.



News Release: A former leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty today to seditious conspiracy for his actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His and others’ actions sought to stop the transfer of power by disrupting a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


Jacobs-Young, Ducheneaux: Farm Bill 'provisions aim to help ensure underserved producers'

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials Chavonda Jacobs-Young and Zach Ducheneaux were among witnesses testifying Sept. 29 during the 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Title XII – Department Operations and Outreach hearing before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations.


News Release: A Canadian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $21,500,000 today for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks. The Court will order restitution at a later date.