News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Former Chair of Massachusetts Health Care Company Board of Directors and Attorney Agree to Plead Guilty to Selling Unregistered Securities

News Release: BOSTON - A Canadian citizen and resident of Long Beach, Calif., has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to three felony securities offenses, two of which concern his undisclosed sale of over $1.3 million worth of shares in a company for which he was the board chairman. His attorney in Yuba City, Calif., who facilitated the undisclosed stock sales, has also been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to a felony securities offense.


Federal jury convicts man for production of child pornography

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal jury on Sept. 28 returned a guilty verdict on Michael Bauldwin. The jury convicted Bauldwin, 43, of Albuquerque, on two counts of production of child pornography.


News Release: Louisville, KY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Kelvin R. Portwood with forcibly assaulting two Transportation Security Agency (TSA) Officers at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that a grand jury returned an indictment charging GRADY LYNN PEOPLES, 50, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of...


Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sexual Exploitation Charges

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, Distribution and Attempted Distribution of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, and Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Barnesville, Georgia, resident who admitted to producing child sexual assault material involving a minor victim was sentenced to the maximum prison term allowed by federal law for his crime.


St. Paul Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for his Role in Illegal Gun Buying Conspiracy

News Release: One of the firearms was used in the Seventh Street Truck Park Bar Shooting.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released The National Crime Victimization Survey and National Incident-Based Reporting System: A complementary picture of crime in 2021.


“THE DEVASTATING CRISIS IN EASTERN CONGO” published by Congressional Record  on Jan. 2, 2013

The Congressional Record published “THE DEVASTATING CRISIS IN EASTERN CONGO” in the Extensions of Remarks section on Jan. 2, 2013.


“THE FISCAL CLIFF” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Jan. 1, 2013

“THE FISCAL CLIFF” was published on pages S8622-S8625 of the Congressional Record on Jan. 1, 2013.


“THE FARM BILL“ was published in the Senate section on pages S8580-S8583 on Dec. 31, 2012


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and James VanVliet, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, announced today that Delbert Tyler Trevino was charged with possession...


News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico-Additional Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) are now open in Barranquitas and Río Grande. The joint DRCs, a partnership between the municipality, the Government of Puerto Rico and FEMA, will help Hurricane Fiona survivors apply for FEMA assistance, upload documents needed for their application and answer questions in person.


Distribution of Methamphetamine Sends Many, Louisiana Man to Federal Prison

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of a Many, Louisiana man in federal court today. United States District Judge Donald E. Walter sentenced Damien Medlock, 36, to 151 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Medlock was indicted in June 2021 and pleaded guilty to the charge on May 16, 2022.


Buzzards Bay Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Violent Kidnapping

News Release: BOSTON - A Buzzards Bay man pleaded guilty on Sept. 30, 2022 in federal court in Boston to his role in a violent kidnapping tied to a Cape Cod heroin trafficking ring.



Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Chilean President Boric

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Chilean President Gabriel Boric in Santiago, Chile. Secretary Blinken and President Boric highlighted the importance of the relationship between our two countries as we approach the 200th anniversary ...


EDVA Takes Part in Department’s Wide-Ranging Efforts to Protect Older Adults

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Justice Department announced yesterday the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands...


News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Visit the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center on Saturday, October 8 for a special presentation by local writer and historian Tom Rea. Rea will present “Thomas Twiss, a Man of Two Worlds" at 11 a.m.


Transportation Department discusses Medical Review Board (MRB); Notice of Partially Closed Meeting on Oct. 5

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.