News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


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



Notice published on Oct. 5 by Transportation Department

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


Rockford Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Traffic Heroin and Cocaine

News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin and cocaine.



Monmouth County Man Admits Corrupt Interference with Administration of Internal Revenue Laws

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted his corrupt interference with the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Eric Christian, age 34, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced to serve 46-months in federal prison for conspiring with inmates of the Benton County Jail to smuggle contraband into the jail in exchange for money. Christian, who pled guilty in December 2021 to Conspiracy to Provide Prohibited Objects to an Inmate of a Prison, was also sentenced to three-years supervised release after he completes his time in federal custody.


News Release: The California Trail Interpretive Center (CTIC) will resume a five-day per week schedule beginning on Sunday, October 9, 2022. Operating hours will be Wednesday through Sunday 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Located eight miles west of Elko, Nevada at the Hunter exit on Interstate 80, the CTIC is a favorite place to visit for the local public and travelers.


Three Long Beach Men Charged in $2.6 Million Robbery of Beverly Hills Jewelry Store in Daylight Smash-and-Grab Theft

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted three Long Beach men who allegedly participated in the daylight smash-and-grab robbery of a Beverly Hills jewelry store in which more than $2.6 million worth of merchandise was stolen.


News Release: A federal indictment unsealed today charges 11 individuals with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.


FSM Citizen Sentenced for Attempted Illegal Reentry to the United States

News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Clarence Poch a.k.a. J.M. Irons, age 43, a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) was sentenced on Sept. 27, 2022, to nine months, 24 days imprisonment...


Court orders Chesapeake healthcare company that retaliated against workers, obstructed investigation to pay $703K in overtime back wages, damages

News Release: CHESAPEAKE, VA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment to recover $703,609 in back wages and liquidated damages for 38 employees denied overtime pay by a Chesapeake home healthcare company and its owner who also retaliated against workers for cooperating with federal investigators.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced today that, as part of its continuing efforts to protect older adults and to bring perpetrators of fraud schemes to justice, it is joining the Justice Department’s Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force, as one of 14 additional...


US Department of Labor, UniFirst reach agreement to resolve alleged  gender-based pay discrimination at New Kensington facility

News Release: NEW KENSINGTON, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an early resolution conciliation agreement with one of the nation’s largest uniform providers to pay $104,568, in back pay and interest to 37 former and current female employees in the company’s New Kensington production facility to resolve alleged pay discrimination identified in a routine audit.


Former Miami Resident Sentenced for Smuggling Illegal Refrigerant from China to U.S.

News Release: MIAMI - Jorge Murrillo, 69, formerly of Miami, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act (CAA) by importing over 300,000 kilograms of illegal hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC-22) worth more than $1.5 million from China. HCFC-22 is a widely used refrigerant for residential heat pump and air-conditioning systems.


Las Cruces man charged after standoff with police

News Release: Violation of protective order leads to federal firearms charges.


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


There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 7.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that LESLIE FRANK NOSEEP, III, age 20, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was charged with assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a person under the age of 16 and assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm. Noseep appeared...


Recent APHIS Tribal Relations Training and Workshop Highlights

Release: APHIS hosted a Tribal Biologist Workshop for Disease Detection and Surveillance at the Great Lakes Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Regional Conference held at the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, in Hayward, Wisconsin in September 2022. Participants learned how to ...