News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Quincy, Illinois, Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Quincy, Illinois, man, Marcus Moore, 35, formerly of the 2800 block of East Bluff Court, was sentenced on Oct. 3, 2022 to 120 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by 60 months of supervised release, by United States District Judge Sue Myerscough for distributing over 200 grams of pure methamphetamine in Quincy.



Colorado Man Charged with Participation in Vermont Kidnapping and Murder

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that today, Jerry Banks, 35, of Fort Garland, Colorado was charged with a murder-for-hire conspiracy and the kidnapping of Gregory Davis, a resident of Danville, Vermont, on January 6, 2018, resulting in Davis’s death. Banks was added as a defendant to the murder-for-hire conspiracy case already pending against Serhat Gumrukcu, 39, of Los Angeles, California, and Berk Eratay, 36, of Las Vegas, Nevada.


Former local bakery owner admits to stealing identity of deceased baby, $1.5M pandemic relief fraud

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Columbus woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to 16 counts of wire and passport fraud. The defendant stole the identity of a baby who died as an infant and used the infant’s identity to obtain a passport, a student pilot license, a job as a flight attendant, and pandemic relief loans.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Bay Area man and former FBI special agent was found guilty today by a federal jury of conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes and other items of value in exchange for providing sensitive law enforcement information to a corrupt lawyer with ties to Armenian organized crime.



The House section of the Congressional Record published “HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF” on Jan. 2, 2013.


US Department of Labor awards $985K to fund mine safety awareness, education, training in key mining industry states


US Department of Labor announces selection of OSHA Training Institute Education Centers


READOUT: At US Department of Labor, Workers’ Voice Summit stresses collaboration in addressing workers’ rights concerns


US Department of Labor finds Trenton contractor again exposing workers to falls, this time at Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, River Vale work sites


US Department of Labor awards $2M grant to help improve labor conditions, prevent forced, child labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry


Nadler, Menendez, Schumer Praise House Passage of Legislation to Provide Justice for 9/11 Families


Nadler Floor Statement for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act


FBI allegedly engaging in ‘purge’ of conservative employees, retaliating against whistleblowers


Durbin Questions New BOP Director During Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing



Durbin, Coons, Senators Introduce Bill to Limit Use of Solitary Confinement


Durbin, Padilla Introduce Legislation to Broaden Pathway to Citizenship


Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Bureau of Prisons Oversight