News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Columbus man indicted on money firearms charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Quintae L. Stubbs, of Columbus, Ohio, was indicted today on a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARCUS CHAMBERS, a/k/a “Chino," a/k/a “Chi D," a/k/a “SP," was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for the 2011 murder of Jonathan Johnson, 21, on March 18, 2011, in White Plains, New York. On Dec. 20, 2021, CHAMBERS pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román, who imposed his sentence.


Justice Department Secures Agreement to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Services

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department announced an agreement today with a former Bergen County, New Jersey, man to resolve a federal lawsuit for his alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. The FACE Act protects the right to access and provide reproductive health services, including abortion.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Department of the Interior Celebrates Recovery of the Snail Darter

News Release: KODAK, Tenn. -Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and dozens of conservation partners celebrated the snail darter’s recovery and removal from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife at Seven Islands Birding State Park. The snail darter is the fifth fish species delisted due to recovery in the country and the first in the eastern United States, marking an important milestone in ESA's success in supporting biodiversity.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Christopher Dozier (41, Jacksonville) to 18 years and 8 months in federal prison for two Hobbs Act robberies and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime. The court also ordered Dozier to forfeit the firearm and ammunition he possessed as part of the offenses, as well as the money and firearm stolen during the second robbery. Dozier had pleaded guilty on Feb. 2, 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.



News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-The former president and minority owner of Willamette Country Music Concerts, LLC, who planned, managed, and promoted the annual Willamette Country Music Festival in Linn County, Oregon, pleaded guilty today after she falsified bank statements and financial summaries to influence the sale of her stake in the company.


“VISIT AMERICA ACT“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E1015 on Sept. 30



Martinsburg woman guilty of fentanyl charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tammy Tarmon, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a fentanyl charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Baker Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Making False Statements in Connection with CARES Act COVID-19 Pandemic Assistance

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Chanda Hall, age 44, of Baker, Louisiana, to 26 months in federal prison following her convictions for wire fraud and making false statements. Upon release from imprisonment, Hall will serve two years...



News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Justice Department announced today 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...



There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 6.


$625 Million in Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine

News Release: At the UN General Assembly, President Biden made it clear yet again that we will support the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes. Recent developments from Russia’s sham referenda and attempted annexation to new revelations of brutality against civilians in Ukrainian territory formerly controlled ...


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Amir Harvey, 20, of Philadelphia, PA was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint with carjacking and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with a carjacking incident which occurred in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this month.


News Release: Defendant Allegedly Embezzled Funds from Government Program.