News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022



The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A Catlettsburg, Ky., man, Jonathan Lee Smithers, 41, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to a federal kidnapping charge.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Josue Lopez Quintana, 25, of Tucson, Arizona, was charged by criminal complaint for Making a False Statement to Law Enforcement. Quintana had his initial appearance Monday before United States Magistrate Judge Eric J. Markovich.


News Release: The United States condemns the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police after being detained for purportedly wearing a hijab too loosely. We mourn with her loved ones and with the Iranian people.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Justice Department set to publish a new notice on Sept. 26

There are three releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 26.


President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Puerto Rico

News Release: WASHINGTON ­-- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to supplement territorial and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Fiona beginning Sept. 17 and continuing.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County man was sentenced to 84 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Duquan McLeod, age 32, of Rockingham, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a loaded pistol as a felon.


Yuba City Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation

News Release: SACRAMENTO - James Dean Miller, 54, of Yuba City, was sentenced today to 15 years and eight months in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, man, David Robertson II, 39, of the 500 block of Voris Street, was sentenced on September 9, 2022, to 15 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Kristin Cole Greinke, 41, of Grand Rapids, pleaded guilty to robbing Independent Bank located at 3090 Plainfield Avenue, N.E. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - LUIS RIVAS, age 59, a Colombian citizen who was living in New Orleans, and ANGEL SANTIAGO HERNANDEZ, age 49, a Colombian citizen who was living in Houston, were sentenced on Sept. 21, 2022 before the Honorable Jane Triche Milazzo on charges of violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.



Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to West Virginia


South Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office to Lead COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force Team Against Pandemic Relief Fraud


President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Puerto Rico