News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Portman: August CBP Stats Show Record More Than Two Million Border Encounters in Fiscal Year 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing that 2022 has already had two million border encounters, more border encounters than any year on record which makes it clear that this administration must take action to address the border crisis...


DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement Following Hurricane Fiona Impacts in Puerto Rico

News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with its federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to support the needs of the areas affected by the impacts of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico. In light of these circumstances, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs ...


Jury returns guilty verdict in local deed fraud scheme

News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted a 61-year-old Dallas man for money laundering, conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced Timothy Herron, 48, of Charlotte, to 235 months in prison and six years of supervised release for drug trafficking, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Extension of the Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Baghdad Flight Information Region (FIR) (ORBB) discussed on Sept. 20 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a seven page rule on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.2 million grant to the Idaho Department of Transportation, Boise, Idaho, to support the recovery of the local tourism sector through improvements to the state’s historical markers program. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


Notice published on Sept. 20 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a seven page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Marshfield Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years for Child Pornography

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Marshfield, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for downloading child pornography to his cell phone.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - A former high school counselor in St. Louis County, Missouri on Tuesday admitted having sexual contact with one student and having inappropriate contact with nine others.


News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced on Sept. 9, 2022 in federal court in Boston to fentanyl trafficking.



Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Global Food Security Summit

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Merci beaucoup, Monsieur President. President Michel, President Sall, Chancellor, thank you all so much for being part of this today. Let me actually start by inviting another colleague to the stage, President Petro of Colombia. Would you please join us if you’re here? And maybe he’s not. Ah, there we are. Mr. President. (Applause.) Good to see you.


Revision of Approved State Primacy Program for the State of Arizona discussed on Sept. 20 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-The FBI has identified the individual who died on Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Flagstaff during a shooting involving deputy U.S. Marshals.


Former Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Failing to File Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Virgil Sever Santa, 49, formerly of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to failing to file a report of foreign bank and financial accounts (FBAR) with the Department of the Treasury, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Digital Press Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer

Release: Digital press briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer. Special Envoy Hammer discussed his recent trip to the region in support of the African Union’s efforts to launch talks aimed at ending the conflict in Northern Ethiopia.


News Release: The Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration’s Hilary Ingraham, Holly Herrera, and Kiera Berdinner will receive the prestigious 2022 Service to America Medal from the Partnership for Public Service at tonight’s 2022 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal Awards Ceremony. Ms. ...


Armed Robber Indicted for Three Robberies in the Same Night Along Route One Corridor in Philadelphia

News Release: PHILADELPHIA -United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Saifuddin Hasan, 21, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment with three counts of Hobbs Act Robbery in connection with three armed robberies which all occurred on the same night in December 2021, in Montgomery County and Philadelphia.


Bowling Green Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 16 Years and 8 Months in Federal Prison

News Release: Bowling Green, KY - A Bowling Green man was sentenced today to 16 years and 8 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and other drug trafficking related offenses.


Coon Rapids Man Indicted for Threatening a U.S. Senator

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Coon Rapids man for making interstate threats against a U.S. Senator, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.