News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Six Mongols Motorcycle Club Members Found Guilty of Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Murder

News Release: A federal jury convicted six Tennessee men Friday for racketeering conspiracy and other charges involving murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking, and other crimes, all stemming from their involvement with the Clarksville chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club (Clarksville Mongols).


News Release: Email Hacking Scheme Targeted Fort Leonard Wood, Other Victims.


Release: Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer arrived in Ethiopia on September 5 to encourage efforts for an immediate stop to the fighting and participation by the government of Ethiopia and the Tigrayan regional authorities in African Union-led peace talks. Special Envoy Hammer met with...


Release: On Thursday, Aug. 25, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Monica Medina will travel to New York, New York, in support of negotiations on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)...


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


North Idaho Woman Sentenced for Embezzling over  3.6 Million Dollars in Wire Fraud Scheme

News Release: Silver Valley Woman Sentenced to 51 Months Prison for Scheme Involving Kasco of Idaho.


News Release: 660,000 fake Adderall® pills; eleven kilos of meth powder; seven firearms seized.


News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Ralph Haywood Jones, Jr., has been sentenced after shooting two women on June 10, 2019, including his ex-girlfriend - the mother of his children - whom he shot, kidnapped, and drove to South Carolina where he abandoned her in a parking lot without seeking medical attention. Jones left the other woman, a friend of his ex-girlfriend, lying in a driveway in Winder, Georgia, and bleeding from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.


Cleveland Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of a Firearm as a Felon

News Release: CLEVELAND - Diante S. Colthirst, 32, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison, with 60 months to be served consecutively with a state sentence, by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko after he pleaded guilty in May 2022 to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Assistant Secretary Monica Medina Remarks at the National Space Council

Release: Thank you, Madame Vice President. I am honored to represent the Department of State today and will provide an update on our diplomatic efforts.


EPA Kicks-Off ‘Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students’

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the launch of the “Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students.” The Challenge invites students to tell stories with videos, written stories, infographics or story maps that illustrate how U.S. businesses are ...


BLM Buffalo to conduct prescribed burn in Johnson County

News Release: Buffalo, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will conduct a prescribed burn this fall in the Beartrap Meadow area along Hazelton Road in southwest Johnson County.


Release: Good afternoon, Everyone. Thank you to the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs and to the International Astronautical Federation for co-organizing this workshop and for inviting me to speak today. I am the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and...


Cumberland County Man Sentenced To 84 Months In Prison On Drug Charge

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: Oxford, MS - Two Kentucky men were sentenced recently by the U.S. District Court for felony charges arising out of the illegal harvest of paddlefish and paddlefish roe from closed waters in Mississippi.


Why Protecting the High Seas Matters

Release: Representatives from countries around the world and dozens of civil society organizations are huddled and working around the clock at UN headquarters in New York this week for negotiations “on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)."...


Lower Brule Man Returns to Federal Prison for Over 33 Years for Leading a Meth and Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering was sentenced on July 25, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Notice published on Sept. 19 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Lower Rogue River Boating Permits Available by Phone

News Release: Galice, Ore. - The Rum Creek Fire has damaged phone and internet service at the Smullin Visitor Center in Rand, causing a change to how permits are issued for boating on the Wild Section of the Rogue River from Grave Creek to Foster Bar.