News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Nigerian Man Indicted and Wanted for Defrauding New York State Out of More Than $30 Million by Posing as Ventilator Seller During Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Chidozie Collins Obasi, 29, of Nigeria, was charged by Indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, and 16 counts of wire fraud, all stemming from a complicated, evolving fraud...


Release: DES MOINES Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Des Moines International Airport (DSM) Monday.


Back to the Future: Gear Edition

News Release: UPDATES. As mechanical objects, gears have been around for so long that people may take them for granted. But gears are sophisticated parts that play a vital role in cars, airplanes, construction and mining equipment, food processing, clock making and more. And companies are still trying to make them...


Idaho Intern Hopes to Continue Family’s Legacy Following Graduation

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A former U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM ) intern is hoping to parlay her experience at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site this past summer into a full-time career, joining her parents in the profession of industrial hygiene.


Federal court forces Chicago restaurant owner to comply with subpoena requesting documents for US Department of Labor wage investigation

News Release: CHICAGO - After more than two years, a Chicago restaurant owner has finally complied with an administrative subpoena to provide documentation for a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation. The compliance comes after a federal judge held Wilson Torres, owner of La Bomba Food Restaurant Inc., in contempt and confined him to one night in jail and ordered him to pay $40,500 in fines.


News Release: CLEVELAND - Terry L. Jackson Sr., 50, of Elyria, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, September 8, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent to more than 21.5 years in prison after Jackson was convicted in a trial by jury of distributing cocaine base (crack) and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine base (crack) and methamphetamine.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 14.


News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS – (September 12th, 2022) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement with TPC Group LLC to correct Clean Air Act violations at its Houston, Texas facility. This agreement alleges the facility has multiple deficiencies, including visible external corrosion of equipment ...


Hollywood Executive and Former White House Staffer Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Defrauding New York Investment Fund of More Than $30 Million

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM SADLEIR was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer to six years in prison for his participation in two fraudulent schemes relating to investments made by a New York-based investment...


Bakersfield Man Indicted for Laser Strikes of Sheriff’s Helicopter

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alejandro Galvan-Silvestre, 23, of Bakersfield, was arrested today, charged with knowingly aiming the beam of a laser pointer at Air One, a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: ROCKFORD - A man was sentenced today to 41 years in federal prison in connection with a series of violent retail-store robberies in Rockford.



News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, man, DaJuan Edwards-Melton, 21, of the 2100 block of W. Antoinette Street, was sentenced on September 8, 2022, to an aggregate 37 months in federal prison for his role in the burglary of a federally licensed firearms dealer and for possession of stolen firearms. Following the term of imprisonment, Edwards-Melton will serve a three-year term of supervised release.


Release: SAN ANTONIO, TX The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) National Canine Training Center (CTC) located at Lackland Air Force Base hosted a swearing in ceremony to welcome the newest and youngest canine officer, 10-year-old Devarjaye DJ Daniel on Tuesday, September 13. DJ was transported onto the base by representatives of The Ferrari Kid non-profit organization in a Ferrari vehicle.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the Second Annual High-Level Economic Dialogue

News Release: ECONOMY SECRETARY CLOUTHIER: (Via interpreter) So good afternoon. What a pleasure to be here once more after this very good meeting with the president of Mexico and with Secretary Blinken and Secretary Raimondo. Ambassador Salazar and all our friends from Mexico, welcome, everyone – want to welcome you ...


Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to Five Years

News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Jones, Alabama, man was sentenced in federal court today for his possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Daniel Martin Bridge, 39, pled guilty to the charge in March of 2022.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on September 9, 2022 GREGORY MASSEY, age 28, and PATRICIA HART, age 24, were charged in an 11-count indictment by a federal grand jury for violations of the Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act, specifically, conspiracy...


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 12, 2022, the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, sentenced James David Morrow, 51, of Maryville, Tennessee, to 15 years in prison.


News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A little more than a month after historic flooding hit Eastern Kentucky, survivors who lost their homes are beginning to move into FEMA Temporary Housing Units. The units are being placed on private sites-when feasible-and in commercial parks. FEMA has leased spaces at available commercial housing sites located within the affected area.