News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Devin Kelly (27, Tampa) to three years and ten months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Kelly to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense. Kelly had pleaded guilty on April 19, 2022.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Michael Woloschuk, 42, of Hamlin, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors, after having previously been convicted of a child pornography offense, before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, a lifetime period of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Oleksandra “Sasha" Johnson (619) 546-9769.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jeremie Hoyt, age 42, of Davenport, New York, was sentenced today to serve 25 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child and distributing and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Matthew Scarpino, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and New York State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Beaver County resident has pleaded guilty and been sentenced in federal court to seven years of imprisonment and four years of supervised release on his convictions for violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Man Sentenced for Attacking his Ex-Girlfriend on Mother’s Day 2021

News Release: A 28-year-old Tulsa man was sentenced in federal court for breaking into a former girlfriend’s home and strangling her in a 2021 Mother’s Day attack, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 8.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J.- A Passaic County, New Jersey, woman today admitted her role in a scheme to embezzle over $3.7 million from her employer while she was the company’s chief financial officer and director of operations, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing Firearm

News Release: Katterin McCray, 25, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Canadian Man Charged in Drug Trafficking Scheme That Allegedly Shipped Millions of Dollars of Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Big Rigs

News Release: LOS ANGELES - An investigation into an international drug trafficking organization has resulted in the arrest of a Canadian man who allegedly orchestrated the shipment of narcotics from the Los Angeles area to Canada and who is directly linked in court papers to the seizure of more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine and 333 kilograms of cocaine, the Justice Department announced today.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted scheming with others to use credit cards and checks that were stolen from the mail by at least two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees to make hundreds of thousands of dollars of purchases, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.


News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Mobile man has been sentenced to 92 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a gun.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Melvin Hilson, 50, a former deputy warden at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release for violating an inmate’s civil rights in 2016. On May 26, Hilson pleaded guilty in federal court to willfully depriving...


Local physician assistant arrested for unlawfully practicing medicine

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas ‐ A 49-year-old Brownsville man has been charged for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicaid by working with a suspended medical license, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.


Boone County Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in  Damage to Energy Facility

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Danny Griffy, 57, of Sylvester, was sentenced today to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the destruction of an energy facility, identified as a known mine located across Boone and Lincoln counties.