News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A Tulsa woman admitted Friday to strangling a female victim, causing her death, then attempting to set the victim’s body and residence on fire to conceal the crime, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Mexican Drug Trafficker Extradited to the United States on Federal Violations

News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Mexican national with dual citizenship has been extradited from Mexico to the United States to face drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


Idaho IT Professional Pleads Guilty to Misappropriating Pre-Publication Investment Recommendations for Insider Trading Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that DAVID STONE pled guilty to one count of securities fraud in connection with an insider trading scheme. STONE was arrested in May of this year and pled guilty this morning before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil.


U.S. Attorney's Office Warns Skilled Nursing Facilities Not to Refuse Treatment to People with Opioid Use Disorder

News Release: BOSTON - As part of its response to the opioid crisis, United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins sent a letter to all skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts warning that refusing to provide care for persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and that the U.S. Attorney’s Office will aggressively enforce these protections.


What releases are upcoming from the Energy Department on Sept. 28

There are three releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 28.


Career Offender Is Sentenced To More Than 19 Years In Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

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.


Sept. 26: bills handled by Foreign Affairs Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Sept. 26.


Transportation Department discusses General Motors, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance on Sept. 26

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $5 million in COVID-relief loans for three shell companies.


“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” published by Congressional Record in the Senate section on Dec. 21, 2017

“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” was published on pages S8265-S8267 of the Congressional Record on Dec. 21, 2017.


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 51-year-old Mexican national who was head of Cartel del Golfo (CDG) from 2003 to 2012 has been ordered to prison and to pay millions for his role in conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Twenty-five alleged drug traffickers have been charged in “Operation Papercheck Fresh," announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Pallone Introduces the Buy Low and Sell High Act, New Legislation to Keep Gas Prices Falling

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced the Buy Low and Sell High Act today, new legislation that creates an Economic Petroleum Reserve designed to continue the trend of falling gasoline prices and make money for American taxpayers by empowering the Department of Energy (DOE) to buy oil when prices are low and sell oil when prices are high.


News Release: Tacoma - A 53-year-old Tacoma man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 26 years in prison for second degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Bobbie Anson Pease pleaded guilty in July 2021 to the 2018 murder of a 34-year-old woman on federal...


Jury Convicts Lancaster Man For International Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dwayne Sherman, age 48, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury on money laundering and drug trafficking conspiracy charges after a six-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson.


News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Leander man has been sentenced to 48 years in federal prison for fraud and money laundering violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.



Member of Large Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 168 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced the sentencing of Kim K. Murphy, age 57, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as part of Operation Hidden Fee, an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking network based and operating in Baton Rouge.