News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


News Release: BOSTON - A repeat convicted felon has been charged by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment on firearm and drug offenses.


Homeland Security Department discusses Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Housatonic River, Stratford, CT on Jan. 27

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Five Members and Associates of White Supremacist Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering, Kidnapping, and Murder

News Release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Filthy Fuhrer, formerly Timothy Lobdell, 46; Roy Naughton, aka Thumper, 44; Glen Baldwin, aka Glen Dog, 41; Colter O’Dell, 30; and Craig King, aka Oakie, 57, were sentenced this week in Alaska to life in prison without the possibility of parole. All five defendants were convicted...


Two Sentenced in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - Two Worcester residents have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and heroin.


News Release: An Ohio man was arraigned today on criminal charges related to his alleged false statements to U.S. immigration and law enforcement officials about his military service and involvement in a politically and ethnically-motivated attack on civilians in Croatia during the civil war in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.


Nominations to the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee discussed on Jan. 27 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced the Full Committee Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress.


The US Homeland Security Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Today marks 200 years of diplomatic relations and friendship between the governments and people of Argentina and the United States. On this occasion, I express my heartfelt gratitude for the warm and productive partnership that our two countries have shared over the past two centuries. Our formal links...


Two Men Plead Guilty to Five-Hour Armed Robbery Spree

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake and a Suffolk man pleaded guilty today and earlier this week to their roles in a series of armed robberies of 7-Eleven establishments in the Cities of Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach.


Carper, Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Call for Stronger Safeguards to Protect Americans from Chemical Accidents

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.), joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), U.S. Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), and 45 other congressional colleagues in a letter ...


Justice Department Announces Charges and New Arrest in Connection with Assassination Plot Directed from Iran

News Release: A federal court in New York today unsealed murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for plotting the murder of a U.S. citizen who has been targeted by the Government of Iran for speaking out against the regime’s human rights abuses.


Leader of Lawrence Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison

News Release: BOSTON - The leader of a local drug trafficking organization (DTO) was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, carfentanil (a fentanyl analogue) in and around the Lawrence area and for possessing a loaded firearm in furtherance of his DTO’s operations.


Oak Ridge Completes Critical Upgrades to Waste Treatment Infrastructure

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR are performing extensive upgrades designed to extend the life of the Liquid and Gaseous Waste Operations (LGWO) facilities.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, EPA will announce a major new initiative to accelerate progress toward the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of achieving 100% lead service line removal and replacement.


Conshohocken Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute and Possess Methamphetamine

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Conshohocken, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Tucson Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Monday, Orlando Miguel Valenzuela, 28, of Tucson, Arizona, pleaded guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact. Sentencing is scheduled for April 10, 2023, before United States District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson.


Fisfis, David T.; Notice of Filing discussed on Jan. 27 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jennelle Brown, 38, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.