News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

News from December 2013


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on Dec. 2, 2013, in Missoula, after a federal district court bench trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen held on Nov. 27, 2013, KEVIN SCOTT NESSLAND, a 41-year-old resident of Bozeman, was found guilty of (3) counts of receipt of child pornography. Sentencing is set for March 6, 2014. He is currently detained.


Monroeville Man Was Part Of Violent Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Monroeville man pleaded guilty in federal court to federal firearms and drug trafficking charges, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


House of Representatives to Consider Resolution Honoring Mandela’s Life, Accomplishments, and Legacy

News Release: Washington, D.C. - A bipartisan group of House Members today introduced a H.Res. 434, a resolution honoring the life, accomplishments and legacy of Nelson Mandela and expressing condolences on his passing.


Former Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty

News Release: Bruce Schliemann Admits To Removing Classified Documents.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on December 4, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, PATRICK FAY McMULLEN, a 31-year-old resident of McKinleyville, California, was sentenced to a term of.


Armed Career Criminal Exiled To Over 24 Years In Prison For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Stephen Sylvester Walker, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 293 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a gun. Judge Bredar enhanced Walker’s sentence upon finding that Walker is an armed career criminal based on one previous first degree assault conviction and two previous narcotics convictions.


News Release: Current and Former Deputies Charged with Federal Crimes, including Illegal Beatings of Jail Inmates and Obstruction of Justice.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the ongoing effort to protect Americans’ sensitive personal information online, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking answers on a recent cyber breach at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as a review of cyber security at the Department of Health and...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the ongoing effort to protect Americans’ sensitive personal information online, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking answers on a recent cyber breach at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as a review of cyber security at the Department of Health and...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the ongoing effort to protect Americans’ sensitive personal information online, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking answers on a recent cyber breach at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as a review of cyber security at the Department of Health and...


North Idaho Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Anthony Jerald Brown, 29, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced today on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Brown to 60 months in prison...


News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - On Friday, December 6, 2013, Dennis Earl Smith, Jr. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to the maximum penalty of 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Phillip Durham, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Smith was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Walden Announces Bipartisan Agreements on FCC Process Reform and Legislation to Improve Federal Spectrum Use

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that members of the subcommittee have reached bipartisan agreements on both the FCC Process Reform Act and the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act, Both pieces of legislation are set to be considered at this week’s full committee markup.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that members of the subcommittee have reached bipartisan agreements on both the FCC Process Reform Act and the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act, Both pieces of legislation are set to be considered at this week’s full committee markup.


News Release: George Michael Puskas II told police he took pornographic pictures during relationship with a 16-year-old minor.


Shuster to Introduce Bill to Ban In-Flight Cell Phone Calls

News Release: "He said what? No, I’ll be on this plane for hours. Please, I want to hear everything" #SaidNoOneEver #FlightSerenity pic.twitter.com/CHrDJGeUez



KC Company Pleads Guilty to Illegally Transporting Hazardous Waste

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., company pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally transporting hazardous waste.


News Release: Proprietary agricultural waste blends provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists to industry partners are being used in a new process that literally grows custom packaging products to protect computers and other breakables during shipping.