News published on Federal Newswire in October 2013

News from October 2013


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Oct. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers

News Release: Nine Individuals Allegedly Used New York And New Jersey Pharmacies To Distribute Controlled Substances To Customers In Florida With No Legitimate Medical Need For The Drugs.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Coast Guard and U.S. law enforcement partners seized approximately 1,155 kilograms of cocaine (approximately 2,546 pounds), a go-fast vessel and detained three suspected smugglers, during an at-sea interdiction Friday in the Caribbean Sea south of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands...


News Release: Case Is One of Many Brought as a Result of United States Attorney Wigginton’s Metro-East Armed Robbery Initiative.


IRONY ALERT: GOP Shuts Down Government Over Obamacare, Blames Obamacare for Shutdown Impacts

News Release: In a particularly sad bit of irony, Republicans are now blaming the Affordable Care Act for the delay in the tax-filing season, which the IRS announced yesterday as a result of the 16-day government shutdown. You can do little more than shake your head at the following chain of events...


News Release: Roy Wood, Chief of Interpretation for Katmai National Park & Preserve has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Alaska Region Freeman Tilden Award for his partnership with the Annenberg Foundation’s explore.org to bring the bears of Brooks Camp to the world through the installation and operation of several webcams.


Philadelphia Man Charged With Bank Fraud

News Release: Robert Von Ryan, 37, of Philadelphia, was charged yesterday by information with one count of bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, while guarding the cars of Philadelphia Eagles football players, the defendant took bank account information belonging to one of the players and used the bank information to transfer more than $225,000 from the account.


Chairman Hastings’ Statement on Obama Administration’s Endorsement of States' Lesser Prairie-Chicken Conservation Plan

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 23, 2013 - Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) endorsement of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today marks the 16th day that House Speaker John Boehner has continued the federal government shutdown by refusing to allow the House to vote on the clean Continuing Resolution that has passed the Senate and would pass the House today if Speaker Boehner would just bring it up for consideration.


International Wildlife Investigation results in conviction of Haines Big Game Guide for illegal take, false labeling and illegal importation of wildlife

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Haines, Alaska, resident was sentenced in federal court in Juneau on five felony Lacey Act counts involving illegal take of wildlife, false labeling, and illegal importation of wildlife.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Office, William D. Snyder, Sheriff, Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), John A. Bolduc, Chief, Port St. Lucie...


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Coast Guard and U.S. law enforcement partners seized approximately 1,155 kilograms of (approximately 2,546 pounds), a go-fast vessel and detained three suspected smugglers, during an at-sea interdiction Friday in the Caribbean Sea south of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, announced...


News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Oves St. Orbin Wright, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., and Kevin J. Dunbar, 45, of Manchester, have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to marijuana distribution charges. Wright pleaded guilty yesterday and Dunbar pleaded guilty today.


News Release: DENVER - Justin Craig Smith, age 32, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver for the sexual exploitation of children, the distribution of child pornography, and the possession of child pornography, United States Attorney John Walsh and U.S. Immigration and Customs...


News Release: The Energy Department today released a new report showing progress for the U.S. offshore wind energy market in 2012, including the completion of two commercial lease auctions for federal Wind Energy Areas and 11 commercial-scale U.S. projects representing over 3,800 megawatts (MW) of capacity reaching...


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Wichita truck driver has been charged in federal court with transporting child pornography across state lines, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of illegally possessing a firearm.