News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

News from August 2014


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


June 2014 North American Freight Numbers

News Release: June 2014 North American Freight Numbers


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mexican man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer.


Peterson Announces Enrollment for Dairy Margin Protection Program

News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will open enrollment for the dairy Margin Protection Program on September 2. The new program was authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and aims to address volatility in the dairy marketplace, providing dairy farmers with a safety net when margins, the difference between milk prices and feed, fall below the farmer’s coverage level.


Calhoun City MS Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Distribution

News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BRANDON JEVAR PITTMAN, 32, of Calhoun City, Mississippi, pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


Eagle Butte Man Charged With Assault With A Dangerous Weapon

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.


News Release: ATLANTA - Zerry Feaster has been sentenced for stealing over $80,000 from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where she worked as a secretary, and making false statements.


Indictment For Growing Over 22,000 Marijuana Plants In Lassen National Forest

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Mexican national Christian Rubio with conspiracy to cultivate marijuana, cultivation of marijuana, and depredation of public lands and resources, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


BLM California Announces Path Forward for Oil and Gas Program

News Release: With today's release of the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) independent science review of well stimulation technologies, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing its comprehensive strategy for the federal oil and gas program in California. The strategy incorporates information...


United States Intervenes In False Claims Act Lawsuits Against Evercare Hospice And Palliative Care, Now Known As Optum Palliative Care And Hospice

News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has partially intervened against defendants in two whistleblower lawsuits in the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado alleging Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care (Evercare) submitted false claims for the Medicare hospice benefit. Evercare is now known as...


Owner And Seven Employees Of Mortgage Company And Two Real Estate Developers Indicted For $50 Million Scam Involving Federally Insured Mortgages

News Release: The owner of a Florida mortgage company, seven employees of the company and two real estate developers were indicted in the Southern District of Florida in connection with an alleged $50 million mortgage fraud scheme.


Career Offender Sentenced to Fifteen and a Half Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jonathan Madrid, 28, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Madrid was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison to be followed by four years of supervised release.


News Release: Winning Artwork will be Featured in Ansel Adams Gallery.


Big South Fork Hog Hunting Permits Go On Sale Starting Saturday, September 27

News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is one of only a few National Park Service units legislated to allow hunting. Wild hogs may be hunted from Sept. 28, 2014, through Feb. 28, 2015, in both Tennessee and Kentucky. A permit is required to hunt hogs during this season and may...


News Release: Memphis, TN - Anthony Taylor, age 46, of Martin, Tenn., received a federal prison sentence of over 21 years, or 262 months, following his conviction on Jan. 28, 2014, by a jury on two counts related to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a stolen firearm, announced United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Edward L. Stanton III, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Glenn Anderson.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Eldon, Mo., business owner has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 17-count indictment today against Kenneth Tam, 53; Gerald Osborne, 56; Sherlynn Charles, 52; Marco Antonio Borja, 38; Adalberto Valenzuela-Ruiz, 30; and Nelson Gutierrez, 26, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and possession and distribution of methamphetamine and heroin.