News published on Federal Newswire in July 2014

News from July 2014


News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and Joey B. Dobson, Sheriff, Baker County Sheriff"s Office, announce that Ashley Chase (31, Alma, Georgia), Archie...


Federal Grand Jury In Del Rio Indicts Midland Man On Attempted Murder Charges Of Border Patrol Agents

News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal grand jury indicted CARL WAYNE WILEY for attempted murder of a federal.


Three New Haven Residents Charged With Distributing Crack Cocaine; One Also Faces Gun Charge

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in New Haven returned a 10-count indictment yesterday charging three...


Seal Beach Man Indicted In Foreclosure Rescue Scheme

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Corona woman, who is already charged with a $15 million bank fraud and bankruptcy f.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Education and the Workforce Committee Senior Democrat George Miller (D-CA) today issued the following joint statement in response to USTR’s six month review of the progress Bangladesh has made in implementing the Action Plan laid out in June 2013, when President Obama suspended the country’s Generalized System of Preferences...


Enjoy a Safe Fourth of July Holiday

News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, CA -.


News Release: Hot and dry temperatures are predicted for the upcoming holiday weekend, and firefighters are asking for the public help to prevent human-caused wildfires. This summer, an abundant amount of fine, flashy fuels (dry grass) have grown tall and thick in many places, which create extreme wildland fire conditions.


News Release: DES MOINES, IA - United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt announced today the arrest and indictment of MoYun, for conspiracy to steal trade secrets. Mo Hailong was previously arrested in December of 2013. The Superseding Indictment alleges that from on or about January of 2007, to on or about December...


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Misprision of a Felony was sentenced on June 30, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Bernabe Carrasco, 35, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge pursuant to a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


Access to Logan Pass Available Tonight

News Release: The entire Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park is anticipated to open to vehicle travel later this evening. Park road crews have finished snow removal, debris clean-up work, guard rail installation, and facility preparation, as well assessing snow conditions. The Logan Pass Visitor Center...


Four Revolutionary War Park Units to Consolidate Operations

News Release: Four Revolutionary War Park Units to Consolidate Operations.


News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park (GETT) and Eisenhower Historic Site has made available for review an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate two alternatives for a Fire Management Plan at both parks. The EA describes the environment and resources that would be affected by the alternatives and the environmental consequences of implementing these alternatives.


News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - The last of eight defendants charged with various offenses in a cocaine distribution conspiracy that operated in Mexico and in Lubbock, Borger and Odessa, Texas, pleaded guilty today, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Former High School Principal Sentenced to Prison in Child Pornography Case

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Robert Paul Patton, the former principal at Sherwood High School, was sentenced to more than ten years in prison following his plea of guilty to possession of child pornography. At a sentencing hearing on July 1, 2014, Senior U. S. District Judge Garr M. King sentenced Patton, 45, to...


Fort Thompson Man Sentenced For Domestic Assault By A Habitual Offender And Child Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender and Child Abuse was sentenced on June 30, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Fred Masters, Jr., age 48, of Mason, Tenn., was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to one count of possessing equipment, chemicals, products, and materials that may be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.


Vitter: France Considers Lifting Hydraulic Fracturing Ban, Sees Economic Benefits

News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to the President of the Republic of France François Hollande, regarding recent reports that the French government may be considering lifting the ban on hydraulic fracturing.


International Employee Recruiter Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Visa Fraud

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Milen Radomirski, age 34, a Bulgarian national residing in Germantown, Maryland, today to two years in prison for visa fraud. Judge Grimm also ordered Radomirski to forfeit $100,000.


Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Open House in Preparation for Foundation Document

News Release: White Hall, AL - The National Park Service is preparing a foundation document for planning and management at the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. The trail would like to invite the public to join in this effort. A foundation document involves revisiting the national historic trail’s core...