News published on Federal Newswire in June 2014

News from June 2014


Kline Statement on President’s Student Loan Announcement

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the president announced new unilateral action on student loans...


City of Tanana Employees Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud and Theft

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that two Fairbanks men were sentenced on Friday, June 6, 2014, in federal court in Fairbanks after being found guilty of wire fraud and theft from a local government receiving federal funds.


Armed Crack Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Joe Terry (38, Jacksonville) to eight years in federal prison for distributing cocaine base and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.


McLaughlin Man Sentenced For Assault By Striking, Beating And Wounding

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding was sentenced on May 29, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge William D. Gerdes.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


Henderson County Woman Guilty Of Embezzlement

News Release: Department of Justice. Office of Public Affairs. TYLER, TEXAS - A 54-year-old Murchison, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Deborah Cornett pleaded guilty to an Information charging her with embezzlement by a bank...


News Release: A new partnership between Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) and Cape Lookout Studies was recently established with the installation of three monofilament recycling stations on Hatteras Island.In the Seashore, the three new recycling stations are located at Ramp 44 in Buxton, Ramp 55 in Hatteras, and the Frisco Bath House.


Two Carbondale Residents Charged With Crack Cocaine Conspiracy

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, June 9, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On May 21, 2014, Johnathan T. Buck, a/k/a “Buffalo," 40, and Maurice L. Christian, a/k/a “Reece," 26, both of Carbondale, were charged by indictment with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine...


Owner Of United Credit Recovery Charged In $76 Million Scheme

News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Leonard G. Potillo, III (48, Longwood) with 7 counts of wire fraud, 10 counts of bribery of a bank official, and 16 counts of money laundering. If convicted, Potillo faces a maximum penalty of 20...


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.B U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that Bradley W. Pattee, 57, of Henrietta, N.Y., who was convicted of 13 counts of producing, distributing and possessing child pornography, was sentenced to 47 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.


3 Million And Counting: Unemployment Insurance Cut-off Hits New Milestone

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Ways and Means Committee counter that tracks the estimated number of individuals cut off of federal unemployment insurance as a result of the program’s expiration surpassed three million. While the economy continues to recover, long-term unemployment has not improved, with more than a third of all unemployed Americans out of work for longer than six months.


News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the Administration's proposed regulations for greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, which were released last Monday.


Manderson Man Charged With Sexual Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse and two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor.


Former Mingo Judge Sentenced To 4+ Years In Federal Prison

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Former Mingo County circuit judge Michael Thornsbury was sentenced today to four years and two months in federal prison, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. The sentence comes after Thornsbury admitted his role in a conspiracy to coerce a local drug defendant, George White...


BLM Holds First Wild Horse and Burro Internet Adoption in California

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer 45 wild horses and 6 wild burros through its first online adoption in California beginning June 16. Profiles of adoptable animals will be available on the BLM California website.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two men and a woman from Oglala, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters and Attempt to Obtain Controlled Substances by Fraud.


News Release: Coastal Drive in Redwood National and State Parks Re-Opens to One-Way Traffic.


NOAA retires NOAA-16 polar satellite

News Release: NOAA-16 was launched in 2000 and replaced by NOAA-18 as the primary POES satellite in 2005. The shutdown will result in no data gap, as NOAA-16 was being used as a back-up satellite.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Eric Evans, age 35, of Baltimore pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking involving a 14 year old girl.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, June 9, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On June 3, 2014, James Scott Rankin, 44, and James C. Leming, 53, both of Carbondale, Larry E. Recar, 38, and Amye L. Sandidge, 29, both of Murphysboro, Daniel J.E. Overmyer, 23, of Carterville...