News published on Federal Newswire in June 2014

News from June 2014


News Release: Grand Teton National Park will serve as both the inspiration and location for the third annual 'Plein Air for the Park' fine art exhibition co-hosted by Grand Teton Association and the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters. Over 40 professional artists from across the United States will spend two weeks (July 7-20) painting in the park, as they capture on canvas the spectacular Teton landscape, wildlife and wildflowers. All sessions/events are free and open to the public.


Week In Review - Fort Wayne

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


Correctional Officer Sentenced To Over 3 Years In Prison In Baltimore Jail Racketeering Conspiracy

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced correctional officer Ebonee Braswell, age 27, of Baltimore, today to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for participating in a racketeering conspiracy arising from the smuggling of drugs and contraband inside the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC).


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that today, MARINE MANAGERS LTD., a Liberian corporation headquartered in Piraeus, Greece, pled guilty to a two-count bill of information charging the company with knowingly failing to maintain an oil record book while in port and within the internal waters of the United States, and submitting a false document to the U.S. Coast Guard.


Lacey Act Sentence

News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Kenyen R. Brown, and NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Tracy A. Dunn announce that David Braley was sentenced yesterday in two related cases. First, Braley was sentenced to serve 30 months imprisonment for...


News Release: The Harness Collection. Date: Thursday, July 10, 2014. Time: 7:30 P.M. Place: Mound City Group Visitor Center auditorium, doors open at 7:00 P.M. Fees: No Admission Fees. The Harness family farm has drawn the attention of antiquarians from the earliest days of archaeological study in Ross County. Foremost...


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Russell...


Lancaster Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Federal Prison For Sales Of Bath Salts And Synthetic Marijuana

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Lancaster man was sentenced on Thursday in United States District Court in Harrisburg to 33 months in federal prison for his role in selling and distributing bath salts and synthetic marijuana.


Unmanned Aircraft Prohibition (Gunnison)

News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today signed a policy memorandum that directs superintendents nationwide to prohibit launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) announced the completion of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act...


Florida Man Sentenced On Fraud Charges

News Release: Boston - A Florida man was sentenced today for his role in perpetrating an investment fraud scheme.


News Release: Defendant Possessed Firearms, Large Amount of Chemicals, Supplies and Literature for Bomb Making Purposes.


ENGEL STATEMENT ON NEW AGREEMENTS BETWEEN EU AND GEORGIA, MOLDOVA, & UKRAINE

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the European Union’s signing of Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine...



Dallas Man Sentenced To 336 Months In Federal Prison On Child Pornography Convictions

News Release: Defendant Convicted at Trial on Four Child Pornography Offenses.


Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty For Role In $6.5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Ryan Lynch, Acting Special...


DOJ’s Refusal to Act in NOM Case, Despite IRS Settlement, is Another Reason Independent Prosecutor is Needed

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following reaction to news that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would not pursue the illegal leak of National Organization of Marriage’s (NOM) tax information.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), announce that Edlord Dieujuste, 30, of Lake Worth, a...


22 Indicted in Multi-State Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 27, 2014 - A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn. returned a 23-count indictment on June 25, 2014, charging 22 individuals with various offenses relating to a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin and fentanyl in the Middle Tennessee area, Northern Alabama and St.


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