News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


News Release: KEY WEST, Florida: Park Manager Glenn Simpson invites everyone who loves the Dry Tortugas National Park to participate in the Dry Tortugas Hashtag Photo Contest. This contest was developed in partnership with the Dry Tortugas Yankee Freedom III, the park’s official ferry.


Springfield Felon Charged With Illegal Firearm And Ammunition Possession

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.


News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office cordially invites you to celebrate the expansion of the Garden Park Fossil Area National Natural Landmark designation on Oct. 9.


News Release: Grant Program Authorized by 2014 Farm Bill to benefit all 50 States, Help Grow Agricultural Economy


Medina Man Sentenced To 116 Months In Prison For Receiving Child Porn

News Release: COLUMBUS, OHIO - Andrew M. Bialek, 24, of Medina, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 116 months imprisonment and 20 years supervised release for receiving child pornography.


News Release: RENO, Nev. - John Thomas Abrams, 47, aka Buck, aka David George Garnett, aka John McDonald, aka David Blackwell, appeared before a federal magistrate judge today and pleaded not guilty to charges that he kidnapped a 15-year-old boy and girl in California and transported them to Reno with the intent that the girl engage in sexual activity, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.


Upton Announces Participants for 21st Century Cures Michigan Roundtable

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 21st Century Cures initiative is on the road again as Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) prepares to host a roundtable discussion next Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Previous roundtables and hearings...


Man Who Falsely Obtained A Million Dollar Miami Heat Premium Ticket Package Enters Guilty Plea

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced that Haider Zafar, 36, formerly of Miami-Dade County, has entered a guilty plea, in United States District...


Portland Gang Associate Sentenced to 94 Months in Prison after being convicted of unlawfully possessing ammunition

News Release: The case arose from a shooting where the police were unable to recover a firearm.


News Release: BOSTON - Three men have been indicted on state and federal charges in connection with their efforts to hide the financial interest of a convicted felon in a parcel of land in Everett from Wynn Resorts, Limited (Wynn Resorts) and from state gaming regulators, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and Attorney General...



MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced To Life For Murdering Two-Year-Old Child And Mother

News Release: Adalberto Ariel Guzman (aka “Gringo") And MS-13 Co-Conspirators Executed 19-Year-Old Vanessa Argueta And Her Two-Year-Old Son Diego Torres.


Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL STANLEY, 25, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 21st Century Cures initiative is on the road again as Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) prepares to host a roundtable discussion next Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Previous roundtables and hearings...


Six Indicted In Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And "Crystal Meth" In New York City And Pennsylvania

News Release: MANHATTAN - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Kings County District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, announced the indictment of six individuals for their roles in schemes to distribute heroin and methamphetamine in the New York metropolitan area and in Pennsylvania.


Louisiana Army National Guard Soldiers Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Theft Of Government Funds And Identity Theft

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that today, a federal grand jury indicted PABLO E. PAZ, 45, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, and RAMON E. MADRID, 29, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana, for conspiracy to commit theft of government funds and identity theft.


Sen. Murkowski Welcomes Award of Big Thorne Stewardship Contract to Klawock Timber Mill

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the decision by the Forest Service to award the Big Thorne stewardship contract to Viking Lumber, but said the agency must vigorously defend the Tongass National Forest sale in court from challenges by environmental groups.


USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California from Operating in the Produce Industry

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


Bridgeport Man with Violent Criminal History Sentenced to 15 years for Illegal Gun Possession

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE ROQUE, 47, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. On May 16, 2014, a jury found ROQUE guilty of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.


News Release: Thomas Breeden To Serve 14 Years In Federal Prison.