News published on Federal Newswire in April 2015

News from April 2015


News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of DAVID LARRY RASMUSSEN, 42, to 204 months in federal prison for production of child pornography. RASMUSSEN was indicted on May 21, 2013, and pleaded guilty on March 11, 2013, to three counts of Production of Child Pornography. The defendant was sentenced today before Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.


A Look Ahead – April 27 – May 1

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...


Tourism to Three Atlanta Metro National Parks Creates $290 Million in Economic Benefits

News Release: Report shows visitor spending supports 4,752 jobs in local economy.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Lawnside, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms and selling 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that culvert repair work on US Route 209 near Sand Hill Creek in Middle Smithfield Township will begin in early May. The work will be done under contract by Consolidated Construction & Engineering Company from Germantown, Maryland.


News Release: BARSTOW, CA-A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 554,560 recorded visitors toMojave National Preserve spent $31,092,700in communities near the park in 2014. That spending supported 451jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $39,283,700.


Park Announces Synchronous Firefly Viewing Event Dates

News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the dates for the firefly viewing event in Elkmont. The ticketed event will take place from Tuesday, June 2 through Tuesday, June 9. The online ticketing system, operated through www.recreation.gov, will again provide visitors with guaranteed parking passes for Sugarlands Visitor Center where ticket-holders will park for reserved shuttle service to Elkmont.


Northampton Felon Charged with Second  Child Pornography Offense

News Release: BOSTON - A Northampton man, who was convicted in 2005 for possessing child pornography, was charged today in U.S. District Court in Springfield with the same offense.


Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing Considering Treasury and Health & Human Services Nominations

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee considering nominations for the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services...



Former Bookkeeper of Labor Union Charged with Embezzling Union Dues

News Release: Carolyn Hall, 53, of McLeansboro, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, for embezzlement and theft from a labor union. The indictment alleges that Carolyn Hall was the bookkeeper for Laborer's Local 1197, part of the Laborer's International Union of North America...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-On Monday, April 27, 2015, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren will hold the fourth in a series of congressional forums as part of the Middle Class Prosperity Project launched by the Members in February.


McLaughlin Man Sentenced For Assault

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of assaulting a federal officer was sentenced on April 20, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


ATF Seeking Firebombing Suspect

News Release: Mobile, Ala. ? The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in conjunction with the Mobile Fire Department-Arson Unit, request of any information pertaining to a firebombing case which occurred in Mobile.


News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced today the filing of a two-count information charging Clark Holesinger, 53 of Valparaiso, Indiana, with one count wire fraud and one count money laundering.


Six Leaders and Members of Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club and Vice Lords Street Gang Convicted of Violent Racketeering-Related Crimes

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a federal jury in Detroit convicted six leaders and members of the violent Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club, many of whom were also leaders and members of the Vice Lords street gang, of conspiracy to commit murder and other violent racketeering-related offenses.


April 29 Webinar to Focus on Energy Efficient Housing and Integrating Renewable Energy Technology

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with Western Area Power Administration, will present the next Tribal Renewable Energy Series webinar, Energy Efficiency, Zero Energy Ready Homes, and Off-grid Hybrid Power Generation Systems, on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain time.


Second Mountain Lion Crosses 101 Freeway

News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. − Following the example set by his sister, a young male mountain lion known as P-32 recently became the second big cat in less than a month to cross the 101 Freeway and disperse north, out of the Santa Monica Mountains.


News Release: Today in Austin, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks sentenced 40-year-old James Randall Farmer of Carthage, TX, to a maximum 50 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for producing and possessing child pornography announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.


News Release: Defendant Shot Victims Inside Car in Barry Farm Area.