News published on Federal Newswire in June 2015

News from June 2015


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published an eight page rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FMCSA Orders Shut-down of Trucking Companies in Illinois, Georgia, as Imminent Hazards to Public Safety

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in separate actions has ordered Payson, Illinois-based Rhino Displays, USDOT No. 1474447, and Hampton, Georgia-based Prudential Carriers, Inc., USDOT No. 248188, respectively, to immediately shut down following federal investigations that revealed numerous widespread violations of critical safety regulations by both companies.


DOT Allows Delta to Keep the Seattle-Haneda Route Provided That It Operates Daily Service Year-Round

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today finalized its decision to permit Delta Air Lines to retain its authority to provide daily service between Seattle, Washington and Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport, but subject to conditions designed to ensure that Delta maintains a daily service in the Seattle market year-round. Today’s action makes final DOT’s tentative decision of Mar. 27, 2015.


News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Aaron Bicknell (28, Zephyrhills) to seven years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. The Court also ordered him to serve a life term of supervision and to register as a sex offender following his release from prison. Bicknell pleaded guilty on March 18, 2015.


News Release: A small 15-acre wildland fire that occurred over the weekend north of Avon, NC in Cape Hatteras National Seashore has been contained.Mop up crews continue to work to ensure the fire is completely out.


May Grand Jury

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 22 indictments charging 24 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tyronne Seams, 29, of Woonsocket, was sentenced on Friday to 161 months in federal prison for his role in a September 2013 armed robbery and drug-rip at a Woonsocket residence, during which time he and an accomplice opened fire at the occupants of the residence, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey.


Sacramento Man Transporting 19 Pounds of Methamphetamine Through Fresno County Pleads Guilty

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Wenceslao Cruz Ochoa, 35, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge of robbing a Valero gas station and shooting the clerk, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Georgia man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using stolen identities to file fraudulent state and federal income tax returns.


This Week in the House Judiciary Committee

News Release: TUESDAY, JUNE 16. 2: 0 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law. Hearing on: H.R. __, the “Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015" . Witnesses: · Ms. Deborah Garza, Esq., Partner, Covington & Burling LLP. · Mr. David A. Clanton, Esq., Senior ...


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...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -For the second time in four months, the collaborative efforts of the Rhode Island Urban Violent Crime Initiative, a wide-ranging collaboration of local, state and federal law enforcement and federal and state prosecutors who are targeting violent crime and violent criminals in urban neighborhoods of Rhode Island, has resulted in state and federal criminal charges being brought against numerous individuals.


Houston Couple Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Fraudulent Schemes

News Release: HOUSTON - Gerard Montez-Easiley, 46, and Stacey Lair Lee-Easiley, 35, have been ordered to prison following their convictions in two corporate fraud schemes, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The pleaded guilty to two separate fraud schemes which involved fraudulently obtaining credit in the names of various businesses, one of which was perpetrated while they were awaiting sentencing in the other.


News Release: Big Bend National Park managers are reaching out to visitors who backpack overnight into the park's vast undeveloped back country in order to clarify applicable use limits.


Career Criminal Sentenced to 200 Months for Felony Possession of Five Firearms

News Release: Memphis, TN - A 46-year-old Millington man with multiple felony convictions has received 200 months imprisonment for threatening to kill a repossession agent with a firearm.