News published on Federal Newswire in June 2015

News from June 2015


Murray Presses Scope Manufacturer Linked to Superbug Outbreak at Virginia Mason For Answers, Accountability

News Release: Dear Mr. Watanabe: As questions continue to arise regarding your company’s actions to adequately protect patients treated with your duodenoscopes, I write to seek more information and express my serious and growing concern. As you are aware, between late 2012 and January 2014, Virginia Mason hospital...


News Release: Daylong festival to take place on Sunday, June 14, 2015 in Philadelphia's Historic District.


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced For Illicit Sexual Conduct Charges, Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: COLUMBUS - Jason C. Kozlowski, 32, of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 12 years in prison and 20 years supervised release for traveling interstate with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and receiving child pornography.


Peterson Floor Speech Opposing CFTC Reauthorization Bill

News Release: “I thank the gentleman/gentlelady. I yield myself such time as I may consume.


Upper West Side Doctor And Wife Indicted For Conspiracy And 37 Illegal Prescription Sales: Over $600,000 Cash Seized

News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources (HRA), ...


News Release: Ice Cream Social and Musical Entertainment.


Former Athol City Clerk Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement

News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Sally R. Hansen, 39, the former Athol City Clerk, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzlement, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Hansen to pay a special assessment in the amount of $15,000, and to pay $434,112 in restitution to the City of Athol. Hansen pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 21, 2015.


Kansas Man Charged with Exporting Firearms to Overseas Purchasers

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man is charged in an eighteen-count indictment unsealed today with removing, altering or obliterating manufacturer’s serial numbers, causing other individuals to make straw purchases of firearms and exporting firearms overseas, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Firearms Charges

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jose M. Camara, Jr., 29, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to conspiracy to make a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm and making false statements during the acquisition of firearms, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.


House Judiciary Committee Applauds House Passage Of Bipartisan Cultural Exchange Bill

News Release: Today, the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (H.R. 889) passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support...


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that David Nance, age 31, and Ashley Crayton, age 26, of Minneapolis, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier for sex trafficking.


Randolph County man convicted for role in manufacturing methamphetamine

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Lee Willard Young, Jr., 34, of Beverly, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today for his role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


First Cousins From La Plant Sentenced For Incest

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a La Plant, South Dakota, man and woman, convicted of Incest, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Marion Couple Pleads Guilty to Enticement of a Minor

News Release: A husband and wife who enticed a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity pled guilty in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston area man was sentenced yesterday for robbing three banks in June 2014 and stealing over $18,000.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a man from Kanawha County pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to unlawfully possessing a stolen firearm. Joshua Devere, 33, of Charleston entered a guilty plea to possession of a stolen firearm. On Sept. 27, 2013, Devere stole a Remington 12-guage shotgun from the Trading Post sporting goods store in Marmet, Kanawha County, West Virginia.


News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County resident has been sentenced in federal court to three years of probation, with the first 12 months to served on home detention, on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Tumacácori Park Entrance Fee to Increase July 1st

News Release: After fourteen years at its current rate, the cost of a visit to Tumacácori National Historical Park is about to go up, by $2 per person. Beginning July 1, 2015, the park will increase entrance fees for visitors in order to help fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the park. The...


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - John Fitsgerald Kimble, 52, of, Petersburg, West Virginia, was convicted today of unlawfully collecting more than $100,000 in government benefits, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.