News published on Federal Newswire in June 2015

By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2015

News Release: “The announcement that up to four million federal workers may have had their personal information stolen in this cyber breach represents the latest failure to protect American data against cyber threats.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2015

News Release: Fruit season is upon us. Cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, apples, and pears are typically available for harvest each summer at Capitol Reef National Park. The prediction for the 2015 fruit season shows that apples, pears, and peaches should be in good supply. "We are looking forward to a fun and safe fruit season," says Superintendent Leah McGinnis.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015

News Release: BOSTON - Two more friends of convicted Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for their role in impeding the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2015

News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a "Cover Crop Chart" that helps growers choose the best cover crop to meet their management and production needs.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: In San Antonio today, 46-year-old Esiquiel Rodriguez (aka “Cheke"), a former major drug trafficker in the Piedras Negras “Plaza," was sentenced to 420 months in federal prison for federal drug and firearm violations announced Acting United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and San Antonio Police Chief Anthony Treviño.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on June 3, 2015, 26 year old Carlino Jonas Goggles made his initial appearance on an Indictment charging him with one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2243(a) and 1153. Goggles faces potential...

By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- On June 3, 2015, Biscayne National Park employees and volunteers cleared the Convoy Point Channel of debris to provide safer passageways for boats and wildlife as well as enhance the attraction of the area for visitors. It is an example of change brought about from ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Avery Terry, age 23, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to commercial robbery, using and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and accessory after the fact to a second robbery resulting in death.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: Augusta, GA: Marco Charles Gilbert, 29, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced last week by United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to 10 years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. There is no parole in the federal system. Gilbert pled guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Felon in March 2015.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 4, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is seeking applications for grants to make housing repairs for low- and very-low-income rural residents. The grants are being provided through USDA Rural Development's Housing Preservation Grant program.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: Mikal X. Wilde, 33, of Kneeland, California, was sentenced today to life in prison plus 35 years for murder and related drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California and Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson for the Federal Bureau of Investigations ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has settled a False Claims Act lawsuit with Health Management Associates (HMA) and Clearview Regional Medical Center for $595,155. The lawsuit filed in the Middle District of Georgia alleged that from 2008 to 2009 the hospital paid kickbacks ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: A former special agent of the FBI was indicted yesterday for allegedly stealing over $100,000 of drug proceeds seized during the execution of search warrants and obstructing justice by taking steps to hide his alleged theft.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that U.S. District Court Judge William W. Caldwell sentenced Daniel Curran, 41, of York, Pennsylvania to 70 years of incarceration at a hearing today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Curran pleaded guilty to producing, receiving ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that a Kentucky businessman was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: On June 3, 2015, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a five count indictment charging Jose A. Rosa-Colon, his brother and business partner, Ivan Rosa-Colon and Louis Enrique Torres with a multi-million dollar Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) scheme to defraud ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: The president of an investment and financial services firm was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for evading taxes and defrauding dozens of investors in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere of $5 million, announced by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey.

By Fed Newswire | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below: BCBank (PDF), Incorporated, Philippi, West Virginia Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated June 1, 2015 First Iowa State Bank (PDF), Keosauqua, Iowa Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated June 1, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Commerce News Now | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s actions on the Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT ACT).

By Labor Gazette | Jun 4, 2015

News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jeffrey Angstadt didn't want days off to relax. In September 2010 and over the months that followed, the furniture sales executive told his employer, Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc., a subsidiary of Staples, Inc., that he needed to take leave to care for his critically ill wife. While Angstadt was eligible for federal workplace protections for those coping with the illness of a family member, no one at Staples notified him as the law requires.