News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

News from November 2015


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Digest DOT 112-15

News Release: FMCSA Webinar Nov. 18 to Examine Large Truck Crash Fatalities Involving Pedestrians and Bicyclists. In support of the Mayors’ Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets , the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on November 18 will hold a webinar to introduce new stakeholders to the ...



News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three day trial, the alleged current head governor of FAM Mob, a violent street gang based throughout North Memphis and Shelby County, was found guilty of felony firearm possession by a federal jury. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty verdict today.


Alleged Gang Member Detained for Allegedly Trafficking Crack Cocaine

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jaheem Benton, 26, of Pawtucket, an alleged member of the YNIC street gang, has been ordered detained in federal custody for allegedly trafficking crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).


Media Advisory: Heroin Summit To Discuss Prevention, Treatment and Law Enforcement Collaboration

News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS - The United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa together with the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health and Injury Prevention Research Center are hosting a collaborative interagency symposium on November 12th to discuss the skyrocketing rates...


News Release: Florence Rucker Collins, 94, an important contributor to Denali National Park and Preserve’s long history of scientific research and a charter member of the Denali Subsistence Resource Council (SRC), died Wednesday morning at the Fairbanks Pioneer Home.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Marco Gordon, 34, of Portland was sentenced today to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute cocaine base, often referred to as crack cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He was also ordered to forfeit $4,415. He pleaded guilty to the charges on July 7, 2015.


News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Vincent Sawicki, 63, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to distribution of oxymorphone, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.


News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on November 6, 2015, Marc G. Miller, 53, a resident of St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to an Indictment charging two counts of Bank Robbery. For each count, Miller faces a term in federal prison of not...


Engel Raises Concern About Upcoming Elections in Burma

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today joined five other House members raising concerns about the upcoming elections in Burma. In a letter to Secretary of State John F. Kerry, the lawmakers urged the State Department to consider...


Downey Man Pleads Guilty to Falsely Certifying Beef as Free of E. coli

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Downey man who falsely certified that beef being sold by his employer was free of E. coli bacteria - which later proved to be false when one beef sample was found to be contaminated with the pathogen - has pleaded guilty to a federal offense of making and using a false writing and document.


Stratford Man Charged with Trafficking Meth and Heroin, Illegally Possessing Firearms

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARK LEIGH-JAMES, also known as “Rich," 23, of Stratford, has been indicted on narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Matthew Luke Gillum, 32, of Meadow Vista, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to nine years in prison for conspiring to distribute marijuana and avoiding a currency transaction reporting requirement, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Murray Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Challenges to Affordable Care Act Contraceptive Coverage Benefit

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to review the religious accommodation to the birth control benefit included in the Affordable Care Act.


Indiana Man Sentenced For Role In 10-Defendant Marijuana Conspiracy

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Delton Hinderliter, 37 of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced to 112 months in federal prison for his role in a 10-defendant marijuana conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Hinderliter pleaded guilty in May 2014 to conspiracy with intent to distribute a quantity exceeding 1000 kilograms of marijuana.


Ranking Member Grijalva on President Obama’s Keystone Rejection: “A Testament to Years of Public Action on a Critical Issue”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), a leading House critic of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, hailed today’s announcement that President Obama will formally reject Keystone as not being in the national interest. Grijalva cited the tremendous effort of Americans around the country who organized and campaigned for years against the pipeline.