News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

News from November 2015


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Nez Perce Man Pleads Guilty to Theft

News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Daniel Wayne Winslow, 32, of Clarkston, Washington, pleaded guilty today to theft from a tribal organization, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Winslow was charged by the U.S. Attorney on Oct. 29, 2015.


House Moves Toward K-12 Education Conference Committee

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives approved a motion to go to conference on reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appointed House Republican conferees...


News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Gary Delima, 26, and Sharif Cargo, 26, both...


Chairman Bishop Recommends Reps. Thompson and LaHood as Conferees to Highway Bill Conference Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today recommended the appointment of Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-PA) and Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) to serve as outside conferees to the House-Senate Highway Bill Conference Committee.


Lake Mead Hosts Military Appreciation Day

News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - In honor of nearby Nellis Air Force Base and the many veterans who live near Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the National Park Service hosted a military appreciation day Nov. 14, 2015, to honor military and veterans.


News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography after recording videos of two minor victims, including a teenager who responded...


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -Yesterday Grover Horn, 71, of Cayuga County, New York, pled guilty and was sentenced in federal court for embezzling money orders and cash from the U.S. Post Office in Martville, New York, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Eileen Neff, Special Agent in Charge...


Sacramento Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Daniel L. Bonnett, 40, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 15 years in prison, to be followed by 30 years of supervised release, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Benjamin Lloyd Fisher, 42, of Chesapeake, pleaded guilty today to charges of illegally receiving imported firearms, namely silencers.


News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan T. Cullinane, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, Buffalo Police officers received information that the defendant robbed a Canisius College student at gun point on Oct. 30, 2015 on Blaine Avenue in Buffalo. During the investigation, officers...


News Release: Today the Bureau of Land Management released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment. The 90-day public comment period on the Draft SEIS will commence when the Environmental Protection Agency’s Notice of Availability for the...


News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Nov. 16, 2016-The walkway to the Main Overlook at Grandview is undergoing repairs and will be temporarily closed until construction is completed. This closure will go into effect immediately and last for approximately the next three weeks. During this time, there will be...


Local Man Heads to Prison for Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 32-year old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. James Parrott pleaded guilty July 29, 2015.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HATEM SALEM, 46, of Waterbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing GHB and other controlled substances. SALEM was ordered to perform 120 hours of community service while on supervised release.


News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has awarded fiscal year 2016 funding to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand commercial export markets for U.S. goods.


Former Teamster Convicted of Extorting Boston Businesses

News Release: BOSTON - A former member of a Boston Teamsters local was convicted today by a federal jury in connection with extorting businesses in Boston.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - OLUFUNSHO ADESHINA, a native of Nigeria residing in St. Louis, pled guilty to charges involving his participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme.


Sen. Murkowski: Administration at Fault for Second Oil Company’s Decision to Abandon Arctic

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Norway’s Statoil that it is ending its Alaska operations and giving back the leases in Alaska’s Arctic offshore frontier that the company had won in 2008:


News Release: CRAIG, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office plans to begin burning slash piles 21 miles north of Steamboat Springs Nov. 19.