News published on Federal Newswire in April 2016

News from April 2016


News Release: EMINENCE, MO:Each year area students and youth organizations come together with educators from natural resource agencies for an exciting day of outdoor education exhibits and activities.This year's Junior Ranger Day event will be held at Alley Spring on Friday, April 29th.Over 450 grade school students from eight area schools will begin arriving at 9:00 a.m.After a brief welcoming ceremony classes will start rotating through a variety of engaging activity stations.


Former Owner Of Defense Contracting Businesses Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Illegally Exporting Military Blueprints To India Without A License

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former owner of two New Jersey defense contracting businesses was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for conspiring to send sensitive military technical data to India, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin announced.


Former Owner of Defense Contracting Businesses Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Illegally Exporting Military Blueprints to India Without a License

News Release: Former Owner of Defense Contracting Businesses Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Illegally Exporting Military Blueprints to India Without a License.


News Release: On Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Dr. Stanley Marable, DDS aged 55, from Valdosta, Georgia was indicted on 12 counts of Healthcare Fraud in the Middle District of Georgia, announced Acting United States Attorney G.F. Peterman, III. The federal charges stem from dental claims submitted to Georgia’s Medicaid program with Dr. Marable receiving an alleged overpayment totaling nearly $800,000 as the result of his conduct.


Bipartisan Letter Calls on President Obama to Veto One-Sided UN Initiatives on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

News Release: WASHINGTON - 394 Members of Congress signed a bipartisan letter urging President Obama to veto possible upcoming one-sided initiatives in the United Nations concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that an Alexandria man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to send obscene material to a minor.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Gregory George Branch age 42, of Essex, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to three armed commercial robberies and three bank robberies.



News Release: WASHINGTON - Utah U.S. Attorney John Huber is joining other U.S. Attorneys around the country, local law enforcement, and community leaders for a series of events around the country to address backlash against Muslim, Arab, Sikh and South Asian Americans following the tragic terrorist attacks in Brussels...


Former Corrections Officer at Lexington Federal Prison Pleads Guilty to Bribery

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former corrections officer at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington (FMC Lexington) has admitted to smuggling tobacco into the prison, in exchange for payments from an inmate.


News Release: BOISE - Enrico M. Ponzo, a/k/a Jay Shaw, a longtime fugitive from Boston, Massachusetts, who posed as a rancher while living on the run in Marsing, Idaho, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Wendy...


Hunter Statement from Hearing on Maritime Transportation Safety and Stewardship Programs

News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Maritime Transportation Safety and Stewardship Programs". April 14, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on a variety of maritime transportation...


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI")...


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


Turner Falls Man Sentenced for Importing “Molly” and “Flakka” From China

News Release: BOSTON -A Turner Falls man was sentenced on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in U.S. District Court in connection with importing and distributing kilograms of methylone, also known as “molly," and alpha-PVP, also known as “flakka," into the United States from China.


News Release: Former Prosecutor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award.


OSHA inspection finds Mississippi Dollar General store continues to expose workers to safety hazards despite recent citations, penalties

News Release: Employer name: Dollar General Corp. Inspection site: 34300 Mississippi Highway 35, Vaiden, Mississippi 39176. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on April 8 for four repeated and one serious safety violation.


National Park Rx Day

News Release: Sunday, April 24, the final day of this year's National Park Week, has been designated "National ParkRx Day." A national movement, the ParkRx program encourages health care professionals to prescribe healthy activity in public lands, and individuals to spend time visiting public lands and reaping the...


News Release: H.R. 4924, the “Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2016," is the latest attempt to erode the constitutional right to an abortion guaranteed by Roe v. Wade more than 40 years ago.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Carl Pierre-Charles, 27, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by indictment with conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, the defendant used counterfeit credit, debit or gift cards, encoded with stolen credit account numbers, to purchase cartons of cigarettes and other items.