News published on Federal Newswire in August 2016

News from August 2016


News Release: Matthew Handy, 24, of Trainer, PA, was charged today by indictment with stalking another person via the Internet, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Handy is charged with cyberstalking, two counts of interstate use of telecommunications device to willfully convey a threat, and two counts of false statements.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ronald Lee Gore, 31, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 63 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges.


News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, the FBI’s Dallas Division and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Dallas hosted their second Faith-Based Security Summit today for area faith-based leaders.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Shelby County man and former church staff member to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a seven-year-old child and possessing child pornography in 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.


Four Charged in Elite Car Imports Racketeering Scheme

News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that four defendants who ran two used car dealerships in Indianapolis have been charged in connection with their illegal activities. The indictment charges,.


Antioch Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: Christopher N. Bonick, 31, Antioch, Tennessee, was sentenced on Aug. 26, 2016, to serve 20 years in prison, to be followed by 30 years of supervised release, for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and possession of child pornography, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ronald Lee Gore, 31, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 63 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Darius Gilbert was sentenced today to over 30 years in prison, and ordered to pay over $148,000 in restitution for a series of nine bank robberies, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.


Methamphetamine Conspirator Sentenced

News Release: Franklin Dee Rose to Spend Time in Federal Prison.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Mylan Chief Executive Officer Heather Bresch today seeking information about...


Democratic E&C Leaders Seek Information on EpiPen Pricing

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Mylan Chief Executive Officer Heather Bresch today seeking information about...


300 Volunteers Participate in Day of Service at American Memorial Park

News Release: Release Date: Aug. 31, 2016. Contact: Brooke Nevitt, Park Ranger. Email address: e-mail us. Phone: 670-234-7207, Ext 2020. 300 Volunteers Participate in Day of Service at American Memorial Park. The staff of American Memorial Park would like to thank all the volunteers who participated in the August...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A paper published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B found that mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains face the possibility of extinction in the near future. Using detailed demographic and genetic information from a long-term study of the population by the National Park...


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at McDowell was sentenced today to a year and two months in federal prison for possessing a weapon, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Tyruss Jackson, 34, previously pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon by an inmate of a federal prison.


News Release: The Energy Department today announced $3.8 million for 13 projects to use high performance computing resources at the Department's national laboratories to improve manufacturing. The collaborations will address key challenges in U.S. manufacturing by applying modeling, simulation, and data analysis to...


Former Owner and Manager of Miami-Area Home Health Agencies Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in $57 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

News Release: Former Owner and Manager of Miami-Area Home Health Agencies Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in $57 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.


District Man Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing 11-Year-Old Girl

News Release: WASHINGTON - Robert Kelsey, 28, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl he met through Instagram when he was 26 years old, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Paul M. Abbate, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), announced today.


News Release: Labor Day Weekend activities at Homestead National Monument of America will include a "Homesteading Era" original car show on Sunday, September 4, 2016 from 10 am -4 pm.


BLM Takes Important Step Toward Online Oil & Gas Lease Sales

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is implementing authority provided by Congress giving the agency the flexibility to conduct online lease sales. The move is a continuation of the BLM’s ongoing efforts to modernize the oil and gas program by increasing program efficiency and generating savings for taxpayers.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Mylan Chief Executive Officer Heather Bresch today seeking information about...