News published on Federal Newswire in August 2016

News from August 2016


FAA Proposes $54,000 Civil Penalty Against Gordon Food Service for Alleged Hazardous Materials Violations

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $54,000 in civil penalty against Gordon Food Service of Wyoming, Mich., for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.


Buchanan County Deputy Honored for Drug-Trafficking Investigation; ICE Agent Honored for Phillipines Child Porn Investigation

News Release: Guardian of Justice Award. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Buchanan County Sheriff’s Deputy and an agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have received the Guardian...



News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that that Hever Guzman Guerrero, a citizen of Mexico, age 28, was sentenced after having previously plead guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, a ten-year...


News Release: DENVER - Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announce that U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez sentenced Matthew Scott Holt, age 35, to serve 660 months (55 years) and sentenced his co-defendant Jordain Larsen, age 27, to 540 months (45 years).


News Release: DALLAS - A Garland, Texas, resident, Chester Brown, a/k/a “Baldy," 41, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to serve a total of 262 months in federal prison on drug conspiracy convictions, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell yesterday sentenced Joshua Anthony Rivera (29, Orlando) to 46 years in federal prison for interfering with interstate commerce by robbery, brandishing a short-barreled shotgun in the course of committing those robberies, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.


News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the sentencing of a former medical office manager to 20 months in prison, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2016, by Senior District Judge Thomas B. Russell, for committing health care fraud and aggravated identity theft.


Telephone Scammers Continue to Target Idaho Residents Callers Claiming to be a Deputy U.S. Marshal Falsely Threaten with Federal Arrest Warrant

News Release: BOISE - The United States Attorney’s Office and the United States Marshals Service are advising Idaho residents to be aware of telephone calls threatening individuals of a pending arrest warrant for not responding to federal jury summonses. Calls have been reported in the Boise and Coeur d’Alene areas.


Serial Convenience Store Armed Robber Sentenced To 46 Years

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell yesterday sentenced Joshua Anthony Rivera (29, Orlando) to 46 years in federal prison for interfering with interstate commerce by robbery, brandishing a short-barreled shotgun in the course of committing those robberies, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.


Reclamation Releases Draft Water Storage Contract with the City of Fernley and Washoe County Water Conservation District for Public Review

News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation, the City of Fernley and the Washoe County Water Conservation District have completed negotiations for a long-term Water Storage Contract to facilitate the storage of Fernley Municipal Credit Water in Truckee River Reservoirs.


Owner of Rainbow Center for Children Pleads to Defrauding TennCare of More Than $300,000

News Release: Memphis, TN - The owner of a grief counseling and psychotherapy services provider has pleaded guilty to defrauding TennCare of more than $300,000. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.


Tennessee Youth Finish Valuable Work This Summer at Big South Fork NRRA

News Release: High school students from Fentress and Scott Counties recently finished the summer working on a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) team at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. This year’s Tennessee crew members were selected from York Institute and Oneida High School and included Tyler Chitwood, Braxton Ipock, Shelby Yancey, Isaac Jeffers, Randy Delk, Faith McCrary, and Taylor Slaven.


News Release: Two Arrested in the Attempted Murder of a Woman in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.


Scooteney Reservoir Experiencing Toxic Algae Bloom

News Release: EPHRATA, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation is alerting users of Scooteney Park recreation area, located 36 miles south of Moses Lake on Highway 17, that the Benton Franklin Health District has identified a toxic algae bloom on Scooteney Reservoir.


News Release: More than 10 Conspirators Have Been Convicted as Part of the Scheme.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - Julie A. Fish was indicted on charges involving a bankruptcy scheme and concealing assets.


News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JEFFREY A. GREEN, 46, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, pled guilty today to offering a bribe to a public official at Tinker Air Force Base, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


News Release: DAYTON - Frederick McAdoo, 57, of Riverside, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 months in prison for possessing more than 100 video files and more than 350 images of child pornography depicting victims as young as five years old.


Federal, State Settlement with Haverhill will Address Pollution of Merrimack River

News Release: BOSTON - The City of Haverhill entered into a Consent Decree today with federal and state enforcement authorities agreeing to pay a $125,000 civil penalty and to take critical remedial measures to address pollution the City discharged into the Merrimack and Little Rivers.