News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


Reclamation to Open the Delta Cross Channel Gates

News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will open the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Friday, June 3, 2016, at approximately 9 a.m. to allow for recreational boating


News Release: BOSTON - Transit Safety Management, Inc., a Georgetown, Mass. consulting company, was sentenced today to making a false statement in connection with its certification for favored contracting status.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Allison C. Lerner, Inspector General of the National Science Foundation (“NSF"), today announced that AQUATIC SENSOR NETWORK TECHNOLOGY, LLC, (“AQUASENT") and several of its officials and employees, namely Dr. Jun-Hong Cui...


Two BLM Employees Honored with Legends Awards By American Recreation Coalition

News Release: Two Bureau of Land Management employees were honored today by the American Recreation Coalition with its annual Legends Awards, which recognize Federal employees' outstanding achievements in promoting recreational opportunities that connect people to the outdoors. Presented annually during Great Outdoors...


Hartzog Individual Volunteer Award

News Release: During the afternoon hours of July 26th, 2013, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (NHP) Chief Ranger Dirk Wiley removed his Stetson for the last time and handed in his service revolver. At 4:31 p.m. that day, Park Volunteer Dirk Wiley climbed into the Porsche Boxster convertible of a fellow employee...


News Release: Chimney Fire Update. The Chimney Fire was reported to the Bureau of Land Management at approximately 3:30 p.m. on June 1st in the area of Chimney Peak campground. The cause of the fire is under investigation. When firefighters arrived on scene the fire was approximately 30 acres and was growing rapidly...


Manhattan U.S. Attorney And FBI Announce Return Of Stolen Inverted Jenny Stamp

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the return of a rare “Inverted Jenny" stamp to the American Philatelic Research Library...


Four Men Sentenced for Multi-State Meth Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: HELENA - Ryan Scot Frankforter, 38, of Helena was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 3 years’ supervised release, Deejay Poynter, 37, of East Helena was sentenced to 70 months in prison and 3 years’ supervised release, Calvin Sturdivant Craver, 29, of Dallas, OR was sentenced to 120 months in prison...


News Release: Scots and Ulster Scots have emigrated in such numbers that no other European Nation has ever lost such a high proportion of its people.In the early days, these were men and women who left behind them a homeland rich in the oral tradition of song and ballad singing, an inheritance which they carried with...


Haines City Woman Indicted For $250,000 Social Security Fraud

News Release: Tampa, Florida- United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Tameka O’Hara ( 36, Haines City) with four counts of theft of government money, four counts of making false statements to or concealing material facts from the Social Security Administration, and...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of health care fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Reclamation Announces the Selection of Federico Barajas as Deputy Regional Director for the Mid-Pacific Region

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region announced today that Federico Barajas has been selected as the Deputy Regional Director.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a California man admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey.


Des Plaines Resident Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Manufacture Marijuana in Rockford Warehouse

News Release: ROCKFORD - A Des Plaines man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. JEREMIAH N. CLEMENT, 38, of Des Plaines, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised ...


FBI Recovers Stolen Charles Darwin Letter

News Release: FBI Recovers Stolen Charles Darwin Letter.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Walter Boutwell, age 56, was sentenced today to serve 21 months in prison for failing to update his sex offender registration after moving to Stephentown, New York from Massachusetts.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute oxycodone in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Former Landover Company Employee Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Business Expenses

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced James Charlton Davis, III, age 57, of Anderson, South Carolina, today to six years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for wire fraud arising from an elaborate scheme to defraud his employer of at least $240,000. Judge Chuang also ordered Davis to pay restitution of $240,000.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 20-count indictment today against Mark Merrill Reynolds, 60, of Fresno, charging him with embezzlement, mail fraud, and money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Chairman Royce Leads Bipartisan Delegation to Taiwan

News Release: Dr. Heng-Chia Chang greets Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Hospital in Taipei. Forty-five of those injured in the Tainan earthquake in February were brought to the hospital for treatment.