News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


News Release: Earlier today, Darren Goodrich, a registered broker at a brokerage firm in El Segundo, California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud for manipulating the stock of Cubed, Inc. (Cubed), which traded under the ticker symbol CRPT. The guilty plea was entered before United States Magistrate...


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger has sentenced Ricardo Lamont Irvine (43, Evansville, IN) to 41 months in federal prison for failing to register as sex offender after traveling from Indiana to Florida. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 10, 2015.


Chairman Royce Statement on the Fight Against ISIS

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to the announcement by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi that Fallujah has been liberated from ISIS control...



News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Carlos Mendoza today sentenced George Adrien Brooks (73, Winter Springs) to 18 years in federal prison for attempting to induce a child to engage in illicit sexual conduct. A federal jury found him guilty on March 4, 2016.


Free Park Shuttle Service Begins July 1

News Release: Glacier National Park Media Release. June 27, 2016. Margie Steigerwald 406-888-5838. Tim Rains 406-888-7895. MEDIA16-36. West-side Shuttle Service Extended until September 18. Glacier National Park's free, optional shuttle system that provides daily service along the Going-to-the-Sun Road during peak...


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Petersburg man was indicted for the transportation and possession of child pornography.



News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado -Search and rescue staff recovered the body matching the description of a rafter missing since Friday evening. Sandra (Sandy) Wolder, age 62, of Aurora, Colorado was an apparent drowning victim at Upper Disaster Falls on the Green River in the Canyon of Lodore within Dinosaur National Monument.


News Release: The FAA and general aviation (GA) groups’ #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices in calculating and predicting aircraft performance, and in operating within established aircraft limitations.


News Release: Moab, UT - Due to very dry conditions and increasing fire danger in Southeast Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments.


Former LCN Member Charged in Connection with Murder  of South Boston Club Owner

News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra (NELCN) was arrested today in Florida after being indicted in the District of Massachusetts in connection with allegations that he obstructed a federal investigation into the murder of a Boston nightclub owner in the 1990s.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Robert Eloff Jr., 41, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 1 year in prison and a $100,000 fine.


News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra (NELCN) was arrested today in Florida after being indicted in the District of Massachusetts in connection with allegations that he obstructed a federal investigation into the murder of a Boston nightclub owner in the 1990s.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Kelly Brothers Inc., satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


News Release: The Energy Department today announced the results of this year’s Better Buildings Alliance technology and market campaigns. Through partnerships with public and private sector organizations, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working with interested landlords, tenants, and owners to adopt solutions...


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Dana J. Boente, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, released the following statement today on the Supreme Court’s ruling in McDonnell v. United States.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 150,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total 132,000 metric ton is for delivery during the 2015/2016 marketing year and 18,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2016/2017 marketing year.


FAS Capacity-Building Efforts in Central America Yield Benefits There and at Home

Release: Pablo Chacón, a Guatemalan farmer, takes notes at the CATIE dairy farm and research center in Turrialba, Costa Rica, where he is studying agroforestry on an FAS-funded scholarship.


Columbus Tax Preparers Sentenced

News Release: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III, today announced the impositions of sentences on two former Columbus tax preparers for obtaining stolen identity information and filing fraudulent income tax returns. The sentences were handed down in Columbus, Georgia, by the Honorable Clay D. Land, Chief United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia.