News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Johannes Hiram, 50, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.



News Release: Artist Jeff Beekman makes projections on Gettysburg Landscapes.


Louisville Daycare Owner/Operator Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Fraudulently Seeking Child Care Payments From Kentucky Agency

News Release: Lottie Carisa Burgos, former owner of ABC Village Daycare, falsified daycare attendance figures.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a woman from Alexandria pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $77,000 in Social Security benefit payments from her deceased mother’s bank account.


Springfield Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Firearm

News Release: BOSTON - Kendall Hill, 29, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon.


Anne Arundel County Man Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Sergei William Noack, age 23, of West River, Maryland, today to 97 months in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Judge Russell also ordered that upon his release from prison...



Former Chief Financial Officer Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for Misappropriating More Than $10 Million from Two Healthcare Services Companies

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEVEN RAWLINS, a former Chief Financial Officer to two healthcare services companies based outside Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced to nine years in prison and $10,110,577.09 in forfeiture for engaging...


Springfield Sex Offender to Serve 35 Years in Prison for Production of Child Pornography

News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Springfield, Ill., man, Marcus B. Fifer, 44, who was convicted in October 2015 for producing child pornography, has been sentenced. On June 20, 2016, U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough ordered that Fifer serve 35 years in federal prison and remain on supervised release for the remainder of his life after his release from prison.


Gretna Man Found Guilty of Mail Fraud

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MELVIN LEWIS II, age 53, of Gretna, was convicted of thirty (30) counts of mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341) today after a one-day bench trial before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier.


Canadian Chilkoot Trail Temporarily Closed Due to Bear Activity

News Release: Skagway -Parks Canada has issued a trail closure for the Canadian side of the Chilkoot Trail in response to a bear incident at Lindeman City yesterday afternoon. Response teams from Parks Canada with assistance from Yukon Conservation Officers are deployed and will take measures over the next few days to identify the bear and return the trail to open status as soon as possible.


OSHA finds cold storage company lacked proper procedures for use of potentially dangerous ammonia

News Release: View Citations here. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates more than 175 temperature-controlled warehouses worldwide providing warehousing and logistics services to the food industry. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, ...


Two Orange County Men Convicted of Conspiring to Join ISIL

News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal jury today convicted two Orange County men - one of whom attempted to travel to the Middle East to join ISIL - of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on June 20, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Analogic Subsidiary Agrees to Pay More than $14 Million to Resolve Foreign Bribery Charges.


News Release: BELTSVILLE, Md., June 21, 2016 -The U.S. Department of Agriculture 's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Laboratory and Geezer Ridge Farm apiary have begun an unusual partnership that may help honey bees take another step up the survival ladder.


Murkowski: Administration’s Proposed Land Use Planning Rule Troublesome For Alaska

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, delivered the following opening statement at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests and Mining Subcommittee hearing held today to conduct oversight on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed land use planning rule known as “Planning 2.0."


Committee Markup This Week of Air Traffic Control Hiring Improvement Act, Maritime Transportation Amendments Act, BABIES Act & GSA Resolutions

News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), is scheduled to mark up the following measures at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2016 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building...


USDA Announces New Assistance to Help Rural Utility Customers Conserve Energy, Lower Bills

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new program that will help rural residents conserve energy and save money on their utility bills. The new Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) will make $52 million in loans available to energy providers to help rural families and small businesses reduce their energy use.