News published on Federal Newswire in May 2016

News from May 2016


Rapid City Man Charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


Former USD Basketball Star Sentenced for Camp Pendleton Thefts

News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen J. O’Hara (619) 546-7945.


Houston Man Convicted of Producing and Distributing Animal Crush Videos

News Release: HOUSTON - A 54-year-old man from Houston has been convicted of creating and distributing videos depicting the torture and killing of puppies, chickens and kittens, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Brent Justice was found guilty of three counts of producing and one count of distributing...


Eagle Butte Man Charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after CF Industries Holdings Inc. announced that it no longer plans to pursue an inversion by merging with Netherlands-based OCI NV, as a direct result of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s...


Woman Who Operated Heroin Processing Mill In Hartford Sentenced To 46 Months In Federal Prison

News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Amanda Gambardella, 26, formerly of Hartford and Cheshire, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a heroin processing mill in Hartford.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Suzan Harbinson, a 52-year-old resident of Goffstown, New Hampshire, and an owner of ATA Martial Arts of Southern New Hampshire, LLC, in Bedford, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1 million, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.


News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve Road Lottery Staff would like to remind the public that the entry period for the 2016 Denali road lottery will be ending soon.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment on May 19, 2016, against Pamela Dawn Pierson, 50, of Vallejo, and Michelle Louise Travis, 50, of Suisun City. The indictment, which was unsealed today, charges both Pierson and Travis with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy...


News Release: Criminal charges were filed today against Carolyn StarkeyDarden, a former Detroit Public Schools Director of Grant Development, alleging federal program fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.


OSHA cites Midwest Grain & Barge Co. for exposing workers to grain-handling hazards at Missouri site

News Release: View Citations here. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's St.


Leader in Conspiracy to Distribute Over $6.6 Million in Contraband Cigarettes Sentenced to Prison

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Elmar Rakhamimov, a/k/a “Eric Rakhamimov," age 43, of Owings Mills, Maryland, to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to possess and distribute over $6.6 million in contraband cigarettes; and for trafficking and distributing oxycodone. Judge Motz imposed the sentence on May 20, 2016, and entered an order requiring Rakhamimov to pay restitution of $400,000.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Mexico has been sentenced in federal court on his conviction of Illegal Reentry after Deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced the filing of a civil complaint seeking injunctive relief and penalties against Roger Kaplan and Choice...


Committee to Mark Up Water Resources Development Act This Week

News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), is scheduled to mark up the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 and several additional measures at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building...


Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement  From Real Estate Firm in Salina

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - An Ottawa County woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling from a real estate company in Salina where she worked, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, in partnership with the United States Mint, invite the public to the official launch of the 33rd coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. The launch ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in Lower Town, Harpers Ferry along Hamilton Street. Park entrance fees are waived for the day and shuttle buses will begin service from the Visitor Center at 8 a.m.


News Release: WASHINGTON - On Tuesday Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Reform Committee, responded to the news that Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald compared VA health care wait times to lines for amusement park rides. According to news reports, McDonald...


BLM seeks comments on oil and gas lease parcels

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on eight parcels located in Phillips, Toole, Liberty, Choteau, Hill, Glacier, Valley, Bighorn and Sheridan counties in Montana that are being offered for oil and gas leasing, for a 30-day comment period ending June 14, 2016.The environmental assessment...