News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


Chairman Royce Meets with Aung San Suu Kyi

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counselor of Burma...



News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will increase resources dedicated to Anacostia Park and the Anacostia River, while continuing its commitment to treasured historic sites and beloved neighborhood national parks. Tara Morrison, currently Superintendent of Rock Creek Park, will become the Superintendent of the group of parks known administratively as National Capital Parks -East.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Wilkes-Barre man was indicted on Sept. 13, by a federal grand jury in Scranton on marijuana trafficking and firearms offenses.


Oversight Committee to Hold Hearing on EpiPen Price Increases

News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a bipartisan hearing with officials from Mylan, which dramatically increased its prices for EpiPens.


News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Alejandro Marva-Romero, 32, of Venezuela, pleaded guilty today in federal court on St. Croix to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.


Tapping Sorghum's Genetic Potential

News Release: An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant geneticist has developed new genetic resources that allow the breeding of sorghum varieties with higher grain yields and greater resistance to diseases and pests.


Three Hartford Men Charged with Distributing Heroin

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RONALD PEREZ, 28, BYRON RIVERA, 26, and MARCUS TYSON, 30, all of Hartford, have been arrested and charged by criminal complaints with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, one kilogram or more of heroin.


Roswell Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gerald Sentell, 45, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges.


Cleveland man indicted for selling heroin

News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for selling heroin, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady released the following statement in response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual report on poverty in the United States...


News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes an $892,500 civil penalty against Air Methods Corp. of Englewood, Colo., for allegedly operating an Airbus EC-135 helicopter on passenger-carrying flights when it was not airworthy.


National Park Service Seeking Classic Cars for Paramount Ranch Event

News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The National Park Service is looking for owners of classic cars to help celebrate an historic car racing site in the Santa Monica Mountains. The vehicles will be on display at the first-ever Car Corral & Picnic on Saturday, October 1 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Paramount Ranch in Agoura.


News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Volunteers are welcome to help clean up public lands along the Clear Creek Greenway south of Redding, when the Bureau of Land Management and its partners celebrate National Public Lands Day, Saturday, Sept. 24.


U.S. Attorney’s Office to Host September 20th Event for National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week

News Release: In recognition of National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week (September 19-23, 2016), the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of South Dakota is hosting a screening of the film, “Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict," to be followed by a panel discussion, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. The event will be held at Augustana University’s Kresge Recital Hall, located at 2120 S. Grange Avenue in Sioux Falls.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Wilkes-Barre man was indicted on Sept. 13, by a federal grand jury in Scranton on marijuana trafficking and firearms offenses.


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will increase resources dedicated to Anacostia Park and the Anacostia River, while continuing its commitment to treasured historic sites and beloved neighborhood national parks. Tara Morrison, currently Superintendent of Rock Creek Park, will become the Superintendent of the group of parks known administratively as National Capital Parks -East.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Juan Carlos Martinez-Tinoco (Martinez), 42, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to committing a depredation against public land and natural resources in the vicinity of The Needles, a series of massive granite rock formations in the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: DAYTON - Chase A. Crump, 27, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 48 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.


News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced ERNEST TULSIDA CARPENTER, 44, of Fayetteville to 190 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.