News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Moreno Valley woman was arrested this morning on federal charges after she allegedly helped her husband flee the United States after he had pleaded guilty in a federal criminal case.


News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that Andy Miller, Tracy Miller, and the Healthmark Investment Trust have agreed to pay to the government $7.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing and possessing child pornography.


News Release: Two Men Sexually Assaulted Five Child Victims.


News Release: Jackson, Miss - Andre Kirkland, 52, of Cleveland, Mississippi was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Oxford on Sept. 1, 2016, on charges that he defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by signing up patients for hospice care who were not terminally ill, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, FBI Special...


Texas Syndicate Gang Member Ordered to Federal Prison

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A member of the Texas-based prison and street gang known as the Texas Syndicate has been ordered to federal prison for narcotics trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Juan Matias Trevino, 29, of Brownsville, pleaded guilty Feb. 2, 2016, to possession with intent to distribute one kilogram of methamphetamine.


Rare Mammoth Fossil Excavated at Channel Islands National Park— Discovery Stimulates Intriguing Questions

News Release: Ventura, CA -This week a team of scientists unearthed an exceptionally well preserved fossil of a complete mammoth skull from an eroding stream bank on Santa Rosa Island within Channel Islands National Park.


BREAKING: Nonpartisan Gov’t Watchdog Warns Obamacare Marketplaces Still “Vulnerable to Fraud”

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released two undercover reports of the Obamacare marketplace with testing results for the 2015 and 2016 coverage years.


Free Entrance to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on Sept. 24; Earn an Extra Free Day by Volunteering

News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will offer free entrance to the public on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in honor of National Public Lands Day, which is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands.


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: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - David Michael Hobby Rossner, 35, of Panama City, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Panama City after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with production, receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - A hands-on look into the lives of northeast California's early inhabitants will highlight Archaeology Day, a free, family-friendly event, Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Hobo Camp Area along the Susan River just west of Susanville.


Wyden Praises New Initiative To End Fishing Subsidies

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised a new effort to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies, announced today by the U.S. and 12 other nations.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former managing clerk for a prominent, international law firm was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for stealing sensitive, confidential information for use in a five-year insider trader scheme that yielded net profits of more than $5.6 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: A Fairbury, Nebraska man was sentenced today to 35 years’ in federal prison for his participation in a child exploitation enterprise, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.


National Public Lands Day Event in the West Eugene Wetlands

News Release: Eugene, Ore. - Volunteers are invited to join the Bureau of Land Management, Wetlands Resources and Educational Network (WREN), and the City of Eugene for a National Public Lands Day event in the West Eugene Wetlands on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. The all-ages event will be one of many offered across the country that day to celebrate service in our nation’s treasured public lands.


Medina Man Indicted for Stealing $275,000 from Employer, Using Money to Pay for Vehicles, Country Club Membership

News Release: A Medina man was named in a 22-count indictment, charged with stealing approximately $275,000 from his employer and using the money to pay for a country club membership, vehicles and purchases at Victoria’s Secret and GNC, law enforcement officials said.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing as part of the ongoing Disrupter Series to examine advanced robotics and explore the way this field is revolutionizing the world, equipping the workforce, and...


Former Kotzebue Mayor Named NPS Western Arctic Parks Superintendent (Kotzebue)

News Release: Maija Katak Lukin, Maniilaq Association Tribal Environmental Manager, and former Mayor of the City of Kotzebue, has been selected as the new superintendent for the Western Arctic Parklands.