News published on Federal Newswire in February 2017

News from February 2017


The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender.


News Release: The former police chief of the Tama Police Department, who stole and pawned a Tama police service weapon and then lied to a FBI Special Agent who was investigating that theft and other missing property, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to oxycodone distribution

News Release: MARTISNBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Bruce Mathis, 52, of Biglerville, Pennsylvania, was convicted of distributing oxycodone, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.


Thompson Statement on Unanimous Ruling Against Trump Administration Muslim Ban

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously refused to lift the nationwide halt on President Trump’s Muslim ban Executive Order...


Four Defendants Sentenced to Prison in Missoula Carjacking Case

News Release: MISSOULA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the sentencing results of four individuals for conspiracy to commit robbery, carjacking, kidnapping and other crimes. On or around May 27, 2016, in Missoula County, Thomas Earl Dempsey, Nick West, Carissa Lynn Kopp, and Hannah Nichole Parker...


Red Onion Inmate Pleads Guilty, is Sentenced for Sending Threatening Letters

News Release: James M. Cox Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison.


Serial Robber Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Swain J. Clarke, age 30, of Owings Mills, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a series of commercial robberies.


Grand Jury Returns Indictment Of Co-Conspirator In Scheme To Defraud Herman Miller Inc

News Release: Kevin Grimm of Coopersville Charged with Conspiracy and Money Laundering.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - David Beckford was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit Xanax pills, for engaging in international money laundering, and for his use and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and in violation of the felon-in-possession statute. The sentence was issued by the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Judge, following a guilty plea entered in November of 2016.


Engel Statement on Presidential Election in Somalia

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the election of Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo as president of Somalia...


Sentencings for February 1 - February 7, 2017

News Release: Harold Giberson, 63, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on February 7, 2017, for theft of labor union funds. Giberson was the long time president of the Utility Workers Union of America Local 127. From 2011 through January 2015, he embezzled...