News published on Federal Newswire in February 2017

News from February 2017


News Release: PEORIA, Ill., -- A Chicago man, Gbadebo Adebiyi, 41, of Chicago, pled guilty today to his role in a fraud scheme that used others’ personal information to file false tax returns for refunds. Adebiyi appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade. A co-defendant, Idris Akande, 35, also of Chicago, remains a fugitive. Sentencing for Adebiyi is scheduled on May 3, 2017.


Reclamation Increasing Releases into Sacramento River for Storage Management

News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to incrementally increase releases below Keswick Dam from 26,000 cubic feet per second to 36,000 cfs by 1 p.m. Feb. 6. The increased releases are necessary to meet flood space regulatory requirements within Shasta Reservoir. Depending on current conditions and inflow levels, operational adjustments will be made as necessary and may occur on short notice.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abuse.


Lower Brule Man Charged with Sexual Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abuse.


FBI Offers Reward of up to $3,000 for Serial Bank Robber: Man Believed Responsible for at Least Five Robberies

News Release: FBI Offers Reward of up to $3,000 for Serial Bank Robber: Man Believed Responsible for at Least Five Robberies.


News Release: PLANO, Texas - Trinity Pharmacy in Carrollton, Texas, and one of its owners, Jonathan Paul Lipe, have agreed to pay the United States $400,000 to settle alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.


Scientists Give an Old Elm Tree a High-Tech Helping Hand

News Release: In front of the city hall building in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, there's a weathered old elm tree that's seen more than 200 years of American history. Throughout those centuries, it has withstood bouts of Dutch elm disease and poundings from brutal storms like 2012's Hurricane Sandy.


Schenectady Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jeffrey Butler, age 33, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to receiving and possessing child pornography.


Turlock Attorney Pleads Guilty to Importation of Steroids

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Erik Harald Moje, 40, of Turlock, pleaded guilty today to the importation of anabolic steroids from China, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Topeka Man Sentenced for Conspiracy in Interstate Sex Trafficking Case

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. B A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 46 months in federal prison for conspiring to operate an interstate sex trafficking business, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


Murray Statement on Trump Efforts to Undermine Conflicts of Interest Rule

News Release: (Washington, DC) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s memorandum to the Acting Secretary of Labor calling for a study of the conflicts of interest rule to serve as a basis to rescind or revise the rule...


Kingsley Heritage Celebration 2017

News Release: Jacksonville, FL-The National Park Service invites the public to the 19th Annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration during the last two Saturdays in February. This free family-friendly event will engage audiences young and old with music, dance and other performances on the 18th and then on the 25th transport visitors back in time across five centuries through a living history festival.


Los Alamos Bank Robber Still Being Sought Four Years Later

News Release: Los Alamos Bank Robber Still Being Sought Four Years Later.


News Release: On March 6, 2017 President Trump issued a new Executive Order on Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States that rescinded the Executive Order that was issued on Jan. 27, 2017. Click here for more information.


Ellsworth Air Force Base Man Indicted for Illegal Use of Internet

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet, and Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor.


Mission Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Jan. 30, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Manderson Man Indicted for Sexual Contact

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Abusive Sexual Contact.


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 Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the order of Judge James Robart blocking the President’s travel ban...


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Abusive Sexual Contact.