News published on Federal Newswire in February 2017

News from February 2017


Media Advisory–20th Annual Federal Aviation (FAA) Administration Commercial Space Transportation Conference

News Release: WHO: FAA officials, legislative leaders, as well as top academic, industry and government leaders in space transportation.


News Release: Three people were sentenced to prison for their roles in a 2015 bank robbery, kidnapping and hostage situation, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.


News Release: Raheem Pleasant of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with three counts of bank robbery in connection with a string of robberies that occurred in the Philadelphia area in December and January, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The Indictment alleges that on three...


News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Dallas physician has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to sell illegal prescriptions in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


Massachusetts Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution

News Release: FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Felipe Antonio Reyes Eduardo was sentenced to a term of two years in federal prison based upon his prior guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.


Texas Syndicate Member Pleads Guilty to His Leadership Role in Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Cruz Perez, a/k/a “Travieso," 40, appeared in federal court yesterday and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant to his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Defendant Charged in Connection with $10 Million Offshore Sweepstakes Fraud Ploy, $2.5 Million High-Yield Investment Scheme A U.S. man residing in Costa Rica pleaded guilty today for his role in two separate schemes. One scheme was a $10 million “sweepstakes scheme” that targeted elderly U.S. residents, ...


News Release: The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Levy Premium Foodservice Limited Partnership, doing business as Levy Restaurants, a national chain of sports arena restaurants. The settlement resolves the department’s investigation of a charge filed by a work-authorized immigrant against Levy’s ...


News Release: A federal judge sentenced a Long Island, New York sales representative to prison for fraudulently selling vending machine businesses, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: Executive Agrees to Serve 14 Months in a U.S. Prison An executive of an automotive parts company pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to obstruct a federal investigation and for attempting to obstruct justice, the Department of Justice announced.


News Release: A Fayetteville, North Carolina man was sentenced today in the Middle District of North Carolina to eight months of home confinement for threatening members of the Masjid Al Madina Mosque in Raeford, North Carolina, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina.


News Release: The Justice Department announced that Mississippi corrections officer, Lawardrick Marsher, pleaded guilty today in federal court to beating an inmate in Mississippi’s Parchman prison. A second officer, Robert Sturdivant, pleaded guilty to helping conceal the beating of the inmate.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.