News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


New Melones Lake activities for summer 2017

News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces its 2017 summer interpretive program and activity schedule for New Melones Lake, located in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties. All program presentations, unless otherwise noted, will take place at the Amphitheater in the Glory Hole Recreation Area. Programs are free of charge, suitable for all ages and do not require reservations. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.


Engel Statement on Passage of National Defense Authorization Act

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement following the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018 (H.R.2810) on the House floor...


News Release: Jackson, TN - Preston Bryson, 40, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on three targeted bills that facilitate locally supported transfers or exchanges of certain federals lands to improve public land access and benefit local communities, and a bill to authorize the establishment of the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial.


Former D.C. Government Employee Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribes in Scheme Involving Permits

News Release: Defendant Worked for D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.


Johnston Bank Robber Sentenced

News Release: PROVIDENCE - Lenin Gutierrez, 40, of Cranston, was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for robbing a bank branch office located inside a Johnston supermarket on Dec. 30, 2016, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Johnston Police Chief Richard S. Tamburini and Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Division of the FBI.


Dominican National Charged with Illegal Reentry After Deportation

News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANDY DUGUE, also known as “Jimmy," 40, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 100 days of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in an insurance fraud scheme.


Williamsport Man Sentenced To 15 Years’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Larry Eason a/k/a “Tree," age 34, of Renovo, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 12, 2017, to 15 years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann for conspiracy to distribute 1,000 grams or more of heroin.


Dallas Man Sentenced to 230 Months in Federal Prison for Role in Cocaine Conspiracy

News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man who admitted to his role in a cocaine conspiracy was sentenced yesterday to a lengthy federal prison sentence, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Memphis, TN - A former Shelby County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been indicted for soliciting a person to murder a witness in a federal case. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the superseding indictment today.


News Release: DENVER - Ricardo Estevan Suazo, age 27, of Pueblo, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 108 months (9 years) in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release in a murder-for-hire plot. His federal prison time is to be served consecutive to ...


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - David Ackell, 48, of Seekonk, Massachusetts, will serve a 33-month prison sentence for using facilities in interstate commerce to stalk a female resident of New Hampshire, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.


National Park Service Reopens Access to Cape Point After Receiving All Clear from U.S. Navy

News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has reopened off-road vehicle (ORV) and pedestrian access to the Cape Point area in Buxton, North Carolina after receiving an all clear from the U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit team leader from Little Creek, Virginia. Earlier today, based...


Two More Sentenced and Four More Plead Guilty to Charges Arising Out of ATF-Led Operation Targeting Drug Trafficking and Firearms Crime in Bernalillo County

News Release: Defendants Part of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


News Release: Jackson, TN - Caricus Hendrix, 30, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.


NOAA announces $13.8 million in coastal resilience grants

News Release: The projects cover 17 states and Puerto Rico, and will restore 1,100 acres of habitat and prepare more than 350 coastal communities to withstand extreme weather and related hazards.


News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Donald Vigue, 42, of Dexter, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone and cocaine.


FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify Bank Robber

News Release: FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify Bank Robber.