News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


Jury Convicts Three Florida Men For Trafficking Hundreds Of Packages Of Methamphetamine From California To Florida And Georgia

News Release: Ft. Myers, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury today found Brown Laster, Jr. (37, Tampa), also known as “AB" and “Rooster;" Jerry Browdy (44, Riverview), also known as “JB," “Red," and “Cuz;" and Wesley Petiphar (30, Davenport), also known as “Wildman,"...


Buchanan Opening Statement at Hearing on IRS Electronic Record Retention Policies: Improving Compliance

News Release: “Last year, the IRS processed 244 million tax returns. Among them are individuals and small businesses like my own, who must retain their tax records in case the IRS ever wants to review them. The IRS must also identify and retain records for defined lengths of time in accordance with Federal requirements.


DOE Senior Advisor Tours EM Cleanup Projects Across Complex in July

News Release: Roger Jarrell, Senior Advisor to the Energy Secretary for EM, toured cleanup operations at the Hanford Site this month. Picture above, Office of River Protection 's (ORP) Dr. Sahid Smith, chemical engineer for the Low-Activity Waste Pretreatment System, explains testing of the full-scale vessel and pulse-jet...


News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Workers began demolishing the Poplar Creek facilities this month, bringing Oak Ridge’s EM program closer to completing major cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) by 2020.


BLM Transfers Land to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for Rosebud Field Station

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-On July 25, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office transferred a 0.36-acre parcel of public land in Box Elder County, Utah, to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) for the purpose of a field station.


News Release: FBI Investigating New Orleans Firemen’s Federal Credit Union Robbery.


News Release: Filiberto Santos-Escareno, 24, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on July 24, 2017, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Santos-Escareno was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received time served, plus ten days, was ordered to...


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Marion County man for methamphetamine distribution and gun charges, announced acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido.


Sioux Falls Man Pleads Guilty to Firearms Charge

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Ehab Abdulmutta Jaber, age 46, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Veronica L. Duffy on July 25, 2017, and pled guilty to an Indictment that charged him with Possession of Firearms by a Prohibited Person.


Attorney Jonathan Flom Sentenced To 48 Months’ Imprisonment For Money Laundering

News Release: Flom Boasted That the Letters of His Name Stood For: “For Love of Money".


News Release: WASHINGTON - On the anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship to former slaves freed after the Civil War, the National Park Service today published a theme study looking at nationally significant historic properties of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. The National Historic Landmarks theme study, “," identifies noteworthy resources related to the Era of Reconstruction that help tell the American story.


Hatch Statement on Senate’s Effort to Repeal & Replace Obamacare

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today regarding the Senate’s efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare...


Former Monroe County Deputy Sheriff Charged with Stealing Property from a Department of Defense Program

News Release: Surplus military supplies purchased by the Sheriff’s Office were missing.


News Release: WASHINGTON - In recognition of the crucial role played by whistleblowers in shining a light on fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill has joined a bipartisan group of her colleagues to introduce a resolution designating July 30, 2017, as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day.


Former St. Joseph Business Owner Pleads Guilty in $1.5 Million Tax Fraud Scheme

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former St. Joseph, Mo., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a nearly $1.5 million tax fraud scheme.


Wood County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal methamphetamine crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Joseph Daniel Mills, 39, of Walker, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced today 19 indictments charging 22 defendants with illegal possession of firearms and use of firearms during violent crimes.


Buffalo Man Sentenced On Drug Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Young, 50, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.


Drag boat competitions OK’d at East Park Reservoir

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation approved drag boat exhibitions and competitions at East Park Reservoir in Colusa County, California for up to five years.


Mexican Citizen Sentenced For Immigration Fraud

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Santiago Cayetano-Diaz, age 22, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (60 days in jail) for immigration fraud.