News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 803,298 visits in June 2017. This was the second busiest June on record, down 4.8 percent from June 2016, which saw 838,316 visits.


News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) today gave the following statement during the markup of H.R. 2851, the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017."


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee business meeting to consider nominations and legislation.


Coaldale Man Charged With Possessing Methamphetamine With Intent To Distribute

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jerry Breck, III, age 34, of Coaldale, Pennsylvania, was indicted on July 11, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.


DeFazio Presses GSA Administrator Over Trump Conflicts of Interest, Failure to Respond to Oversight

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) repeatedly asked Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) Timothy Horne to answer questions about the administration and management of the Old Post Office (OPO) lease agreement with the Trump Organization, including President Donald J. Trump.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Examining Medical Product Manufacturer Communications:"


News Release: BOSTON - A Windsor, Conn. woman was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for stealing over $250,000 from her employer.


Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a North Carolina man from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport checkpoint today.


News Release: Jeffery Lynn Gentry, 40, of White County, Tenn., was charged in a criminal information filed on July 5, 2017, with wire fraud and money laundering, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.


Fall River Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Fall River man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking operation in Taunton and surrounding communities.


News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Anthony de LosAngeles, aka “Taco," 20, of Tarrytown, New York, was sentenced today to over eight years in prison for selling heroin, some of which substantially contributed to the overdose death of one of de LosAngeles’s customers. De LosAngeles pled guilty on March 17, 2017, to one...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven Brzezinski, 33, of Tonawanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Five Years for Conviction on Federal Firearms and Heroin Trafficking Charges

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gerald Herrera, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 60 months in prison for his conviction on firearms and heroin trafficking charges. Herrera will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.


News Release: FBI, Atlanta Police Department Arrest Newark, New Jersey Murder Subject.


Energy Department Announces up to $8 Million to Enable Breakthroughs in Algae-Based Biofuels

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of three projects to receive up to $8 million, aimed at reducing the costs of producing algal biofuels and bioproducts. These projects will deliver high-impact tools and techniques for increasing the productivity of algae organisms and cultures.


News Release: A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging 10 defendants with conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG). The superseding indictment, which was returned on June 30, 2017 and unsealed today, charges 10 alleged TTG gang members and ...


News Release: Mallinckrodt LLC, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and one of the largest manufacturers of generic oxycodone, agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that it violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) that are subject to civil penalties, Attorney General Jeff Sessions of the Justice Department and Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today.


News Release: A document broker was sentenced today in connection with his role in trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents.


News Release: Nichicon Corporation will plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for electrolytic capacitors sold to customers in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.


News Release: Four members of a scheme that used secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on PNC and Bank of America ATMs to steal at least $428,581 pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court.