News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


70-year-old southeast Texas man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for possessing nearly 1,500 images of child pornography

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 70-year-old southeast Texas man was sentenced Thursday to five years federal prison for possessing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - The owner of Midlothian businesses Premier Consulting Services and Premier Credit Consultants was arrested this morning on federal fraud charges.


Brady, Reichert Statements on New GAO Report on the Effectiveness of Customs’ Trade Enforcement Activities 

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) today released the following statement in response to a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the effectiveness of U.S. Customs and Border...


News Release: KAPOLEI, HI-Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Paul Delacourt advised that on June 15, 2017 the Honolulu Division of the FBI hosted a joint information sharing conference for Hawaii’s leading businesses. Joining the FBI-the National Security Agency, United States Coast Guard, Honolulu Police Department, and Hawaii State Fusion Center.


News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on June 15, 2017, Lorie Ortiz, 32, Crookston, Minn., pled guilty before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a Superseding Indictment charging her with Accessory After the Fact to Murder.


News Release: W&M Announces Markup of Bipartisan Bills to Strengthen Families.


News Release: Drove from Pennsylvania to Zionsville to have sex with a minor.


Obamacare’s Failures: By the Numbers

News Release: The status quo of the American healthcare system is anything but encouraging. High costs and collapsing coverage serve as reminders of an unaffordable and unworkable law that is failing before our eyes.


Boston Man Arrested and Charged with Robbing Bank in Downtown Boston

News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was charged in federal court in Boston yesterday with bank robbery.


Medical Malpractice Suit Against the Spokane Veterans Administration Medical Center Dismissed

News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that, on June 14, 2017, Chief United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice entered an Order dismissing a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the Veterans Administration by the children of a Navy veteran. See Order (attached hereto).


News Release: Earlier today, Jorge Luis Arzuaga, a citizen of Argentina and a private banker formerly employed by Swiss banks, pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with participating in a money laundering conspiracy in connection with the distribution and receipt of millions of dollars of bribes paid...


Doctor Operating Pill Mill In Pompano Beach Arrested

News Release: JUN 15 - POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - On June 15, 2017, Dr. Willem Ouw, 84, a licensed physician practicing in Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested at his office, the Medical Center of North Broward, 38 NE 20th Ave., Pompano Beach, Florida, following the return of a 10 count indictment on June 14, 2017 on federal...


U.S. Seeks to Recover Approximately $540 Million Obtained From Corruption Involving Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund

News Release: U.S. Seeks to Recover Approximately $540 Million Obtained From Corruption Involving Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund.


New Haven Heroin Trafficker Sentenced

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that Samuel Albarran, also known as “Sam Dog," 34, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 85 months of imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release, for heroin distribution and firearm possession offenses.


Registered Nurse Formerly Employed by Hospice Care Provider Pleads Guilty to Federal Prescription Opioid Conspiracy Charges

News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.


News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park Announces Temporary Closures.


Office of River Protection Hosts Technology Coordination Meeting

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Representatives from five national laboratories and three universities met in late May to discuss how they could assist with tank waste cleanup at the Hanford Site.


Boise River flows decreasing an additional 2,000 cfs over the next 4 days to approximately 4,900 cfs

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will decrease flow from Lucky Peak Dam by 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) each day Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, June 16 through June 19, at 8 am.


2017 Ice Cream Social and Free Concert

News Release: Annual Ice Cream Social & Free Concert featuring Ma Crow and the Lady Slippers.


News Release: Pecos, NM: - Pecos National Historical Park will offer a free botany walk on Sunday, June 25th. Park volunteers Susan and Dr. Ken Bower, who are members of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico, are passionate and extremely knowledgeable amateur botanists. On this one mile roundtrip walk along the main...