News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


News Release: Over a span of many decades, the Wetherill brothers and some of their descendants passionately worked to uncover and preserve the prehistory of the Four Corners region. Harvey Leake, great-grandson of John Wetherill, will discuss the activities of his ancestors and their archaeological investigations...


News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join a ranger at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Sunday, June 11, 18, and 25, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am for a hike to the top of famous Mount Baldy. Even though the area is closed for general public access, this ranger-led tour allows visitors to experience the beauty and spectacular views from the tallest dune in the national lakeshore.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender was sentenced on May 31, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: The collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One program continued its aggressive pursuit of local street gangs by obtaining a 30- year sentence for Victor Vasquez, a/k/a “Vic," a leader of the Latin Count street gang and a 20-year sentence for Michael Gardner, a/k/a "Sosa," a member of the Vice Lord street gang announced Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.


Two Berkeley County residents are indicted on fentanyl and heroin distribution charges

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Berkeley County residents are named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Martinsburg, West Virginia on May 16, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison for aiding his cousin and Heather Mack in the 2014 killing of Mack’s mother at an Indonesian resort.


News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Héctor Trujillo, general secretary of the Guatemalan soccer federation (the “federation") from 2009 to 2015 and a former judge of the Constitutional Court of Guatemala, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one count of wire fraud in connection...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Friday, June 9, 2017, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining H.R. 772, The Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017."


Reclamation Releases Final Environmental Documents for the County of Fresno’s Proposed Millerton Road Widening Project

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed widening of a 4.7-mile stretch of Millerton Road located between North Fork Road and slightly east of Table Mountain Road, in Fresno County, California.


Winchester Man Sentenced On Heroin Conspiracy Charges

News Release: Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA - A Winchester man, who routinely traveled to Baltimore and brought back large quantities of heroin to Winchester for distribution, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.


Medical Office Manager Charged with Healthcare Fraud, and in Conspiracy with Thirteen Defendants to Distribute Oxycodone

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today, charging defendant Michael Milchin, 37, of Philadelphia, PA, with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and five counts of health care fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. In addition, the indictment charges Milchin and the 13 defendants listed below with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.


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


Engel to President Trump: Condemn Goldman Sachs Purchase of Venezuelan Bonds

News Release: WASHINGTON-Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, today called on President Trump to condemn Goldman Sachs’s purchase of $2.8 billion worth of Venezuelan government bonds in the strongest possible terms. Given the extremely close ties between Goldman Sachs and the Trump Administration, such a condemnation is essential.


Night Closure to Take Place on Big Oak Flat Road Inside Yosemite National Park

News Release: Closure will be in effect from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am on Sunday, June 4, 2017.


Engel Slams Serbia's Refusing Entry to Former Kosovo President

News Release: Dear High Representative Mogherini: I have the deepest respect for the European Union’s work to promote dialogue, understanding, and normalization between Serbia and Kosovo. Your leadership, building on Lady Ashton’s efforts, has helped shepherd the signing of critical agreements between Belgrade and...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury found Justin Vazquez, 30, of Buffalo, NY, guilty of damaging government property. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Berkeley County man was arraigned today after being named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Martinsburg, West Virginia on May 16, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


Two Army National Guardsmen Convicted in Fraud Scheme

News Release: Used Cards Re-encoded with Stolen Credit/Debit Card Numbers to Buy Merchandise at Army and Air Force Exchange Service Stores and Elsewhere.


New York Resident Charged with $3.5 Million Theft from City of Miami Beach

News Release: A resident of Syracuse, New York was charged with stealing over $3.5 million from the City of Miami Beach’s bank account through unauthorized electronic transfers.