News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


Fireworks Not Allowed at Belle Fourche Reservoir

News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D -- The Bureau of Reclamation would like to notify the public that discharging and/or possession of "Fireworks" is illegal on all U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land as per the Code of Federal Regulations (43 CFR Part 423.30).


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Littleton, Colorado, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.


News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROBERT LYONS, age 32, of Covington, was charged with federal firearms violations in a recently unsealed two-count Indictment.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.


News Release: ROCKFORD - A Lake County man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. JUSTIN T. PAGLUSCH, 35, of Ingleside, Ill., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. On ...


National Park Service Announces Fire Restrictions (Lake Powell)

News Release: Due to very dry conditions and increasing fire danger in Southeast Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments.


US Labor Department's OSHA publishes proposed rule on beryllium exposure

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a proposed rule that would modify the agency's recent beryllium standards for the construction and shipyard sectors. Representatives of the shipyards and construction industries, as well as members...


Brockton Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl

News Release: Defendant prohibited from being in the City of Brockton.


Three Men Charged with Larceny and Misprision of a Felony

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two Eagle Butte, South Dakota, men, and a Howes, South Dakota, man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Larceny and Misprision of a Felony.


Leader Of Fraudulent Credit Card Scheme Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

News Release: Used the Personal Information of Victims to Fraudulently Obtain Credit, With Losses of More Than $225,000.


Appointments still available at temporary TSA Pre✓® application center next week at Kearney Regional Airport

Release: KEARNEY, Neb. - Appointments are still available at a temporary application center for the popular TSA Pre✓® program at Kearney Regional Airport (EAR) next week.


Mexican Citizen Arrested with Fraudulent immigration Documents

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Victorico Catarino Ramirez, a citizen of Mexico, was charged today with possessing fraudulent immigration documents.


St. Francis Man Charged with Assaulting a Federal Officer

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.


Kalamazoo Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Possessing a Firearm as a Felon

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Forty-one-year-old Lamont Duane Dixon, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced to 180 months in prison, following his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. Under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act, Dixon was subject to a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence due to three prior felony convictions under Michigan law for manufacture/delivery of less than 50 grams of a narcotic drug.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla - Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter today charged Dr. Regan Nichols with five counts of second degree murder in relation to the death of at least five patients during her time working at a Midwest City clinic.


Seaford Man Indicted for Gun, Heroin Charges

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Tromar Mapp, age 28, of Seaford, Delaware, was charged by Indictment earlier this month with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, three counts of distribution of heroin, and one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin.


Fernandina Beach Repeat Offender Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Distribution

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Wesley Eugene Parker (25, Fernandina Beach) today pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine. Due to his multiple prior felony convictions for drug offenses, he faces an enhanced maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ikechi W. Emeaghara, 27, of Columbus, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 240 months in prison for eight counts of armed bank robbery. Emeaghara is the armed robber dubbed as the “Buckeye Bandit" by law enforcement.


New York City Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Heroin and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dorsey Hunt, 25, of the Bronx, was sentenced Thursday in United States District Court in Rutland to 84 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin and crack cocaine. U.S. District...


Rapid City Man Indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.