News published on Federal Newswire in May 2017

News from May 2017


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a six page notice on May 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Digest DOT 39-17

News Release: USDOT Soliciting Applications for University Transportation Center Grants in Three Federal Regions. As part of the University Transportation Centers (UTC) program, the US Department of Transportation is seeking applications from eligible nonprofit institutions of higher education located in Federal Regions ...


McAllen Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Second Chance Lending Scheme

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men have been convicted for their roles in a “second chance" mortgage lending scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury convicted Luis Antonio Rodriguez, 36, of Mission, and Rogelio Ramos Jr., 36, of Pharr, of conspiracy to commit wire fraud late Friday, May 26, following a seven-day-trial and approximately nine hours of deliberation.


News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.)- The Miles City Field Office will be conducting an inventory of roads and trails on BLM-administered lands in Prairie, Dawson, Fallon, Wibaux, Rosebud, Treasure, Big Horn, McCone and Garfield counties this year to improve its database of existing routes.


News Release: The Westminster Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force Are Seeking Assistance in Identifying a Bank Robber.


Texas Woman Sentenced In Designer Drug Case in Kansas

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Texas woman was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for selling designer drugs manufactured in Kansas, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. She was ordered to forfeit $2 million in proceeds from the crime.


Park Increases Reward for Information about Wolf

News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park is now offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for shooting a wolf on the north side of the park, near Gardiner, Montana. National Park Service law enforcement believes the incident happened sometime between April 10 at 1 a.m. and April 11 at 2 p.m.


North Country Guide Pleads Guilty to Illegal Hunting of Baited Waterfowl

News Release: William Saiff, III Agrees to Pay $5,000 Fine and to Forfeit Hunting Privileges Until 2019.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker and Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson today announced that Complementary Support Services and its related entities (collectively “CSS"), TERI DIMOND and HERBERT STOCKLEY have agreed to pay a total of $4.52 million to resolve allegations that they...


News Release: SAN DIEGO - Nine members of the Hooligans Motorcycle gang are charged in a federal grand jury indictment with participating in a sophisticated scheme to steal scores of Jeep Wranglers and motorcycles in San Diego County using handheld electronic devices and stolen codes.


News Release: RENO, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management will hold a 24 hour online oil and gas lease sale.


McAllen Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Second Chance Lending Scheme

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men have been convicted for their roles in a “second chance" mortgage lending scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury convicted Luis Antonio Rodriguez, 36, of Mission, and Rogelio Ramos Jr., 36, of Pharr, of conspiracy to commit wire fraud late Friday, May 26, following a seven-day-trial and approximately nine hours of deliberation.


Jesse Denver Hanes, Alleged Shooter of Hatch Police Officer, Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearms and Carjacking Offenses

News Release: Hanes, who is being Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative, Agrees to Sentence of Life Imprisonment without the Possibility of Release.


BPD Cell Block Attendant Pleads Guilty To Violating The Civil Rights Of An Individual In Custody

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Jaskula, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment previously filed against him. Specifically, Jaskula pled guilty to the crime of willfully depriving another of their constitutional rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury before U.S. District Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyree Skipper, 44, of Euclid, Ohio, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, recently introduced a bill to reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security’s program that targets transnational criminal organizations on the border and at U.S. ports in order to combat drug and weapons trafficking and other crimes. The bipartisan House version of the bill was approved unanimously earlier this month.