News published on Federal Newswire in October 2017

News from October 2017


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Anibal Orsini, 35, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 188 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and quantities of fentanyl and cocaine hydrochloride. Orsini entered a guilty plea on March 28, 2017.


Pennsylvania man sentenced for oxycodone distribution

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Bruce Mathis, 53, of Biglerville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.


San Juan Capistrano Businesswoman Who Stole more than $1.5 Million from Clients Sentenced to over 5 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The owner and operator of a financial services company that provided accounting, tax and bookkeeping services to small businesses was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $1.5 million from her clients.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...


News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California - On Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 at approximately 11:30 a.m., hikers discovered two bodies in a remote region of Joshua Tree National Park. Park rangers, Joshua Tree Search and Rescue, and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department are responding.


News Release: Public's Assistance Requested After Incident Occurring at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park.


FBI Seeks Information on Missing Washington, D.C. Juvenile

News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Missing Washington, D.C. Juvenile.


FBI and Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces Come Together to Recover a 12-Year-Old Missing Girl

News Release: FBI and Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces Come Together to Recover a 12-Year-Old Missing Girl.


Bridge Replacement near Park Entrance

News Release: Diamond, MO - Beginning Monday, October 16th a portion of Carver Rd. north of the park entrance will be closed as part of the Newton County bridges replacement project for 2017. This closure is expected to end by Thursday, March 1, 2018. During the closure, George Washington Carver National Monument will remain open. During this time access to the park will be from the south on Carver Road.


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 ATLANTA – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) joined the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), and state and local election officials from around the country today ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Sunday morning, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will discuss Iran on FOX’s ….


News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man with Beard and Wearing Black T-Shirt Robs Albuquerque Bank.


News Release: A Grand Junction, Colorado, man was sentenced to 88 months in prison today for tax evasion and failing to file personal and corporate income tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Timothy Stubbs, 52, was convicted in ...


News Release: A Shelby County, Tennessee, dentist pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee.


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Ark Rustic Inn LLC d/b/a Rustic Inn Crabhouse (Rustic Inn), a restaurant located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The agreement resolves the department’s investigation into whether Rustic Inn discriminated against work-authorized ...


News Release: A California federal court entered a consent decree permanently prohibiting Custompax Inc. of Fremont, California, and owner and Chief Executive Officer Cedric P. Ling from distributing adulterated dietary supplements, the Department of Justice announced today. Under the terms of the injunction, the defendants must stop manufacturing such products until remedial steps are taken.


News Release: A Maryland man who bought, improved and sold residential real estate was sentenced to 36 months in prison announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Schenning for the District of Maryland.


U.S. Faster Payments Governance Framework Formation Team announced

News Release: The Federal Reserve, on behalf of the Governance Framework Formation Team, announced the 27 members of the collaborative industry short-term work group that will focus on developing a governance framework for faster payments in the United States. The work group, originally called the interim collaboration ...


Randal K. Quarles takes oath of office as member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Vice Chair for Supervision

News Release: Randal K. Quarles on Friday took the oath of office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Vice Chair for Supervision.


Education and Training Alliance to Focus on Colorado Construction Workers

News Release: DENVER, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Western Colorado Contractors Association (WCCA) have signed an alliance to provide the western Colorado’s construction industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources.