News published on Federal Newswire in October 2017

News from October 2017


Murray Statement on President Trump’s Latest, Worst Step to Create Trumpcare by Sabotage

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on President Trump’s executive order intended to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cause further confusion in our health care markets.


Armed Drug Trafficker Ordered to Serve 15 Years in Custody

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Another member of an armed crew involved in stealing 246 kilograms of marijuana has been ordered to prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina----United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Charleston, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s) against the following.


News Release: Hakan Yildiz, of Levittown, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, and Social Security fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about September 7, 2017, Yildiz, an alien, and native and citizen of Turkey, was...


Murray and Scott on DeVos Decision to Make Privatization a Priority When Awarding Federal Grants

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, released the following statements on Secretary DeVos proposing a...


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Robert Senices, 26, of Fair Lawn, New Jersey pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.


Foxx, Walberg Respond to President’s Health Care Executive Order

News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following joint statement after President Trump signed an executive order to help expand affordable health care options for small businesses and their employees...


Indictment: Mother Took Children and Fled to Russia

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Russian-born woman was indicted here today on charges of international parental kidnapping, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


Methamphetamine Conspirators Sentenced

News Release: HELENA - Barbara Jean Satrom, 33, of Missoula was sentenced today to serve 27 months in prison and five years on supervised release for her participation in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribution and distribution of methamphetamine. The charge stemmed from a one-count superseding information filed in May of this year. Satrom entered a guilty plea to the single count in June. U.S. District Court Judge Charles C. Lovell issued the sentence.



News Release: Ukiah, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office has issued a temporary emergency closure for the Cow Mountain Recreation Area in Mendocino and Lake counties due to fire danger. The closure begins Thursday, Oct. 12, and remains in effect until further notice.


News Release: CASPER Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management has contracted to complete a vegetation treatment on Flat-Top Butte in the Bates Hole area of Natrona County, Wyo.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Administration announced that Kirstjen Nielsen would be nominated to fill the positon of Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security...



Non-Indian Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Navajo Woman

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Dr. Charles Esham, of Wilmington, Delaware, was charged today by Indictment with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and distribution of oxycodone, announced Acting United States Attorney David C. Weiss.


News Release: CONCORD, NH - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that a man who has used multiple names and previously resided in Andover, Massachusetts was sentenced to serve 91 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute in excess of 40 grams of fentanyl.


Five Gang Members and Associates Indicted in Federal Court

News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury indicted five members and associates of the Sureno Mob Trece gang for crimes including drug distribution and unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. The charges stem from an investigation by the Treasure Valley Metro Violent Crimes Task Force.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Chad Peterson, 29, Osseo, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to three years of probation for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Peterson pleaded guilty to this charge on June 30, 2017.


Frankfort Man Sentenced to 23 Years for Producing Child Pornography

News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Frankfort man has been sentenced to 23 years in federal prison, for producing sexually explicit images of a minor and then sending them to another man.