News published on Federal Newswire in October 2017

News from October 2017


News Release: PIKETON, Ohio - Energy Secretary Rick Perry recently toured EM’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site and received updates on deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) of the uranium enrichment process buildings.


United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Officer Sentenced to Prison for Accepting a Bribe

News Release: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Officer Jovany Perez, 34, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment following his conviction for receiving a bribe while a public official.


News Release: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore -The National Park Service, in collaboration with the Red Cliff Band, Bad River Band and other Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission member Tribes, are planning to conduct a prescribed burn on Stockton Island between October 12th and 31st, if weather conditions...



News Release: CHICAGO - A lawyer licensed to practice in Illinois has been convicted on federal fraud charges for scheming to provide falsified documents to prevent foreclosure on a nearly $2 million parcel of land in Aurora. The fraud left an elderly couple out of $300,000.


Top Democrats Urge Immediate DOT Action on Drug Testing for Opioids

News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Ranking Democrats on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao urging immediate action on a stalled rulemaking that would add four prescription opioids to the drug-testing for...


News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARIO HERRERA, a/k/a “Mo," was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and oxycodone. HERRERA pled guilty to one count of narcotics conspiracy on June 2, 2017, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses. U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska imposed today’s sentence.


News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Oct. 10, 2017 - As fall brings cooler temperatures throughout the parks, firefighters are preparing to begin ignitions on the Lost Grove Prescribed Burn as early as Sunday, October 15. The Lost Grove Prescribed Burn unit is located north of Dorst Campground in Sequoia...


Hanford Site Hosts Public Meeting on Proposed Dry Storage Pad for Capsules

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - More than 40 members of the public attended an EM Richland Operations Office (RL) informational meeting recently on the proposed location, construction, and operation of a dry storage pad for 1,936 cesium and strontium capsules submerged in water at an aging Hanford Site facility.


Charleston man pleads guilty to receiving child pornography

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pleaded guilty today to a child pornography crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jeffrey Scott Beard, 37, entered his guilty plea to receiving child pornography.


Middleburg Man Pleads Guilty To Using An Infant And A Toddler To Produce Child Pornography

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announced today that Andrew Ryan Leslie (22, Middleburg) has pleaded guilty to two federal charges that he sexually abused an infant and a toddler, and used them to produce images and videos of child pornography. He faces a mandatory...


News Release: Jackson, TN - A local man has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.


Former Cannonball Tribal Councilman Sentenced on Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Incest Charges

News Release: BISMARCK - Christopher C. Myers announces that on October 6, 2017, former Cannonball Tribal Councilman ROBERT FOOL BEAR, age 55, was sentenced before Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland on three Counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and one Count of Incest. Fool Bear was sentenced to serve 30 years imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, and was further ordered to pay a total of $400 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.


News Release: EMINENCE, MO: On Saturday, Oct. 21, Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host an instructional gigging program at Round Spring in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). The “Gigs and Ghosts" program will begin at 5:00 p.m.on the lower landing at Round Spring. National Park...


Tennessee Woman Convicted of Stolen ID Refund Fraud

News Release: Tennessee Woman Convicted of Stolen ID Refund Fraud.


Youngstown man sentenced for trafficking cocaine

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dennis Lee Artis, of Youngstown, Ohio was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for distributing cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


Member of Camden, New Jersey, Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Drug Distribution

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for selling crack cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, the group responsible for ATM thefts at several Anchorage banks were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 131,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.


Woman Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Obtaining More Than 8,000 Hydrocodone Pills

News Release: Forged Prescriptions Using Identity of Duke Neurosurgeon.