News published on Federal Newswire in September 2017

News from September 2017


Benton City Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography

News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Robert Cody Cameron Genoway, of Benton City, Washington, was sentenced after previously having plead guilty on July 26, 2017, to production of child pornography. United States District...


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Hugo Margenat-Castro (Orlando, 25) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and distributing fentanyl that caused the death of another. He pleaded guilty on March 17, 2017.


News Release: Following the Equifax data breach of 143 million Americans’ personal information, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-RI), and Representatives ...


Charlottesville Man Sentenced on Federal Drug Charge

News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - A Charlottesville man, who distributed crack cocaine throughout the Charlottesville Region, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - As designated by Presidential proclamation, September 17 through 23 is National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week. In observance, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is urging Northern Floridians to be aware of the rising public health crisis of opioid abuse.


News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In keeping with the administration’s goals of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming quarterly oil and gas lease sale Thursday resulted in competitive bids for 106,687 acres of the 112,820 acres offered, bringing in $38,736,473 in bonus bids.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Dieuny Pasius, 26, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution, Berlin, New Hampshire, was sentenced to five months in prison for attempting to obtain a controlled substance.


Texas Men Charged with Murder Outside Parole Office

News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment against two men allegedly responsible for the killing of a man as he sat in his car outside a Houston parole office, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez and Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.


BLM, NDF, BIA and USFWS lifting Western Nevada Fire Restrictions on Saturday, September 23

News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Carson City District Office, Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Nevada Division of Forestry in conjunction with Nevada State Parks announce the lifting of fire restrictions that have been in place since June 30, 2017. Restrictions will expire at 12:01 a.m., Saturday morning, Sept. 23, 2017.


Recruiter of Drug Traffickers and Alien Smugglers

News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara A. Stingley (619)546-8403 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951.


Committee to Hold Water Subcommittee Hearing Next Week on Building a 21st Century Infrastructure

News Release: Washington, DC - Next week, the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will hold a hearing to gather stakeholder perspectives that will assist the Subcommittee and Full Committee in developing proposals focused on building a 21st century infrastructure for America.


Hatch Calls on CMS to Further Examine Impact of Proposed Rule to Improve Accuracy of Home Health Payments

News Release: Dear Administrator Verma: . I am pleased that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has embraced the fundamental policy goals outlined in a September 2011 Senate Committee on Finance staff report[1] recommending that CMS examine options to refine the Medicare home health payment system.


News Release: Indictment Alleges Offenses Related to the Purchase of a Shotgun.


News Release: Two Broward County, Florida tax return preparers were sentenced to prison today for conspiring to file and filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida, and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.


BLM to begin Rock Springs wild horse gather

News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - In line with its commitment to maintaining healthy wild horses on healthy, productive public rangelands, the Bureau of Land Management will begin gathering and removing wild horses on Sept. 23, 2017, from the Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin herd management areas (HMAs) in southwestern Wyoming.


News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricane Irma damage and response. Homestead, Fla. -De Soto National Memorial in Florida and Fort Sumter National Monument in South Carolina reopened today, welcoming park visitors for the first time since Hurricane Irma struck 12 days ago. Ten other national parks remain...


News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PERNEITA PRICE, age 31, of New Orleans, was charged yesterday by Bill of Information with making a false statement to the government.


District Man Sentenced to 16 1/2-Year Prison Term For Assaulting and Attempting to Rob Three Victims

News Release: Victims -- 12, 16 and 19 -- Attacked Near Northwest Washington Recreation Center.


News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.


Operations Update for Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas

News Release: St. Augustine, FL - Castillo de San Marcos National Monument remains open to the public.