News published on Federal Newswire in August 2018

News from August 2018


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Kalif Eban Bess, 43, of Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Energy Department Selects Additional Advanced Combustion Projects to Receive $3.3M

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected three additional projects to receive approximately $3.3 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development. These projects are supported through the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001728, Advanced Combustion Systems: Existing Plant Improvements and Transformational Technologies.


News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.


News Release: Danville, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today the guilty plea of Keemo Jonathan Lee to a series of federal drug and gun charges related to the sale of cocaine, heroin and illegal firearms. The prosecution comes as part of the U.S. Attorney’s Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative to reduce violent crime throughout the Western District of Virginia.


News Release: Defendant is the latest to be sentenced out of nearly two dozen defendants after long-term narcotics investigation.


News Release: A Springfield, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing several firearms following a police pursuit yesterday afternoon.


Lynnfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: BOSTON - A Lynnfield woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to filing false tax returns, on which she claimed, among other things, more than a $370,000 mortgage interest deduction, even though the loan was in default and property had gone into foreclosure.


Zuni Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting a Minor

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Terrence Cachini, 31, an enrolled member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assaulting a minor resulting in serious bodily injury. Cachini’s plea agreement recommends five years of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.


Zuni Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting a Minor

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Terrence Cachini, 31, an enrolled member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assaulting a minor resulting in serious bodily injury. Cachini’s plea agreement recommends five years of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.


News Release: NEW YORK - Twelve charged in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania Thursday after a fraud investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York’s El Dorado Task Force (EDTF). This investigation, worked by HSI special agents and taskforce members...


Cambridge Man Arrested for Threatening Federal Agents Using Twitter

News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge man was arrested and charged today in connection with tweeting a murder-for-hire solicitation to kill ICE agents for $500.


News Release: Defendant is the latest to be sentenced out of nearly two dozen defendants after long-term narcotics investigation.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Kevin L. Moody, age 27, Nathaniel P. Green, age 37, and Robert E. Hendrix, Jr., age 38, all of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were indicted on August 8, 2018, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.


Keauhou Ranch Fire Update for August 9

News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Fire crews made headway on the Keauhou Ranch Fire and have thus far prevented it spreading into the Kīpuka Kī Special Ecological Area in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, and reduced spread towards the Volcano Golf Course community.


News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Raymond Reinke, 55, from Pendleton, Oregon, appeared Wednesday, August 8, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Carman at the Yellowstone Justice Center in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming.


News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to urge you to immediately demand that the Vietnamese government release Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, an American citizen. Michael, a resident of Orange, California, was detained on July 7th while touring Vietnam and visiting elderly relatives. He is currently being held...