News published on Federal Newswire in February 2018

News from February 2018


BLM prescribed burn planned in the Hualapai Mountains

News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office, in cooperation with Pine Lake Fire Department, Pinion Pine Fire Department, and Mohave County, will be conducting prescribed burns near the communities of Pine Lake, Pinion Pine, and Atherton Acres and will include areas around Camp Levi Levi in the Hualapai Mountains over the coming weeks. This project is being implemented to reduce the threat of wildfire in and around these communities.


BLM pays out reward in Black Cliffs graffiti case

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management recently paid out a reward to a citizen whose tip helped identify the person responsible for the March 2017 graffiti in the Black Cliffs area, a popular climbing spot located on BLM-managed public lands along Highway 21 near Warm Springs Avenue in Boise.


California Man Charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROT VAN NGUYEN, a/k/a “Minh Dung," a/k/a “Minh Dung Duong," age 56, of San Jose, California, was charged today with one count of failure to register as a sex offender under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).


BLM to hold route inventory meetings and solicit public comments for Palacio and Sombrillo Travel Management Area

News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold two public meetings regarding public access needs on an area of public lands located about 20 miles north of Santa Fe, known as the Palacio and Sombrillo Travel Management Area. The meetings will be held on Feb. 21 from 3 p.m. until...


Fort Lauderdale Doctor And Staff Arrested For Running A Pill Mill

News Release: (WESTON, Fla.) - Dr. Andres Mencia, 60, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was arrested on February 6, 2018 at his clinic, the A.G.I. Medical and Dental Center located at 1608 E. Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on federal charges of Conspiracy to Dispense Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering.


Former Niagara Falls Police Officer, Two Co-defendants Plead Guilty For Their Roles In Drug Conspiracy

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Niagara Falls, NY, Police Officer Stephanie A. Costanzo, 29, pleaded guilty to managing a drug involved premises before U.S. District Judge Richard...


Shuster Statement on White House Infrastructure Principles

News Release: Washington, DC - House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), released the following statement in response to the White House infrastructure plan...


Release: SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - An officer with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm Friday afternoon in the carry-on baggage of a female passenger traveling from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Glenn Mears, age 46, of Glenville, New York, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography.


Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping

News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to the armed kidnapping of a Quincy man and two children.


Virginia Man Convicted of Receiving Child Pornography on Tor Network Forum for Child Predators

News Release: Virginia Man Convicted of Receiving Child Pornography on Tor Network Forum for Child Predators.


Business Manager Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Embezzling $1.5 Million from Boilermakers Local 154

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Boilermakers union official has been sentenced in federal court to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction of embezzlement and theft of Labor Union assets and income tax evasion, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Two Defendants Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Sex Trafficking And Other Offenses

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity.


Mount Rainier National Park to Accept Wilderness Camping Reservation Requests

News Release: On March 15, 2018, Mount Rainier National Park will begin accepting online reservation requests for wilderness camping and climbing permits, including overnight trips on the Wonderland Trail.


News Release: Timothy Slater Named Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Division.


Three Defendants Charged In White Plains Federal Court With New City Armed Robbery

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Raymond McCullagh, Chief of the Clarkstown Police Department, announced today the filing...


Franklin County Man Charged in Connection with Large Cocaine Seizure

News Release: Fifty Kilograms of Cocaine Seized During Vehicle Stop on Route 81 in the Oswego County Town of Hastings.


Senator Murray on Trump-DeVos Refusal to Protect Transgender Students: “Deeply Disappointed and Disgusted”

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued a statement on reports confirming that the Department of Education is officially refusing to respond to complaints filed by transgender students under Title IX law.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after an administration briefing on its proposed FY2019 International Affairs Budget...