News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

News from January 2018


2 additional men convicted in large scale child exploitation conspiracy

News Release: PHOENIX - Thursday, two additional men were convicted in federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania of engaging in an international large scale child exploitation conspiracy that was initiated in July 2015, when the Toronto Police Department reached out to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Phoenix and HSI Toronto after discovering a live child molestation being streamed around the globe.


National Historic Trails Interpretive Center announces temporary exhibit to explore a part of Wyo.’s black history

News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) is celebrating Black History Month with an exhibit entitled "Empire: Traces of Vanished Dreams." This exhibit opens on Feb. 2, and will close on Feb. 28.


Mesa Verde National Park 2018 Artists in Residence Announced

News Release: Mesa Verde Museum Association and Mesa Verde National Park are pleased to announce the selections for the 2018 Mesa Verde National Park Artists in Residence Program. Forty-nine artists from all over the United States, Germany, Australia, and Great Brittan applied to the program this year. The submissions...


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Unknown Destinations

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 125,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.


Indiana Man Indicted on Federal Kidnapping Charge for Allegedly Abducting a Child in Calumet City

News Release: CHICAGO - An Indiana man has been indicted on a federal kidnapping charge for allegedly abducting a child from a Calumet City street in broad daylight last month.


Big Bend National Park to Receive Comments on Exotic Animal Management

News Release: The National Park Service invites public comments on a plan to manage non-native, exotic animals in Big Bend National Park. The 30-day review and comment period for the park’s Exotic Animal Management Plan and Environmental Assessment begins January 29 and will remain open for 30 days.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will join the State of the Net conference for a fireside chat on internet and technology issues, including Congress’ ongoing efforts on Net Neutrality, broadband infrastructure, the future of wireless and more.


Sumter Video Poker Operator Pleads Guilty to Gambling and Tax Violations

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Terry Land, of Sumter, South Carolina, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, to tax evasion, a violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. Additionally, Land entered a guilty plea to operating a gambling...


MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Walden to Keynote State of the Net Conference

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will join the State of the Net conference for a fireside chat on internet and technology issues, including Congress’ ongoing efforts on Net Neutrality, broadband infrastructure, the future of wireless and more.


ICE arrests 86 in North Texas and Oklahoma areas during 3-day operation targeting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives

News Release: DALLAS - Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 86 criminal aliens and immigration violators in North Texas and Oklahoma during a three-day enforcement action, which ended Thursday.


Texas Man Charged with Threatening Mass Shooting at Steelers-Jaguars Playoff Game

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Yuttana Choochongkol, aka Jason Manotham, 40, of San Antonio, Texas, has been arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with one count of transmitting interstate threatening communications, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Former Madison County Detective Sentenced for Sexually Exploiting Minors

News Release: Bruce A. Harvey Admitted to Transporting Minors to Engage in Criminal Sex Acts.


Leader of Fraudulent Medical Device Scheme Pleads Guilty

News Release: Leader of Fraudulent Medical Device Scheme Pleads Guilty.


Teenage Defendant Sentenced to Five-Year Prison Term for Armed Robbery on Metrorail Train

News Release: Defendant Also Pleads Guilty in a Separate Robbery Case.


Investment Fund Manager Sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court to 36 Months’ Imprisonment for Orchestrating Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Schemes

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Diane W. Lamm, a manager of Capital L Financial Group, LLC (Capital L) and Aegis Capital Fund, LLC (Aegis Capital Fund), was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment having pled guilty to two counts of securities fraud for defrauding investors out of millions...


District Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Robbing Food Delivery Worker

News Release: Defendant Was on Supervised Release for Earlier Robbery at Time of Crime.


Lower Brule Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on Jan. 22, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Lynnfield Woman Charged with Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: BOSTON - A Lynnfield woman was arrested today and charged with filing false tax returns, in which she claimed more than a $370,000 mortgage interest deduction, even though she had defaulted on the loan and the property had gone into foreclosure.


Reps. Grijalva and McEachin in The Hill: New Report Shows That Interior Department’s Anti-Harassment Policies are Lacking

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, write in a new op-ed for The Hill that a new report by the Natural Resources Committee Democrats shows clearly how the Department of the Interior (DOI) and its bureaus can combat their sometimes pervasive sexual harassment problems.


St. Francis Man Sentenced for Habitual Domestic Assault

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender, was sentenced on Jan. 22, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.