News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

News from January 2018


Florida Man Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution

News Release: BOSTON - A Tampa, Fla., man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for distributing cocaine.


U.S. Postal Worker Charged with Making False Workers’ Compensation Claims

News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans, announces the filing of charges against LEXY LOPEZ-BATEMAN, age 40, of Slidell.


Federal Prisoner Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Weapon

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Joseph Shaw, 35, a federal inmate, pled guilty today, before United States District Judge Henry T. Wingate, to possession of a weapon within a federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst.


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - After a two-day trial, yesterday a federal jury found Ron Delano Kuntz, 42, Keon Wilson, 22, and Shawn McIntosh, 24, guilty of Hobbs Act Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Hobbs Act Robbery, and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert, announced.


Pallone Requests Access to Audits of FCC High-Cost Fund

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Universal Service Administrative Company CEO Radha Sekar requesting the audits conducted during the preceding three fiscal years for both the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Legacy High-Cost and Rural Health Care programs in order to better understand the potential for waste, fraud and abuse in the programs.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on President Trump’s nominations to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to investigate Rodan + Fields after the cosmetics company apparently used false and misleading marketing efforts to dissuade consumer concerns over the safety of a potentially carcinogenic ingredient used in their products.


News Release: Roosevelt, AZ- Learn about the wide variety of birds at Tonto National Monument, such as Cactus Wrens, Gila Woodpeckers, Gamble's Quail, and more on ranger-led walks.


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Junior Feliz, 22, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today for his role in the armed robbery of the McDonald’s restaurant in Lockhart Shopping Center, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.


Pallone Urges FDA to Investigate Cosmetics Company Rodan + Fields

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to investigate Rodan + Fields after the cosmetics company apparently used false and misleading marketing efforts to dissuade consumer concerns over the safety of a potentially carcinogenic ingredient used in their products.


Release: FARGO, N.D. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has fully implemented new and stronger carry-on baggage security screening procedures at Hector International (FAR) in Fargo.


News Release: In El Paso yesterday afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 21-year-old Reiquon Gaines of Evanston, IL, to 30 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a combined $15,853 in restitution for two bank robberies in the Western District of Texas, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, El Paso Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.


Man Pleads Guilty to DOD Bribery and Kickback Conspiracy

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alabama man pleaded guilty today to his role in a bribery and kickback scheme involving a contract for the Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General (DOD OIG).


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on President Trump’s nominations to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Universal Service Administrative Company CEO Radha Sekar requesting the audits conducted during the preceding three fiscal years for both the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Legacy High-Cost and Rural Health Care programs in order to better understand the potential for waste, fraud and abuse in the programs.


News Release: On two Sundays this season, Tumacácori National Historical Park will offer hikers the opportunity to walk the four-mile stretch of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail between Tumacácori and Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, catching a free ride back to their starting point. Hikers can...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to investigate Rodan + Fields after the cosmetics company apparently used false and misleading marketing efforts to dissuade consumer concerns over the safety of a potentially carcinogenic ingredient used in their products.


Wyden: Trump’s Health Care Record is an Agenda of Discrimination

News Release: A year ago, the president stormed into office promising better, cheaper health care for everybody. And he said he’d bring prescription drug prices down because, in his words, drug companies were, “getting away with murder.".


Former Virginia Detective Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Minors

News Release: Former Virginia Detective Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Minors.


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Sunday, February 4, at 2pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a 90-minute, 1.2 mile walking tour exploring lives of settlers, slaves, and Cherokee on Moccasin Bend. This program will take place along the Brown’s Ferry Federal Road Trace on Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. Look for, and follow, the “Special Program" signs beginning on Manufacturers Road, west of US 27.