News published on Federal Newswire in July 2018

News from July 2018


Engel: Trump-Putin Press Conference Was a Disgrace

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding President Trump’s joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin...


Educator Concludes 2018 Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Experience (Wartburg)

News Release: Ron Roskelly recently concluded his Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) experience at Obed Wild and Scenic River. A sixth grade science teacher at Lake City Middle School in Rocky Top, Tennessee, Ron worked as a National Park Service (NPS) Teacher-Ranger-Teacher at Obed, where his main focus was to create new...


News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A former employee of a container manufacturing plant, located in Hart County, Kentucky, pled guilty in United States District Court to tampering with consumer products Friday before United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.


Oregon Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Detonating Explosive Device in Fred Meyer Store

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Monte Robin Kaija, Jr., 47, of Portland, was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for detonating a small explosive device at a Fred Meyer store in Southeast Portland, and later possessing a homemade metal pipe bomb.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Georgetown man, Nicholas Aaron Willinger, 34, has been sentenced to 190 months in federal prison, to be followed by a life term of supervised release, for knowingly receiving child pornography.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) issued statements regarding today’s announcement of Section 301 action by the Trump Administration toward China.



Randallstown Man Sentenced to 13 Years In Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Fentanyl

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Anthony Renard Wynn, age 48, of Randallstown, Maryland, today to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.


Two illegal aliens admit to drug charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men in the United States illegally have admitted to drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Palm Beach, Florida Home Health Care Company and Its Owner Agree to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for $1.5 Million

News Release: Healthquest, Inc. and its owners, Frank Jaramillo and Ruth Jaramillo, have agreed to pay $1.5 million to the United States to settle allegations that Healthquest paid kickbacks to marketers in order to induce patient referrals, the United States Attorney’s Office announced today. Healthquest is a home...


Engel, Menendez on Trump-Putin Summit and Syria

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, this morning released the following statement...


Kewa Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Federal Officer

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Fabian Louis Bailon, 39, an enrolled member of Kewa Pueblo, N.M., who resides in Santa Fe, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assaulting a federal officer.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former staffer for a member of the United States Congress was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for bribery and attempted extortion after demanding and accepting $5,000 to prevent the closure of a marijuana shop in the City of Compton.


Wayne County Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wayne County man pled guilty today to a sex crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua I. Morrison entered his guilty plea to one count of sexual abuse of a minor. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


News Release: Brady Joins WSJ’s Paul Gigot on FOX News.


Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking Charge

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAPRESE GOLLMAN, 43, of Springfield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of...


Wayne County Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wayne County man pled guilty today to a sex crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua I. Morrison entered his guilty plea to one count of sexual abuse of a minor. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


News Release: BOSTON - A Captain with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office was convicted today by a federal jury in connection with helping Carlos Rafael, known as the Codfather in the fishing industry, and the owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the U.S., smuggle the profits of his illegal overfishing scheme to Portugal.


Palm Beach County Resident Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Minor

News Release: On July 13, 2018, a federal jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, convicted Charles Edward Smith of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor.


News Release: On Tuesday, July 17 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will hold a hearing on “Examining the Summer Food Service Program." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.