News published on Federal Newswire in June 2018

News from June 2018


Reclamation releases draft EA/IS for Sutter National Wildlife Refuge Lift Station Project

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and its partners, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ducks Unlimited Inc., propose to construct the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge Lift Station Project.


Federal Jury Finds Licensed Firearms Dealer Guilty Of Selling A Firearm And Ammunition To A Convicted Felon

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found Jay Loren Goldberg (51, Treasure Island) guilty of two counts of selling a firearm or ammunition to a convicted felon. Goldberg faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 3, 2018. Goldberg was indicted on April 5, 2018.


News Release: For Bank Robbery. FORT WAYNE - Byron Curry, 42 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Curry was sentenced to 71 months imprisonment, 1 year supervised...


U.S. and Italy Sign Agreement to Collaborate on Sterile Neutrino Research

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Italian Embassy, on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, signed an agreement for collaboration on research with the international Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program hosted at DOE’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.


News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on June 26, 2018, a federal grand jury in Milwaukee returned an indictment charging Albert Golant, aka Alex Golant, (age: 37) of Wales, Wisconsin with twelve counts of wire fraud and bank fraud. Golant is charged with seven counts of wire fraud...


Top Dems Call for Comprehensive Review of  President Trump’s Child Separation Policy by Inspectors General at DHS, HHS, and DOJ

News Release: Today, Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr., Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Bennie G. Thompson, and Bobby Scott, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, sent a letter to the Inspectors...


Mobile County Man Sentenced to 240 Months in Prison for Two Carjacking Crimes, Two Possession of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence Crimes and Ordered to Pay Restitution in the Amount of $21,000.00

News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that, Jaquail Busby, a 26 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 240 months of incarceration for a carjacking that occurred on January, 5 2017, a carjacking that occurred on April 13, 2017, and separate convictions for possession of a firearm in furtherance of each carjacking. He was also ordered to pay $21,000.00 in restitution to Easy Money Store located on Dauphin Island Parkway in Mobile, Alabama.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the State Department’s 2018 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The annual report evaluates countries on enforcing laws against forced labor, sexual servitude ...


Rochester Man Charged with Hacking Online Accounts of Young Women

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Justin Potts, 36, of Rochester, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with unauthorized access of a protected computer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: Daniel K. Dxrams, 39, of Maplewood, New Jersey, was indicted today on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and nine substance counts of mail fraud in connection with an alleged debt elimination scheme to unlawfully discharge his obligations for a Rolls Royce, a Bentley and two Mercedes Benz vehicles.


Carper Blasts EPA’s Decision to Undercut Waters and Wetlands Protection Under the Clean Water Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement regarding the EPA's announced changes to its oversight of discharges of dredged or fill materials under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).


Victories Abound for Senate Finance Committee

News Release: The Senate Finance Committee has been busy, very busy, throughout the 115th Congress. With a new Republican administration, the committee under the leadership of Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), spearheaded the biggest tax overhaul in more than 30 years, chipped away at Obamacare, secured bipartisan health care accomplishments, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down any time soon.


Peterson Statement on Senate Farm Bill Passage

News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the farm bill this evening...


DeFazio, Garamendi, Larsen and Courtney Slam the Trump Administration’s Plan to Use Coast Guard Funds for ICE Enforcement

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation John Garamendi (D-CA), along with Co-Chairs of the Congressional Coast Guard Caucus Rick Larsen...


UPCOMING LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA EVENTS, JULY 1 – AUG 4

News Release: UPCOMING LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA EVENTS, JULY 1 - AUG 4.


News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The popular Mount Washburn Trails from Dunraven Pass and Chittenden Road will close this summer for the remainder of the season. Located north of Canyon Junction, the trails and trailhead parking lot closures will go into effect around the beginning of July (the date will be announced when known).


Cape Lookout National Seashore Announces New Program:  Astronomy Night at the Cape

News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce a new program this summer. Astronomy Night at the Cape, will take place on Saturday, July 7 out of the Harkers Island Visitor Center, from 8:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.


News Release: ATLANTA - Arsalan Khalid Khan and Patrick Davis Gegenheimer have been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to commit an armed carjacking in a busy Sam’s Club parking lot in Chamblee, Georgia.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Stephen Humbert, D.O. and Raymond Ferraro, P.A., who both work in Havertown, Pennsylvania, have agreed to pay the United States a total of $112,500 to resolve allegations that they improperly prescribed opioids to one of their former patients.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Everton Jones, 22, currently residing in Lewiston, was arrested in New York and charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with distribution of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack."