News published on Federal Newswire in June 2018

News from June 2018


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Tuesday, June 19, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, invites the public to attend a free, 45-minute program at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 East Martin Luther King Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37403.


Former Philadelphia Police Officer Found Guilty of Bribing Detective

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that retired Philadelphia Police Officer Victor Gates was found guilty today by a federal jury of honest services mail fraud conspiracy, honest services mail fraud, and making false statements. The jury deliberated for less than two hours before finding the defendant guilty.


News Release: United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today the results of the June 2018 Federal Grand Jury.


News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Step away from the technologies of today at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center on Saturday, June 16 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. during the free interactive youth program, “Youth Re-enactment."


Water Resources Development Act Attracts Broad Support

News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider H.R. 8, the Water Resources Development Act of 2018. WRDA is bipartisan legislation that provides for improvements to the Nation’s ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and other water resources infrastructure.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced several federal lands bills including H.R. 5751 (Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah), H.R. 3777 (Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah), H.R. 4824 (Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah), and H.R. 5597 (Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah). In what may be a Committee first, a bill from each member of the Utah congressional delegation was passed.


ICE and DOJ return Christopher Columbus letter to Spain

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) returned a more than 500-year-old copy of Christopher Columbus’ letter describing his discoveries in the Americas to Spain during an evening repatriation ceremony at the Residence of the Spanish Ambassador to the United States. The letter, originally written in 1493, was stolen from the National Library of Catalonia in Barcelona and sold for approximately $1 million.


Four Aliens Indicted on Illegal Reentry Charges, False Representation of a Social Security Account Number, False Claim of Citizenship, and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging ALEXIS REYES-IGLESIAS, age 24, of Mexico, ANTONIO DUQUE CAMACHO, age 46, of Mexico, and SANTIAGO MALDONADO-JAIMEZ, age 42, of Mexico, each with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.


News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas -Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Erica L. Keller, age 39 of Elkins, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $354,054.85 in restitution...


Oswego County man sentenced for methamphetamine related charge

News Release: (SYRACUSE, NY) - Arthur LaDuke, 46, of Minoa, formerly of Oswego County, was sentenced today to serve one year and one day in prison for possessing pseudoephedrine, knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, United States Drug Enforcement...


Mandeville Woman Sentenced for Tax Evasion

News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARCIA DENISE JORDAN, age 47, a resident of Mandeville, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for tax evasion, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7201.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Joseph Johnson, Brianna Glee and Tyshon Stevens as members of a gun trafficking conspiracy that used straw gun buyers to purchase more than 40 firearms from dealers in Virginia between April 2017 and May 2018. Johnson and Stevens ...


News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Alejandro Menera Martinez, 36, an illegal alien from Mexico, and Casimiro Cardona Chacon, 23, of Norcross, Georgia, were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden on drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Derryle Smith with the Drug Enforcement Administration.


Inmate At Florence Prison Indicted for Assault and Resisting a Federal Employee

News Release: Defendant was serving time at Florence for Hobbs Act Robbery Out of New York.