News published on Federal Newswire in June 2018

News from June 2018


News Release: CASPER, Wyo -- Wind, thunderstorms, and an arid landscape were the constant companion of the pioneer traveler. Find out more about how weather impacted pioneers on Sunday, July 1 at 1:00 p.m. at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.


Hazleton Man Sentenced to 262 Months’ Imprisonment for Shooting and Killing Another Man During a Drug Deal

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on June 21, 2018, United States District Court Judge James M. Munley sentenced Christian Rosado to 262 months’ imprisonment on the federal charge of unlawfully possessing and discharging a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Corey J. White, aka “Stacks," age 35, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute heroin.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, man today admitted committing three armed robberies in Salem, Ocean, and Cumberland counties in November 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on the President’s Drug Blueprint

News Release: There’s a lot to cover this morning. I’ll get to rescuing Americans who are getting mugged by their prescription drug bills, as well as the administration gutting safeguards for those with pre-existing conditions. But first, the American people are owed an answer about what’s going to be done to protect the thousands of children the Trump administration separated from their mothers and fathers and put in the custody of the witness.


Neal Statement on New CBO Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report on the long-term budget outlook...


News Release: BOSTON - A former Roslindale Post Office employee was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with embezzling mail.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Zeb Zachariah Wilson, age 29, of Mount Jackson, Virginia, on June 25, 2018 to 76 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Augusta Man Sentenced for Theft of Government Funds

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Phillip Thompson of Augusta, Ga. was sentenced for conspiracy involving theft of government funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 371. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, sentenced...


News Release: Scott A. Webber Lied about Sexual Relationships, Drug Use with Clients.


Specific Employers Required to Submit 2017 Injury and Illness Data by July 1

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that the deadline for electronically submitting their 2017 Form 300A data to OSHA is July 1, 2018.


Canadian Accountant Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $600,000 from Massachusetts Company

News Release: BOSTON - A Canadian national who worked as an accountant for a Massachusetts company pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to stealing nearly $600,000 from her employer.


Federal Jury Convicts Former Oil Company President for Orchestrating $30 Million Stock Manipulation Scheme

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the conviction of RYAN RANDALL GILBERTSON, 42, founder of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc., and DOUGLAS VAUGHN HOSKINS, 50, for orchestrating a complex stock manipulation scheme that triggered more than $30 million dollars in fraudulent bonus payments.


Convicted Sex Offender Is Sentenced To 27 Months For Threatening To Kill Gaston County District Attorney And State Prosecutor

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Larry Brandon Moore, 31, of Gastonia, N.C. was sentenced to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for threatening to kill Gaston County District Attorney Locke Bell and Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Deborah Gulledge.


Lancaster Residents Plead to Federal Firearm Charges Relating to Firearms Stolen from National Guard Armory

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Austin Lee Ritter, age 32, and Kimberly Denise Cannon, age 40, both of Lancaster, each plead guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1)...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Eric D. Price, age 58, of Fayetteville, North Carolina pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit wire fraud, related to payments to him for a "no show" job on a sub-contract under contracts awarded by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), in Harford County, Maryland.


Workers Demolish Building K-633 in Oak Ridge

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge’s EM program and its cleanup contractor URS|CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) recently completed demolition of the K-633 Test Loop Facility. This project eliminates one of the most contaminated remaining buildings at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).


Duval County Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison on Firearms Charge

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Derrick Burney (40, Jacksonville) to 57 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Burney pleaded guilty on March 20, 2018.


Possession of Ricin Results in 37 Months in Prison

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DANIELLE DANA LAYMAN, 38, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for possessing the toxin ricin, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Lexington Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Illegal Possession of a Firearm

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, who previously admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison. This term has also been ordered to run consecutively to pending state court sentences.