News published on Federal Newswire in March 2018

News from March 2018


United States Attorney's Office Addresses Opioid Epidemic

News Release: As part of his office’s “prevention, preservation and prosecution" efforts, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge encouraged the public to attend an upcoming community presentation at Grandville Public High School and announced the arrival in West Michigan of additional resources for the Drug Enforcement Administration.


Three men indicted for conspiracy involving passing $20,000 worth of counterfeit $50 bills at dozens of stores across Northeast Ohio

News Release: Three men were indicted in federal court for their roles in a counterfeiting conspiracy in which they passed more than $20,000 in counterfeit currency in nearly three dozen stores throughout Northeast Ohio, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.


Restoration Work at Death Valley Racetrack

News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -Recently, volunteers from the Friends of the Inyo and National Park Service staff spent a weekend attempting to remove tire tracks from the Racetrack playa in Death Valley National Park.


Individual Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS

News Release: Vicente Adolfo Solano, 53, a citizen of Honduras residing in Miami, pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Failing to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for failing to register as a sex offender.


Engel Statement on New Russia Sanctions

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...


Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person

News Release: Council Bluffs, IA- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on March 13, 2018, 35-year-old Sean Cullen of Council Bluffs, Iowa was sentenced to 2 years in prison and ordered to serve three years of Supervised Release at the conclusion of his imprisonment, by Senior District Court Judge Robert Pratt for Felon in Possession of a Firearm.


#SubCommTech to Hold Legislative Hearing on Four Bipartisan Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills."


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Julian Aispuro Jr., 33, of Los Angeles; Abel Gregory Castro, 29, of Torrance; and Tauri Dolores Valera, 32, of San Pedro, charging them with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and possession with the...


Work to Begin Raising Buried Headstones

News Release: The work is being led by the Delta 6 crew of AmeriCorps NCCC who will be stationed at Vicksburg National Military Park for four weeks before moving on to projects on the Natchez Trace Parkway. Time and weather permitting, the NCCC crew will also assist with maintaining the Al Scheller Boy Scout Trail, exotic plant removal, and cannon carriage painting.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ELIAS ESCARRAMAN 35, formerly of Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - Dustin Lockwood, 23, of Arnold, was indicted today on charges of possessing firearms in a school zone and possession of a silencer.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills."



U.S. Department of Energy Announces $32.5 Million to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technologies

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $32.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) to advance solid oxide fuel cell technologies (SOFC). The selected projects will fall under the Office of Fossil Energy’s two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs):Preliminary Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of MWe-Class Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Core Technology Research.


News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Christopher Scott, age 35 of Rogers, was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison and four years of supervised release on one count of distribution of methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


Spring photography contest at Reclamation’s New Melones Lake

News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the second annual spring photography contest at New Melones Lake. The photo contest will consist of three categories: landscape, flora/fauna, and recreation.


News Release: Search of defendant’s hotel room reveals drugs, scale, and packaging materials.


News Release: Shawn Gilbert, 46, of Philadelphia, was charged today by indictment[1] with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and Xanax, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.


Former Siemens Executive Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To $100 Million Foreign Bribery Scheme

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John P. Cronan, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, announced that EBERHARD REICHERT, a former executive at Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (“Siemens AG"), pled guilty...