News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: 970-494-7410WASHINGTON, May 18, 2018 - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of virulent Newcastle disease in a small flock of backyard exhibition chickens in Los Angeles County, California. It is important to note ...


McKinney Man Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud Investors to Support Lavish Lifestyle

News Release: DALLAS - Gary Ronald Morris, 69, of McKinney, Texas, appeared in federal court yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rene Toliver and pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Newport News man today of attempted receipt of obscene images depicting the sexual abuse of children, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, and penalties for a registered sex offender.



Wasilla Man Indicted on Federal Wire Fraud Charges

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Wasilla man has been indicted on federal wire fraud charges which arose from an alleged scheme that defrauded Alaska consumers.


Two Men Plead Guilty to Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of Marijuana Trafficking

News Release: BOISE - Arcenio Sosa-Solorio, 27, of California, and Bonifacio Carlos-Tafolla, 24, also of California, pleaded guilty this week to possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.


Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Announces  Special 2018 “History at Sunset” Programs

News Release: National Park Service News Release. - May 18, 2018. Contacts Name: ERIC CAMPBELL (540) 868-0937. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Announces. Special “History at Sunset" Programs. Middletown, VA -----Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park is pleased to announce a series...


The 2018 Upper Salmon River Boating Guide is Available for Anglers and Boaters

News Release: SALMON, Idaho - The first edition of the Upper Salmon River Boating Guide is now available. This 50-page guide combines maps and text highlighting 150 miles of the Salmon River from Stanley to North Fork. Information about rapids, safety, campsites, boat ramps and access, private and public land boundaries...


Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy

News Release: BOISE - Dawn Michelle Humphreys, 45, of Boise, was sentenced yesterday to 90 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge also sentenced Humphreys to serve five years of supervised release.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On May 16, 2018, Wayne Montierth, 54, of Safford, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to serve 210 months in prison. After a trial, a jury found Montierth guilty of four counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.


National Oregon Trail Center offers historic leather workshops in June

News Release: Baker City, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be demonstrating skills from America’s cultural heritage with two new workshops in June.


News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on May 17, 2018, Senior United States District Court Judge W. Louis Sands sitting in Albany, Georgia, sentenced Cary Brandon Smith, age 33, of Cairo, GA, to 360 months imprisonment as the result of his...


News Release: Posed as a Teenage Girl and Coerced Victim to Take Naked Pictures.


News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - May 19 to 25 is National Safe Boating Week and the official launch of the 2018 North American Safe Boating Campaign. Multiple activities will take place at Lake Mead National Recreation Area to help visitors prepare for the summer boating season.


News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Terrance Belford pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance. Belford was arrested in June 2017 for his participation in an oxycodone distribution ring active on Long Island and elsewhere...


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the White House and State Department to produce documents they are withholding relating to alleged attempts by political officials to conduct a “cleaning" of career State Department employees they deemed not sufficiently “supportive" of President Trump’s agenda.