News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


News Release: FBI Releases 2017 Statistics on of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.


News Release: FBI Seeks Information on a Bank Robbery in Wilton Manors.


Wooster men sentenced to prison for selling heroin that contributed to woman's death

News Release: Two Wooster men were sentenced to prison for distributing heroin that contributed to the fatal overdose of a Wayne County woman.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEX BORRERO, also known as “Red," 50, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin and fentanyl.


Ways and Means Democrats Make Second Request to Mnuchin for Briefing on Treasury Decision to Extend Russian Sanctions Relief

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that expresses concern over the Trump Administration’s extension of sanctions relief for the Russian aluminum producer United Company RUSAL PLC (RUSAL). Today’s letter...


Treatment Center Owners Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Million-Dollar Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Sober Homes and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers

News Release: Two treatment center owners were sentenced to prison for their participation in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the filing of fraudulent insurance claim forms and defrauded health care benefit programs.


News Release: Kimberly, Oregon- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument will be hosting a public open house for the community to welcome new Superintendent, Patrick Gamman. This event will take place at the James Cant Ranch on June 9th from noon until 3 pm.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This afternoon, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Neil Cavuto on FOX Business’ Cavuto: Coast-to-Coast to discuss tax reform, the jobs gap, and the economy.


News Release: In April, 2018, SEAC Archeologists continued the three-year geophysical survey at Andersonville National Historic Site. The single focus on this visit was the Third Hospital (or Shed Hospital) site area, located south of the prison enclosure. The Third Hospital was in use from December 1864 to April...


News Release: BIRMINGHAM -A federal judge today sentenced a woman who falsely claimed to be a naturopathic doctor to 75 months for defrauding patients at a Hoover clinic in 2015, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez.


Two Local Men Head to the Pen for Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two residents of Corpus Christi have been ordered to federal prison following their respective convictions of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: A Port St. Lucie resident pled guilty today to unlawfully exporting firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition from South Florida to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


Markup of Bills to Combat the Opioid Crisis

News Release: Markup of Bills to Combat the Opioid Crisis.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, just as trial was set to begin, Martin Gasca-Rojas, 49, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced.


News Release: FARGO - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Reisenauer announced that on May 14, 2018, US District Chief Judge Brian S. Miller, Eastern District of Arkansas, sentenced Kevin Lee Olson, age 57, Fargo, ND to 12 months and one day in a federal prison, to be followed by two years supervised release for Threatening...


Akron Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Role in Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than a kilogram of methamphetamine.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gary Stinson Smith, age 61, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 14, 2018, to 60 months’ imprisonment, a $50,000 fine and 10 years supervised release by United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, for possession of child pornography.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Jackie Tyrell Kennedy, age 25, of Florence, was sentenced today in federal court after pleading guilty in January to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections...


Woodlands Man Guilty in Eastern District of Texas Wire Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 52-year-old, The Woodlands, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


EPW Democrats Request Pruitt Appear before Committee on Ethics and Travel Issues

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following months of reports of ethical and managerial lapses at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), six members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee released a letter they sent to EPW Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) calling for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt ...