News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


Man From Texas Charged with Taking Kansas Teenager Across State Lines for Sex

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A man from Texas was charged in federal court here today with taking a Hutchinson, Kan., girl across state lines for sex, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


Attorney General Sessions And U.S. Attorney Kirsch Recognize Law Enforcement Service And Sacrifice During National Police Week

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


RSK Gang Members Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Conspiracy to Commit Acts of Racketeering, Including Murder, Kidnapping, Drug Trafficking, and Other Offenses

News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday afternoon, Devan Edward Leonard, 28, Kyle Filbert Gray, 26, and Lucille Jean Leonard, 48, members of the Navajo Nation, of Lukachukai, Ariz., were sentenced by United States District Judge David G. Campbell following their respective guilty pleas to RICO conspiracy for their participation...


Former Bank Manager Charged with Theft of $122,000

News Release: SCOTT BREAUX (“BREAUX"), age 39, of Marrero, Louisiana, was charged in an Indictment today for bank theft, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.



News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 64-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been charged with possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


California Man Arrested For Hacking Websites For The Combating Terrorism Center At West Point And The New York City Comptroller

News Release: The Defendant Committed More Than 11,000 Defacements of Various Military, Government, and Business Websites Around the World Using the Online Pseudonym “Alfabetovirtual".


Barrasso Applauds Trump Administration’s Memo On National Ambient Air Quality Standards

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement on a memo signed by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt titled, “Back-to-Basics Process for Reviewing National Ambient Air Quality Standards."


Engel on Trump Administration Withdrawal from the Iran Deal

News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following statement at a press conference on the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the Iran deal...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced upcoming actions to finalize the ban on methylene chloride, a highly toxic chemical that can be used for paint stripping...


Federal Prison for Three Men Involved in Pelham Gun Store Smash-and-Grab

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Three Birmingham men involved in a 2017 crime spree that included an armed carjacking and the smash-and-grab theft of 16 guns from a Pelham store were sentenced to prison this week in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Jay T. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.


Ghanaian National Charged with Identity Theft

News Release: BOSTON - A Ghanaian national was indicted by a federal grand jury with illegal possession of identification documents and aggravated identity theft.


Pallone Remarks at Electric Transmission Infrastructure Hearing

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Examining the State of Electric Transmission Infrastructure: Investment, Planning, Construction, and Alternatives:"


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Morgan Fallon, 37, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


Tonko's Floor Remarks on Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act

News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 3053, Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Examining the State of Electric Transmission Infrastructure: Investment, Planning, Construction, and Alternatives:"


Under Secretary Paul Dabbar Participates in White House Summit: AI for American Industry

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar participated in the White House Summit on Artificial Intelligence for industry representatives. Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly transforming every segment of American industry – from applications in precision agriculture and medical ...


News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho- The Bureau of Land Management’s Coeur d’Alene District needs a campground host for the popular Mica Bay Boater Park. The boater park is located on Lake Coeur d’Alene at Mica Bay which is approximately 9 miles south of Coeur d’Alene. If spending your summer camping along the lake surrounded by breathtaking mountain views piques your interest, this could be the opportunity for you!


News Release: MOUNT PLEASANT, SC - The "Music Under the Oaks" free summer concert series begins June 2, 2018 at 11 am at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, located at 1254 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant. The one-hour concert will feature African drumming and dance from the Lowcountry artists of NIA Productions.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Mercy Health, a nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati that operates healthcare facilities in Ohio and Kentucky, has agreed to pay the United States $14,250,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today.