News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


Remarks: Chairman Royce on Iran

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Confronting the Iranian Challenge." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.


Pitcairn Man Charged with Possession of Heroin and Fentanyl

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Corker Statement on Trump Decision to Withdraw From Iran Nuclear Deal

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump announced his decision to end U.S. participation in the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).


News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday-Building a Digital Defense Against Gift Card Fraud.


News Release: Washington - On Dec. 15, 2017, Farinelli Enterprises LLC (Farinelli), Le Grand, Calif., waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement and paid a civil penalty $1,500 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.


News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man was sentenced Monday to 222 months in federal prison for selling methamphetamine in a motel parking lot and possession of a semiautomatic handgun, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.


Hunter Statement from Hearing on Use of Blue Technologies to Improve Coast Guard Mission Performance

News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Blue Technologies: Use of New Maritime Technologies to Improve Efficiency and Mission Performance". May 8, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Today the Subcommittee will hear testimony on how...


News Release: S&T Selects Boise Startup to Develop Smart sUAS

News Release: WASHINGTON- The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a $199,977 award to Intelleuron, LLC to design, develop and test intelligent reconnaissance technology for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in support of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) mission.


Resident of Webster, New York Sentenced for Health Care Fraud

News Release: CONCORD - Judith Morale (formerly known as Judith Remo), 55, of Webster, New York, was sentenced to three years of probation following her conviction for health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Children in grades 4 - 6 are invited to participate in Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s seventh annual summer camp entitled A Call to Arms: Preserving our Past. This year the park will conduct one camp, held July 24 - 27 (Tuesday thru Friday). The camp will begin...


News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national pleaded guilty today and was sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.


Former Lake Oswego Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Shayne Kniss, 42, formerly of Lake Oswego, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud for defrauding clients of his investment firm, Iris Capital Management Group, LLC (Iris Capital).


Boston Gang Member Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution

News Release: BOSTON - A member of the Orchard Park Trailblazers Gang was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for selling crack cocaine in and around Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens Housing Development.


Wallingford Man Charged with Bankruptcy Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOEL C. RILEY, 46, of Wallingford, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint charging him with bankruptcy fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud and identity theft.


DEA Brings In Record Number of Unused Pills during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

News Release: Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners...


Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty To Carjacking

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Michael Awosika, age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to carjacking.


News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM has installed an enhanced system to treat contaminated groundwater at its Paducah Site.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Kansas City woman pleaded guilty today to selling heroin that caused a user’s near-fatal overdose, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


News Release: $1 Million Reward Offered for Information Leading to the Return of Kevin King and Paul Edwin Overby, Jr.


News Release: FBI Seeks Identities of the Holliston Bandits.