News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga Continue Chickamauga Battlefield Bicycle Tours in 2018

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga will continue offering a series of free, historical bike tours through Chickamauga Battlefield, every third Saturday of the month from May to October.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced up to $68.5 million in available funding for early-stage research of advanced vehicle technologies that will enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, and enhance U.S. economic growth.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal inmate was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges involving threatening the President of the United States and threatening to blow up the White House, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Mescalero Apache Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Assault Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Timothy Gregg Enjady, 54, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to an assault charge. Enjady’s plea agreement recommends an 18-month term of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.


Release: By Jason Hafemeister, Trade Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture.


Head out to the wild horse and burro event in Pauls Valley

News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold an open house event at the Pauls Valley Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Facility, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, from May 18 - 19. The event will feature 50 wild horses and burros, including several flashy mares. There will also be a horse trainer onsite...


News Release: New Orleans Man Arrested in Connection with Capital One Bank Attempted Robbery.


News Release: MACON - Demetria Jones, aka “Picky", 52, of Monroe, Georgia, was charged in an indictment with various tax offenses related to the filing of false income tax returns, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns, theft of public money, and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Charles E. Peeler of the Middle District of Georgia and Thomas J. Holloman, III, Special Agent in Charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation - Atlanta Field Office.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Fairmont, West Virginia man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on a child pornography charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Senator Murray Responds to Former Health Secretary’s Admission that Republican Health Care Sabotage Will Raise Costs

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to comments from former Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tom Price admitting that Republican’s health care sabotage efforts would leave families facing higher costs...


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging GARY TURNER with the April 24, 2018, murder of Samuel Ozuna, 17, outside the...


Culpeper Heroin Traffickers Sentenced in Federal Court

News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - A pair of Culpeper heroin traffickers who conspired with others to traffic at least 100 grams of the drug into the region from 2016 to 2017, were sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.


Metal Palm Trees Protect WIPP Infrastructure

News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Aloha!. A little bit of the tropics has planted itself firmly at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Palm trees sway gently in the breeze…well, OK, they’re not really palm trees. They just look like them, and they’re essential to protecting vital parts of the WIPP facility. The metal...


News Release: CHICAGO - Were you a participant? If so, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national, tribal, and community partners give a special “THANK YOU" to all who participated in the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 28, 2018.


Pinon Man Sentenced to Six Years’ Prison for Assaulting Navajo Nation Police Officer

News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Lambert Ten Hosteen, 30, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 6 years’ imprisonment. Hosteen had previously pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.


Lancaster Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Charge

News Release: CONCORD - Tanner Rich, 26, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


Rockville Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Child Pornography

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On April 30, 2018, United States District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Kevin Miller, age 59, of Rockville, Maryland today to ten years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Titus ordered that, upon his release from...


Humansville Man Sentenced for Child Pornography

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Humansville, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.


Ozark Riverways Receives Mural Painting from  South Central Correctional Center

News Release: Van Buren, MO: Superintendent Larry Johnson was recently invited to visit the South Central Correctional Center at Licking, Missouri, to receive a mural painting that features scenes from Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The mural was a surprise donation to the National Park Service, hand-painted by...


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Mark Russell (a.k.a. “Snake"), 60, of Duxbury, Vermont, has been charged, by indictment, with violating the federal “Crack House Statute," which prohibits making available a place, such as a residence, for manufacturing...