News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


News Release: Snow showers are forecasted to arrive in Lassen Volcanic National Park just in time to kick-off the holiday season.


News Release: DHS S&T, Dutch Partners Award $2.5M for Cyber R&D

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and its counterparts in the Netherlands jointly announced today a total of $2.5 million in collaborative cybersecurity research and development (R&D) across five U.S-Dutch research teams.


News Release: MISSOULA-Two operators of USA Brass, Inc., a former Bozeman company that cleaned and recycled spent ammunition casings, were sentenced this week in U.S. District Court after they admitted to illegal discharges of lead contaminated water into a public sewer system, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme announced.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announces that DR. BARBARA A. BRUCE, M.D., age 45, was sentenced yesterday for her plea of guilty to a one count bill of information charging her with conspiring with others to dispense quantities of Schedule II and Schedule III drug controlled substances outside the scope of professional practice and not for legitimate medical purposes.


Two Keshena Men Sentenced for Firearms Offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation

News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Bobby Joe Sanapaw (age: 33) and Jeremy Fish (age: 34), both of Keshena, recently received sentences after convictions for firearms offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The sentences were the result...


Joplin Man Charged with Child Pornography

News Release: Officers Also Found a Firearm and Items Associated with Nazis, Violence, and Racial Hatred.


Springfield Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Heroin Conspiracy, Firearm

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy that distributed at least a kilogram of heroin in the Springfield area.


Trespass Livestock Management Plan Finalized

News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - A National Park Service plan to protect Big Bend National Park natural and cultural resources from the harmful effects of trespass livestock, primarily from Mexico, has been finalized.


News Release: ATLANTA - Jason Philpot, a 10-time convicted felon, was sentenced to federal prison for the armed robbery of a Waffle House and assault on police officers, whom he led on a high-speed chase and shot at after the robbery.


Somerville Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Two Federal Officers

News Release: BOSTON - A Somerville man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to assaulting two federal officers.


BLM Christmas tree permits available in Silt

News Release: SILT, Colo. - Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands are available in Silt at the Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road.


Fulton Man Sentenced for Manufacturing a Silencer, Illegally Possessing Firearms

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Fulton, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally manufacturing a firearm suppressor, or “silencer," and illegally possessing firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition after making threats toward state workers involved in the case in which he lost custody of his children.


News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement upon the announcement of the Department of Education’s proposed Title IX regulations...


News Release: BILLINGS - A California man who admitted being part of an organization that brought multi-pound quantities of methamphetamine to the Billings area and Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in prison and five years supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.


East Portal Road closed for winter in Montrose, Colorado

News Release: MONTROSE, COLO. - Reclamation’s Curecanti Field Office announced today that the East Portal Road located east of Montrose, Colorado, will close for the winter on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018.


News Release: A Brooklyn, New York resident was convicted at trial yesterday in South Florida of enticing a minor to produce child pornography while he was a registered sex offender.


Criminal Complaint Filed Against McCandless Man Caught by FBI while Intending to Rob 4th Bank in 8 Days

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dylan Michael Poole, 24, of McCandless, Pa., has been charged by criminal complaint with robbing three area banks and attempting to rob a fourth bank, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Very Unhealthy Air Quality Suspends Visitor Services

News Release: On Friday, Nov. 16, Bay Area air quality is at “very unhealthy levels." Out of concern for the safety of park and partner employees, and visitors, Golden Gate National Recreation Area (including Fort Point National Historic Site and Muir Woods National Monument) and its partners are suspending visitor operations.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Paul Kozlyuk, 32, of Brockport, NY, who was convicted of aiding and abetting the unlawful transfer, possession, and use of identification documents, authentication features, and information, was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to. The defendant was also ordered to pay more than $95,000 in restitution to victim businesses.


News Release: Defendants Stole Car and Committed Armed Robberies, Then Crashed Vehicle in Northeast Washington.