News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


Justice Department publishes notice on Nov. 20

The US Justice Department published a four page notice on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Mississippi County Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Identity Theft, Agrees to Resign

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Cory Hutcheson, 35, of East Prairie, MO, pled guilty to wire fraud and to illegally possessing and transferring the means of identification of others, in this case mobile telephone numbers, without lawful authority, and in connection with the commission of the state felony crime of Forgery. Sentencing has been set for Feb. 28, 2019.


Murray, Feinstein Lead Colleagues in Urging Trump Administration to Rescind Rule Unnecessarily Punishing International Students

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Lead by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 18 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Director Francis Cissna of the U.S. Citizenship...


Guilty Plea for Carbondale Man Who Threatened to Blow Up a U.S. Military Recruiting Center

News Release: George Rita II, 42, of Carbondale, Illinois, pleaded guilty today to making a false threat to blow up a military recruiting center in Carbondale. Rita had been named in a one-count indictment returned on July 11, 2018, charging him with intentionally conveying false information about a bomb threat, which...


Bart Posy, Sr. Sentenced to Federal Prison for $22 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme

News Release: Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Impacted 17,000 Victims.


Infrastructure Improvements Enhance Paducah Safety, Sustainability

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM recently completed several infrastructure improvements aimed at ensuring safety, health, and security at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site.


Fort Edward Man Sentenced to 292 Months for Sexually Exploiting a Child

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - James Mattison, age 47, of Fort Edward, New York, was sentenced today to 292 months in prison for sexually exploiting a child.


News Release: DHS Partners with Industry in Houston

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is partnering with industry to evaluate first responder technologies. DHS, industry partners and 13 local Houston-area public safety...


Newberry Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge Stemming From Vista Shooting

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Maleik Houseal, 23, of Newberry, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm in relation to a September 2017 Columbia shooting.


Notice of public comment period for environment compliance documents for 136 parcels to be offered in the March oil and gas lease sale in the BLM Battle Mountain District

News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - In keeping with the Administration's goal of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 136 parcels, totaling approximately 260,344 acres in the Battle Mountain District (including 10 parcels overlapping the Ely District), at its March 2019...


Grand Jury Indicts Hawthorne Man on 14 Federal Charges for Allegedly Collecting Life Insurance After Killing His Two Children

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today named a Hawthorne man in a 14-count indictment that alleges he intentionally drove his family into the water at the Port of Los Angeles in a scheme to collect proceeds of life insurance policies he had purchased on their lives.


Atlanta Business Owner Pleads Guilty in $5.7 Million Rite Aid Vendor Kick-Back Scheme

News Release: HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Larry D. Nuckols, age 69, of Valdosta, Georgia, co-owner of Nuvision, Inc., an Atlanta, Georgia based company, pleaded guilty today before United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, to vendor kick-back charges that defrauded Rite Aid, Inc. out of $5.7 million.


Shiloh Receives Field Trip Grant

News Release: Shiloh National Military Park is one of 132 national parks selected to receive a field trip grant from the National Park Foundation. This grant will aid in connecting the park with elementary age students. It is estimated that 700 kids, 250 fourth graders and 450 fifth graders, will get to experience both the Shiloh and Corinth battlefields through the field trip grant.


Idaho Site Completes Third Fuel Shipment for Research Reactors in 2018

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Office of Environmental Management and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho recently completed the third and final shipment of lightly irradiated fuel elements from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE ’s) Idaho National Laboratory Site this year, supplying material needed to power a research reactor.


Johnson County Man Sentenced, Banned From Banking

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former banker who lives in Johnson County was sentenced today to 3 years probation and banned from working as a banker, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


Fly Safe: Prevent Loss of Control Accidents

News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.


Three from Akron Indicted for Having Nine Firearms and Ammunition

News Release: Three Akron residents were indicted on federal firearms charges after they were found to have nine firearms and ammunition.


Five Drug-Traffickers Sentenced for Roles In Multi-Year Conspiracy

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that five individuals were sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions for their roles in a multi-year conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine. On Nov. 19, 2018, Robbull Bryant was sentenced...


Interior’s Bureau of Land Management Begins Planning Effort for NPR-A

News Release: WASHINGTON - Fulfilling Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s promise to jump-start development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), the Bureau of Land Management today published a Notice of Intent to begin the development of a new Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) and associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the area.


Two Arrested on Enticement & Child Pornography Charges

News Release: PROVIDENCE - Two Cranston men have been arrested after separate investigations revealed they allegedly communicated with minors in other states via the Internet, attempting to entice them to engage in sexual activity. Their communications allegedly included the transmission of sexually explicit photographs.