News published on Federal Newswire in October 2018

News from October 2018


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a nine page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 15 indictments charging 17 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Action To Recover Old Master Painting Stolen By Nazis And Selected For Hitler’s Art Collection

News Release: The 1639 Painting by Salomon Koninck Titled “A Scholar Sharpening His Quill," Was Looted by the Nazis from the Schloss Family During World War II.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


News Release: Offenses include production, distribution, and possession.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JAMES BRIANT, age 68, a resident of Covington, Louisiana and mortgage broker and senior loan officer at Alpha Mortgage, LLC pleaded guilty yesterday to making false statements to the Social Security Administration in order to obtain Social Security Disability Payments.


Buffalo Man Sentenced For Selling Cocaine And Fentanyl

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rashawn Brown, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, crack cocaine and fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced today that Jordan Frederic Schemmel (37, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged by federal criminal complaint with distributing child pornography. Schemmel faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. Schemmel has been detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Oct. 25, 2018.


In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Michael Department Of Justice Reminds The Public To Be Aware Of Fraud And Report It To The National Center For Disaster Fraud

News Release: The Department of Justice established the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when billions of dollars in federal disaster relief poured into the Gulf Coast region, which opened opportunities for criminals to exploit people during vulnerable times. The NCDF, a...


News Release: In a Separate Case, Another Baltimore Man is Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Loaded Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.


Smithtown, New York, Resident Arrested for Threatening Two United States Senators

News Release: Defendant Left Multiple Threatening Voice-Messages for Two U.S. Senators Regarding the Confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.


News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - A three-count indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging John Widener Jordan, 38, and Michael James Friesen, 32, both of Prineville, Oregon, with conspiracy to transfer and unlawful possession of a machine gun.


News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas-area pimp who preyed on teenage girls was sentenced Friday to life in federal prison.


Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Little Rock FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Diane Upchurch, announced today that Derrick Nicholson, age 50, of Fayetteville, Arkansas was sentenced Oct. 16, 2018 to 250 months in federal prison...