News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


The US Commerce Department published a nine page proposed rule on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BOSTON - A member of MS-13 was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston.


News Release: GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Arizona/Utah - Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will waive entrance fees in honor of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 22. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort.


News Release: Due to the rainfall the site has experienced over the weekend and the forecast for more wet weather due to Hurricane Florence, the 2018 World War II Weekend living history encampment and USO dance have been canceled.


BLM Concludes Spruce-Pequops HMA emergency gather

News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District, Wells Field Office has concluded an emergency wild horse gather within the Spruce-Pequops Herd Management Area focused on Boone Spring. The BLM gathered and removed 359 excess wild horses.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for drug-trafficking and illegally discharging a firearm.


Cherokee Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

News Release: Defendant had a history of drug trafficking, and subsequently participated in a conspiracy that distributed more than 500 grams of meth.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NERI OSBELI ARGUETA-CHUN, age 25, a native of Guatemala, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for South Korea and Unknown Destinations

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


Georgia Man Sentenced for Compromising U.S. Army Computer Program

News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, Senior United States District Judge Malcom J. Howard, sentenced MITTESH DAS, 49, of Atlanta, Georgia, to 24 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release and ordered to pay 1.5 million dollars in restitution.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Aberdeen, South Dakota woman convicted for her participation in a conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine was sentenced on Sept. 10, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Celebrate Public Lands at cleanup events throughout southwest Montana

News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Join the Bureau of Land Management in celebrating public lands at several events taking place throughout September in western Montana.


Final Defendant Sentenced in 'Foreclosure Rescue' Scheme

News Release: DALLAS -- The final defendant in a high-profile north Texas “foreclosure rescue" case has been sentenced for his role in the scheme, which swindled nearly a quarter of a million dollars from at least 70 homeowners facing foreclosure, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.


Washington, D.C. Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing a Prince George’s County Business at Gunpoint

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Antonio Raymond Leach, age 45, of Washington, D.C., on Sept. 10, 2018, to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for armed commercial robbery and for using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.


Electronic Entrance Passes Now Available for Mount Rainier National Park

News Release: Mount Rainier National Park announces the opportunity for park visitors to purchase park entrance passes electronically prior to their visit through YourPassNow beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Once visitors purchase and save their digital pass, it is important that they print and bring the pass with them to be scanned at the park entrance station.


News Release: Fall marks the beginning of hunting season on public lands in Wyoming and across the country. BLM values hunting and fishing as meaningful forms of conservation. Hunters and anglers also contribute millions of dollars in retail sales to Wyoming’s economy each year. We encourage you to visit your public lands this season, and to share in the traditions of community stewardship that will help keep the lands healthy and productive for generations to come.


Milan Woman Charged in Federal Court After Trying to Hire a Hitman to Kill Her Former Son-in-Law

News Release: A Milan woman was charged in federal court with one count of solicitation to commit a crime of violence.


Former Fayette County Horse Farm Manager Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme

News Release: Memphis, TN - A local man has pleaded guilty plea to a one count criminal information charging him with wire fraud in connection with the theft of approximately $810,000 from his former employer, Masterson Farms and Kenneth Masterson. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty plea announced today.