News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Swanzey Man Sentenced to 63 Months for Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: CONCORD - David Maclean, 71, of Swanzey was sentenced to serve 63 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


Former L.A. County Public Official Who Steered Contracts to Bribe-Paying Developer and Contractor Agrees to Plead Guilty

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former public official in Los Angeles County’s Real Estate Division involved in awarding contracts to real estate developers and contractors has agreed to plead guilty to lying to FBI agents and subscribing to a false tax return in an effort to cover up his receipt of illegal bribes.


New TSA checkpoint opens at Greater Rochester International Airport

Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A new, spacious, bright, passenger security checkpoint is now in operation at the Greater Rochester International Airport, enhancing the passenger experience for travelers who are passing through the Transportation Security Administration security screening process.


News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Uriah Gaston, 36, of St. Croix, was sentenced on September 5, 2018, in District Court on one count of Resisting a Federal Officer, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.


Southbury Attorney Admits Defrauding Elderly Clients

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Raymond D. Moss, Acting Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Erin Joe, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that ROBERT J. BARRY, 77...


Frankfort Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Obtain Drugs with Forged Prescriptions

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Tiffany Miller, 39, of Frankfort, Ky., pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to obtain controlled substances by fraud.


News Release: BOSTON - A Gardner man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for a federal firearm offense.


News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, JAMES EDWARD WHITAKER, 33, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III to 84 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Tuesday introduced the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2018, which reauthorizes and reforms the Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical...


News Release: ATLANTA - Donte Deshawn Alston has been sentenced for the armed robbery of a Fifth Third Bank in Smyrna, Georgia, and for brandishing a firearm during the commission of that crime.


Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography

News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia returned an indictment today charging a Hamilton, Virginia man with production of child pornography.


Former NASA Contractor Arrested on Charges Alleging Hacking and Online Threats Made to Obtain Nude Photos of Female Victims

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities this morning arrested a Los Angeles man on federal charges that allege he targeted seven women with online threats to publish nude photos unless the victims provided him with additional explicit pictures.


News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal indictment unsealed Thursday charges Robert Glen Mouritsen, age 71, of Kaysville, with using a position of prominence to induce friends and fellow church members to give him money to further a financial fraud scheme he called “The Project." The fraud scheme started in 2006 and continued through Aug. 29, 2018, the indictment alleges.


Civic Center Heroin Dealer Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Richard Sollid was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute heroin announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, Senior U.S. District Judge.


Neal Opening Statement at Markup of Health Bills and Trade Resolution of Inquiry

News Release: Mr. Chairman, I know that the bills before us today have bipartisan support. Some are even issues of longstanding interest to our members. But I think we should recognize that these bills will do little to actually improve the everyday lives of Medicare beneficiaries, who face skyrocketing health care costs.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian J. Taylor, Acting United States Marshal, announced that GARY JOSEPH GRAVELLE, 51, of New Haven, was arrested today in New Britain by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Violent Fugitive Task Force and the New Britain Police Department on federal supervised released violation.


News Release: SAN DIEGO - Two gang members of the Westside Crips pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2018, for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving sex trafficking, narcotics trafficking, and other violent crimes as well as possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute.