News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a nine page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOT Announces Competitive Grant Solicitation for Two New University Transportation Research Centers

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity for $15 million to fund two new University Transportation Centers (UTCs).


U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $8 Million in Emergency Relief Funds to Rebuild South Carolina’s Infrastructure Following Hurricane Florence

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $8 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help restore access to essential roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Florence throughout South Carolina. ...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser held his investiture today at the Hale Boggs Federal Court Building in front of his former colleagues, members of the judiciary and a host of well-wishers. United States District Judge Lance Africk presided over the Oath of Office ceremony. On June 20, 2018...


Ex-Sacerdote Extraditado De Marruecos Para Hacer Frente A Cargos Federales De Abuso Sexual De Menores En Nuevo México

News Release: Arthur Perrault Imputado Bajo El Proyecto Niñez Segura (Project Safe Childhood) Por Supuestamente Haber Abusado Sexualmente de un Menor En La Base Aérea De Kirkland Y En El Cementerio Nacional De Santa Fe en 1991-1992.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors today charged the vice president of sales for Northside Pharmacy, a Haleyville, Ala.-based compounding pharmacy doing business as Global Compounding Pharmacy, with participating in a conspiracy to generate prescriptions and defraud health care insurers and prescription drug administrators out of tens of millions of dollars.


Resident of Texas Sentenced to 71 Months in Prison for Fraud and Weapons Offenses

News Release: CONCORD - Steven Orr, 53, of Grapevine, Texas, was sentenced on Thursday to 71 months in prison for two wire fraud offenses and unlawful possession of firearms, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


Former Rite Aid Vice President And Atlanta Business Owners Charged In $5.7 Million Vendor Kick-Back Scheme

News Release: HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former Rite Aid Vice President and the two owners of an Atlanta based company have been charged for their role in a $5.7 million vendor kick-back scheme.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shane Corter, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Christopher Shawn Potter (age 49, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distributing child pornography. Potter faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years in federal prison. He had been detained pending a hearing on Sept. 26, 2018.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Salleh Dubaishi, 43, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to a possession with intent to distribute AB-FUBINACA and XLR-11, synthetic cannabinoids. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.


Resident of Texas Sentenced to 71 Months in Prison for Fraud and Weapons Offenses

News Release: CONCORD - Steven Orr, 53, of Grapevine, Texas, was sentenced on Thursday to 71 months in prison for two wire fraud offenses and unlawful possession of firearms, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Khalil Lites, 19, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 30 months in federal prison for conspiring to burglarize a business selling firearms, and for possessing and concealing one of the firearms stolen in that burglary. Lites pleaded guilty to these charges on June 12, 2018.


News Release: Company Executive is 15th Defendant Charged in Continuing Investigation.


News Release: San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and the City of Sausalito (Sausalito) have signed an agreement to work together on issues of mutual importance. Formalized through a memorandum of understanding, signed in late August 2018, the two agencies have agreed to work toward addressing...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Garrion McCellan, age 30, of Baltimore today to 25 years in prison, followed by 8.5 years of supervised release, for a drug conspiracy and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime causing death. McCellan...