News published on Federal Newswire in February 2019

News from February 2019


Stockton Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Long-Term Sexual Abuse of Minors Including His Own Children

News Release: He moved his victims from Georgia to Klamath Falls, Oregon before relocating to Stockton.


News Release: Memphis, TN -Michael Geddati, 20, of Memphis has pleaded guilty to computer fraud. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the plea today.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities today arrested one of two defendants charged in a federal indictment with making false threats of violent attacks at many locations - including Los Angeles International Airport and numerous Southern California school districts - and staging attacks on computer systems belonging to institutions and companies, including a Long Beach-based company.


News Release: Congressman David Price (D-NC), Chair of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcomittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on "The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Management of Housing Contracts During the Shutdown".


Bipartisan, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers Offers Legislation on U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation

News Release: Washington-A bipartisan group of Senators and House Members today announced that they have offered legislation reaffirming strong congressional support for the United States alliances with South Korea and Japan and the critical importance of trilateral cooperation.


National Park Service Seeking Applicants for 2019 Youth Conservation Corps

News Release: John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) is seeking applicants for the 2019 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) summer program to work and learn alongside National Park Service (NPS) rangers. YCC is a paid outdoor work program that provides a safe, educational, and meaningful experience for young adults of all backgrounds and interests.


News Release: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve will attempt to burn debris consisting of trees and brush between February 19 - March 24, if weather conditions allow. The piles are located east of the park airstrip and west of the northernmost loop of the Riley Creek Campground, and in the gravel pit at mile 5 of the Denali Park Road.


North Shore Pastor Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $200,000 in Social Security Benefits

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that OTHO SCHILLING (“SCHILLING"), age 59, of Mt. Hermon, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey to three years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $202,632.00 for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.


Chairs DeFazio, Larsen Reflect on 10 Year Anniversary of Fatal Flight Colgan Air Flight 3407 Crash

News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) shared comments in remembrance of the fatal Colgan Air crash that took 50 lives.


2019 Dark Sky Festival Dates Announced: August 23, 24, 25

News Release: Sequoia Parks Conservancy, in partnership with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Lake Kaweah, is excited to announce the event dates for the sixth annual Dark Sky Festival: Aug. 23, 24, and 25.


Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Threatening Shooting Spree at Eugene Church

News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Benjamin Jaramillo Hernandez, 69, of Eugene, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and illegal possession of ammunition charge arising from a series of progressively more threatening and violent actions targeting St. Mary Catholic Church in Eugene in September 2018. Assistant Attorney...


NIST Marks Fifth Anniversary of Popular Cybersecurity Framework

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-Five years after the release of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, organizations across all sectors of the economy are creatively deploying this voluntary approach to better management of cybersecurity-related risks.


News Release: Defendant, a meth dealer subject to a domestic abuse no contact order, illegally possessed firearms.


U.S. Department of Labor Urges Employers to Prevent Worker Exposure to Carbon Monoxide from Portable Generators And Other Equipment

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers to take necessary precautions to protect workers from the serious and potentially fatal effects of carbon monoxide exposure.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 122,376 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.


News Release: Pecos, NM: - Join park volunteer and career geologist Laura Reich for monthly geology walks at Pecos National Historical Park this spring. This one mile roundtrip walkalong the main trail will introduce the landforms, geological concepts, and rocks that influenced why people settled or traveled through the Upper Pecos River Valley.


News Release: NISKAYUNA, N.Y. - EM and cleanup contractor AECOM have marked a major milestone with the removal of all buildings, foundations, and debris at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.


ICE, DHS partners; Vieques Municipal Police seize 2,378 pounds of cocaine

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and the Vieques Municipal Police seized Thursday 2,378 pounds of cocaine south of the island of Vieques. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $25 million approximately.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform; Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee; Congressman Jody Hice (R-GA), Ranking Member of the National Security Subcommittee; Congressman...


News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - John Casimere, 33, of Lake Charles, pleaded guilty last week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Kay to one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.