News published on Federal Newswire in February 2019

News from February 2019


Nashua Resident Sentenced To Three Years Of Probation For Defrauding Federal Employee Disability Benefit Program

News Release: CONCORD - Kenneth Dunn, 60, of Nashua, was sentenced to 36 months of probation and 6 months of home confinement for making false statements to obtain federal employee disability benefits, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ten people are facing federal drug trafficking charges in New Mexico following an 11-month investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lea County Drug Task Force.


Colombian Veterinarian Sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court  to 72 Months’ Imprisonment for Heroin Importation Conspiracy

News Release: Defendant Surgically Implanted Liquid Heroin in Puppies to Smuggle Narcotics.


Avondale Man Pleads Guilty to Theft of Social Security Funds

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JERRY CAMPBELL (“CAMPBELL"), age 60, of Avondale, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty yesterday to Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.


Head Of Deadly Elmira Opioid Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Ian Thatcher, 31, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, U-47700 and 100 grams or more of furanyl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 23 years in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.


Grand Jury Brings New Charges Against Alleged Beaver County Cocaine Dealer

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Beaver County resident has been charged in a Superseding Indictment by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Shenandoah National Park Hosts Youth Art Contest for Wildflower Weekend

News Release: Luray, Virginia: Local children and teens who like art and wildflowers will have a chance to combine both in Shenandoah National Park’s annual “Youth Art in the Park" wildflower art contest. The contest is held in conjunction with the park’s annual Wildflower Weekend May 11-12, 2019.


NOAA and NCAR partner on new, state-of-the-art U.S. modeling framework

News Release: The United States is making exciting changes to how computer models will be developed in the future to support the nation’s weather and climate forecast system. NOAA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have joined forces to help the nation’s weather and climate modeling scientists achieve mutual benefits through more strategic collaboration, shared resources and information.


News Release: FBI Miami Announces Nominee for 2018 Director’s Community Leadership Award.


Wyden to Treasury: Don't Penalize Taxpayers For Administration's Mistakes on Withholding

News Release: As Prepared for Delivery. M. President, the first tax filing season under Trump’s tax law is upon us, and it looks like a whole lot of chickens are coming home to roost. Republicans jammed their bill through the Congress at record speed. Pile-driver legislating. The bill was signed into law with a whopping...


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a California man convicted of Interstate Communications of Threats to Injure was sentenced on February 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Park Announces Plans for 2019 Spring Fishing Season

News Release: Pecos, NM: Beginning February 7th, 2019, Pecos National Historical Park will offer spring fishing permits for the Pecos River within the park boundaries. The 2019 spring fishing season will begin March 7th and end April 15th.


MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION DISMANTLES MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ten people are facing federal drug trafficking charges in New Mexico following an 11-month investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lea County Drug Task Force.


Sen. Murray Statement On Announcement of Investigation Into Epstein Case By DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today U.S. Senator Patty Murray issued the following statement on the Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement that its Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has opened an investigation into the DOJ’s prosecution of serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein.


News Release: Washington, DC - More than 220 participants from 13 Houston-area public safety agencies and 20 industry partners tested first responder technology integration in a December exercise at the Port of Houston. Led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)...


SFRC to Take Up Resolution on Cancellation of Nord Stream 2 and Support of Ukraine Against Russian Aggression

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) issued the following statement announcing that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will take up S. Res. 27, a resolution calling for the cancellation of the ...


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Sarita Ranch Provission Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., for failure to pay for produce.


Charges Filed in Gold Heist Case

News Release: A third individual has been indicted on charges related to the armed robbery of gold bars.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement regarding the introduction of a House Resolution for the Green New Deal.


News Release: A contractor from North Royalton was indicted for paying cash bribes to a City of Cleveland building official.