News published on Federal Newswire in January 2019

News from January 2019


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Desmon Johnson and Kevin E. Burley, Jr., both of Parkville, Maryland, were indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Clarksburg on January 8, 2019 on firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Fargo, North Dakota Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Multiple Offenses Involving Transportation of a One-Year-Old Child for the Purpose of Sexual Abuse and Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on January 8, 2019, United States District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier, District of South Dakota, sentenced Dustin William Kewley, age 36, Fargo, North Dakota, to serve 35 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release...


U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pennsylvania Excavation Company For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards

News Release: PENNSBURG, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Spear Excavating LLC - based in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania - for exposing employees to trenching hazards at a worksite in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The company faces $106,057 in proposed penalties.


Mexican citizen living in Massillon indicted for attempting to illegally ship eight firearms and ammunition from Canton to Laredo, Texas

News Release: A Mexican citizen living in Massillon was indicted for attempting to illegally ship eight firearms and ammunition from Canton to Laredo, Texas.


House Chairs Demand Answers on Sanctions Relief for Russian Oligarch

News Release: Dear Secretary Mnuchin:. We write in response to a December 19th notification to Congress indicating that the Treasury Department intends to terminate sanctions on Rusal, EN+ and EuroSibEnergo, as part of a deal with Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch who has abetted the Putin Regime’s malign activity...


U.S. Department of Energy Awards $25 Million for Next-Generation Marine Energy Research Projects

News Release: Atargis Energy Corporation of Pueblo, Colorado will advance its wave energy converter through numerical simulations at the model scale, as well as 1:20 scale wave tank tests.


U.S. Department of Labor Cites Roofing Contractor After Employee's Fatal Fall at Missouri Jobsite

News Release: BOWLING GREEN, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Franklin County Construction LLC - based in New Haven, Missouri - after an employee suffered fatal fall injuries when a roof truss collapsed. The employee was part of a crew installing prefabricated roof trusses onto a commercial building under construction in Bowling Green, Missouri.


Crane Weighing 150 Tons to Support Hanford Cleanup for Years to Come

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Given the complexity of the work at the Hanford Site, special equipment is often needed to complete day-to-day activities.


DEA Omaha Division marks six month anniversary

News Release: OMAHA, Neb., - Jan. 8 marked the six month anniversary of the opening of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division which covers Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and four counties in Illinois and Wisconsin. Since July 2018, agents across the Division have seized or collected 5,064 pounds of marijuana, 578 pounds of methamphetamine, 145 pounds of cocaine, 64 pounds of heroin and more than 6,000 opioid and pharmaceutical pills.


News Release: FBI Offers Reward for Arrest of Violent Gang Member.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement following House passage of H.R. 251, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act...


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation on her conviction of conspiring to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the House passing H.R. 251, the “Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act."


Executive Director Of Private Club Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: Tax Returns Failed to Disclose Approximately $433,000 in Personal Expenses and Other Benefits Provided to Executive Director by the Club.


Judge Sentences Clairton Woman to Probation for Role in Drug Conspiracy

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation on her conviction of conspiring to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: A Maple Heights woman was indicted for robbing the same store on Chagrin Boulevard in Woodmere on consecutive days.


ORP Contractor Earns Nearly 98 Percent of Available Fee for One-Year Period

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection awarded its Analytical Laboratory contractor nearly $212,000, or 98 percent, of the available award fee for its work at the Hanford Site during a performance evaluation period from Sept. 21, 2017 through Sept. 20, 2018.


Moss Point Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Unregistered Firearm

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - James Hurshell Dugger, 78, of Moss Point, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of an unregistered firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


News Release: Veselnitskaya Allegedly Submitted Declaration to Southern District Judge That Concealed Her Role in Drafting Russian Government Report Supposedly Exonerating Veselnitskaya’s Client in United States v. Prevezon Holdings, Ltd., et al.


Multi-Convicted Felon Charged with Firearms Violations

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- A resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.