News published on Federal Newswire in June 2019

News from June 2019


Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, the first minibus of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills.


News Release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that AA STUCCO AND MASONRY, LLC., a company that does business within the Eastern District of Louisiana, entered a guilty plea yesterday to harboring two illegal aliens, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii).


New Bedford Police Officer Charged With Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford police officer was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with child pornography offenses.


Mexican National Charged For Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin After Traffic Stop

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Mexican national who illegally crossed the border to enter the United States was charged with possession with intent to distribute nearly 10 pounds of heroin after a traffic stop along US-93, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.


Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

News Release: Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act...


South African Mother and Daughter Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding California Employment Disability Department

News Release: BOISE - Gloudina Robbertse, 50, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for filing false claims for disability benefits with the California Employment Disability Department (CEDD), U.S. Attorney Bart Davis announced today. Her daughter, Chantelle Robbertse, 24, a co-defendant...


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 7, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Former University Sailing Coach Sentenced in College Admissions Case

News Release: Defendant is the first to be sentenced in connection with the nationwide case.


Two Men Indicted in South Florida and Arrested in Connection with Torture and Kidnapping Plot

News Release: Two men accused of kidnapping a victim at gunpoint and torturing him with a blowtorch were indicted. One man is currently being detained in South Florida, and the second was arrested and is currently being detained in Spain.


Chairman Neal Announces a Hearing on the 2019 Trade Policy Agenda: Negotiations with China, Japan, the EU, and UK; new NAFTA/USMCA; U.S. Participation in the WTO; and other matters

News Release: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing entitled “The 2019 Trade Policy Agenda: Negotiations with China, Japan, the EU, and UK; new NAFTA/USMCA; U.S. Participation in the WTO; and other matters" on Wednesday, June 19, at 9:30 a.m. in room 1100 Longworth House Office Building. The only invited witness is Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative.


NOAA upgrades the U.S. global weather forecast model

News Release: NOAA research scientists originally developed the FV3 as a tool to predict long-range weather patterns at time frames ranging from multiple decades to interannual, seasonal and subseasonal. In recent years, creators of the FV3 at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory expanded it to also become the engine for NOAA’s next-generation operational GFS.


Isabel Man Charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Child Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Isabel, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Child Abuse.


Man Convicted for Role in Gas Station Robberies

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Washington, D.C. man today for his participation in a string of armed robberies.



Engel Leads Effort Raising Concerns About Democracy in Poland before Trump-Duda Meeting

News Release: Dear Mr. President: Ahead of President Andrzej Duda’s visit to the White House on June 12th, we write as long-time supporters of a strong relationship between the United States who are concerned about actions by the Polish government that undermine democratic institutions and the free press. We greatly...


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Cambria County has been sentenced in federal court to six years and six months (78 months) in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of securities fraud, wire fraud, and filing false income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Union County, New Jersey, Man Sentenced To 25 Months In Prison In Scheme To Manipulate Microcap Stock By Touting A ‘Wellness Social Community For People And Their Pets’

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The owner of a purported business consulting firm was sentenced today to 25 months in prison for operating a $1.1 million scheme that artificially inflated the stock price of a publicly traded company he controlled, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


July Full Moon Guided Hike at Pipe Spring National Monument

News Release: Pipe Spring National Monument in cooperation with the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians is proud to offer a guided full moon hike on Tuesday, July 16! Encounter Pipe Spring in a completely new illumination. Join a Ranger and our Dark Sky Intern for a guided moonlit hike along the monuments half-mile ridge...


News Release: Cousin Died From Mixed Drug Toxicity Due to Heroin and Fentanyl.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, man convicted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse was sentenced on June 6, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.