News published on Federal Newswire in June 2019

News from June 2019


News Release: BOSTON - A restaurant owner pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield today in connection with failing to file a tax return. And, on behalf of his corporation, the restaurant owner admitted that Scuderi’s Inc. filed false tax returns.


ICE removes Mexican national wanted for rape

News Release: NOGALES - A Mexican national, wanted in his native country for rape, was removed Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), and transferred to the custody of the Mexican Federal Police.


Repeat sex offender sentenced to 70 months in prison, 20 years supervision for possession of child pornography

News Release: SEATTLE - Special Agent in Charge Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office announced today that a 41-year-old Seattle, Washington man who was found to be in possession of images of sexual assaults of children was sentenced...


Former Urbandale Man Sentenced to Prison For Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on June 5, 2019, Kacey Alyn Duall Bruse, age 23, was sentenced by United States District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Possession of Child Pornography. Bruse was sentenced to 70 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of six years. Bruse was ordered to pay $3,000 to each victim seeking restitution.


Oregon Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Cyberstalking and Making Threats to His Former Co-Workers and Law Enforcement Officials

News Release: An Oregon man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for cyberstalking and making threats to his former co-workers and law enforcement officials.


Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks public comment on the management alternatives, environmental impacts and other issues of public concern that APHIS should consider in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for predator damage management activities in Idaho.


ARPA-E’s 10th Annual Energy Innovation Summit, “10 Years of Making Ideas into Reality”

Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will host its 10th Energy Innovation Summit from July 8-10, 2019, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado.


Ignitions Have Started for Cedar Central Prescribed Burn

News Release: KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. June 10, 2019 - Following a successful test burn this morning and a determination by the burn boss and fire management staff, ignitions have begun on the Cedar Central Prescribed Burn in Kings Canyon National Park. Three days of ignitions are planned.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Todd Levant Asbey Sr. (48, Jacksonville) for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Asbey, who was on federal supervised release at the time of the offense, received sentences of 15 years and 8 months in federal prison ...


ARPA-E’s 10th Annual Energy Innovation Summit, “10 Years of Making Ideas into Reality”

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will host its 10th Energy Innovation Summit from July 8-10, 2019, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado.


Otis, Oregon Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Pornography Using Dropbox

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-William Borges, 21, of Otis, Oregon, was sentenced today to 96 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for distributing child pornography.


First New Wildfire of 2019 Ignited by Lightning

News Release: On Monday, June 10, a National Park Service ranger/pilot overflying the Preserve confirmed a new lightning-caused fire start in the Weshrinarin Creek drainage south of the Yukon River and 6.6 miles east of the Charley River. The newly named Yukon Charley Fire (#217) is being managed for resource benefits and other objectives as it is currently not threatening cabins or other resources.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Four drug dealers were sentenced to prison today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentences.


Witness List: Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture

News Release: Public Hearing. RE: “The State of U.S. Agricultural Products in International Markets". Tuesday, June 11, 2019. 10:00 a.m. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. WITNESS LIST. The Honorable Ted McKinney, Under Secretary, Trade and Foreign Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. The...


News Release: MANHATTAN, KANSAS, June 10, 2019-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their partners published a study today that should boost efforts to develop new varieties of wheat that are better equipped to resist a fungal disease that threatens global wheat production each year.


Release: DAYTON, Ohio - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a Dayton International Airport (DAY) checkpoint this morning.


Department of Energy Invests $39 Million to Improve Existing Coal-Fired Fleet

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 17 projects to receive approximately $39 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development under funding opportunity announcement Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Existing Coal-Based Power Plants.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Kimberley J. Mueller sentenced Emanuel Mois, 26, of Citrus Heights today to 24 years and four months in prison to be followed by a lifetime term of supervision, for receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Omaha Man Convicted of Counterfeiting and Methamphetamine Distribution

News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Frank Sadecki, age 34, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court for Possession of Analog, Digital, and Electronic Images for Counterfeiting Obligations and Securities and Possession with Intent to Distribute at Least 50 grams of a substance...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former West Covina resident was sentenced today to 300 months in federal prison for uploading images of child pornography to a Russian photo-sharing website and publishing an advertisement that sought to exchange sexually-explicit images of children.