News published on Federal Newswire in June 2019

News from June 2019


News Release: Rangers at Mount Rainier National Park are attempting to rescue a team of four climbers stranded at 13,500 feet below Liberty Cap, on the north side of Mount Rainier.


Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats Reject Trump Administration’s End-Run Around Congress on Arms Sales to Gulf Countries, Promise New Legislation and Tough Oversight

News Release: Washington-Today, all Democratic members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs issued the statement below. Joining Chairman Eliot L. Engel in the statement were Representatives Brad Sherman (CA), Gregory Meeks (NY), Albio Sires (NJ), Gerald Connolly (VA), Ted Deutch (FL), Karen Bass (CA), William...


Mandeville Resident and Former Department of Energy Contractor Charged With Accessing a Protected Computer without Authorization and Recklessly Causing Damage

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that GARY PETER SIMON, JR., age 56, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage resulting in loss of more than $5,000 during one year, in violation of 18 U.S.C. '' 1030(a)(5)(B) and 1030(c)(4)(A).


BLM Evaluates Roads and Trails in San Juan County

News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office announced a 30-day public scoping period to initiate travel management planning efforts across approximately 50,000 acres in San Juan County.


Violent Leader of Marijuana Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Prison

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. --On June 3, 2019, Carlos Correa, 29, of Hereford, AZ was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to 25 years in prison. Correa previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute more than 1,000 Kilograms of Marijuana and received sentencing enhancements...


Grand Jury Returns Indictments

News Release: Madison Man Charged with Gun Crimes and Drug Crime Involving Heroin & Crack Cocaine


National Park Service Hosts Special Fandango Campfire Program

News Release: “My fire was in all its glory about midnight…I had nothing to do but look and listen and join the trees in their hymns and prayers." - John Muir, Travels in Alaska.


Chairman Neal Announces a Hearing on Pathways to Universal Health Coverage

News Release: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing, entitled “Pathways to Universal Health Coverage" on Wednesday, June 12, at 10:00 a.m. in room 1100 Longworth House Office Building.


Man Convicted of Hope Mills and Fayetteville Robberies

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that, EDWARD MOORE, JR., of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was convicted in federal court following a two-day jury trial before Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle. MOORE was convicted of interference with commerce by robbery, 2-counts of armed bank robbery, 3-counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and 4-counts of possession of firearm by a convicted felon.


Bergen County Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested and charged today with distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


More than 50 pounds of fentanyl recovered in investigation of trafficking group with tentacles from Mexico to U.S. cities; Organization flooded the Bronx with heroin and fentanyl

News Release: BRONX, N.Y. - United States Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, along with Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, Homeland Security Investigations New York Special Agent in Charge Angel M. Melendez...


Florida Man Arrested For Possessing Destructive Devices After An Improvised Explosive Device Was Found At Veterans Affairs Hospital

News Release: Tampa, Florida - Mark Edward Allen (60, St. Petersburg) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint for the possession of unregistered explosive devices. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Allen made his initial appearance in federal court on June 4, 2019, and has been detained.


Federal Jury Convicts Former Southwest Florida Real Estate Broker in Half Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme

News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - A federal jury has convicted former real estate broker Aaron Eyerman (38, Cape Coral) in a scheme to defraud an investor of $561,000. Following a six-day trial, the jury found Eyerman guilty of three counts of wire fraud, eight counts of money laundering, and one count of false oath in relation to a bankruptcy proceeding. Eyerman’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for September 9, 2019.


Mandeville Resident and Former Department of Energy Contractor Charged with Accessing a Protected Computer Without Authorization and Recklessly Causing Damage

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that GARY PETER SIMON, JR., age 56, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage resulting in loss of more than $5,000 during one year, in violation of 18 U.S.C. '' 1030(a)(5)(B) and 1030(c)(4)(A).


News Release: Defendant Allegedly Inflated Company’s Revenue to Defraud Investors.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Meredith Willey, 38, of Groveton, N.H., was sentenced to serve 65 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.


News Release: BOSTON - A Norwood woman was arrested this morning and charged in federal court in Worcester with distributing synthetic marijuana into state correctional facilities.


United States Intervenes In False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Drug Maker Mallinckrodt Alleging Illegal Kickbacks

News Release: United States Intervenes In False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Drug Maker Mallinckrodt Alleging Illegal Kickbacks.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A criminal indictment and four arrest warrants were unsealed today charging an American, a Slovenian, a Serbian, and a Spaniard with a racketeering conspiracy to develop and distribute malware through the major computer hacking forum known as Darkode.


Dominican National Indicted for Identity Theft, Theft of Government Benefits

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Dominican national who allegedly failed to leave the United States after her six-month visa expired in June 2003, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Providence for allegedly using the stolen identity of a woman living in Puerto Rico to obtain a Rhode Island driver’s license and government financed health care, unemployment, disability and food stamp benefits.