News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ohio man was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for robbing a mobile communications company retail store in Orange, New Jersey, at gunpoint in June 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


MEDIA ADVISORY: United States Attorney Robert Duncan Jr. and ATF to Discuss Gun Violence in Eastern District of Kentucky

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - United States Attorney Robert M. Duncan Jr., will be joined with federal partner, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), to discuss gun violence in the Eastern District of Kentucky.


News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a felony information charging CLARISSA LYNN COMBS, 48, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and false statements. COMBS will make her initial appearance in U.S. District Court at a later date. BRIDGIT YVETTE MICHAUD, 54, JALONDA LEEANN COMBS...


Former Clarence Center Soccer Trainer Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shelby Garigen, 41, of Clarence Center, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to access with intent to view child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years, and a $250,000 fine.


SRS Contractor Wins National Cyber Award for Innovation

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Barry McIntosh, a cybersecurity engineer for EM contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), received the Government Innovation Award for Public Sector Innovation last week for his work on a new cyber degree program at the University of South Carolina Aiken (USC Aiken).


News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a felony information charging CLARISSA LYNN COMBS, 48, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and false statements. COMBS will make her initial appearance in U.S. District Court at a later date. BRIDGIT YVETTE MICHAUD, 54, JALONDA LEEANN COMBS...


Grassley: Cracking Down on Counterfeiting

News Release: Today, I am here to discuss the critical need to protect American businesses and consumers from the dangers of counterfeits, particularly counterfeit goods sold online.


News Release: MIAMI - Alvaro Estuardo Cobar Bustamante, the director of a national Guatemalan bank, was arrested today on a charge of money laundering, and a money laundering case against Manuel Antonio Baldizon Mendez, a former candidate for president of Guatemala was unsealed.


Man Indicted for Coercing Minors for Sex; Wife Accused of Trying to Persuade Victim to Recant

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Bryan County man and his wife are charged in separate federal indictments with coercing minors for sex and tampering with a witness.


Maloney and Nadler Issue Statement Condemning Attacks on Whistleblower

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following joint statement condemning attacks on the Intelligence Community whistleblower...


Chairs DeFazio, Titus Introduce Bill to Require GSA to Conduct Audits on Its Leases with Private Parties, Including the Lease for Trump’s DC Hotel

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, Dina Titus (D-NV), introduced new legislation that would require the General Services Administration (GSA) to conduct audits of Federal properties that have been leased to private parties.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Tyler C. King, age 30, of Dallas, Texas, was charged today with obstruction of justice for a scheme to falsify evidence during his recently concluded criminal trial.


Building EM’s Future Workforce: Students Inducted as New DOE Fellows

News Release: MIAMI - A program that helps shape future candidates for EM’s workforce inducted 12 Florida International University (FIU) science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students as the DOE Fellows Class of 2019 last week.


News Release: James A. Tarasca Named Special Agent in Charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the New York Field Office.


Russian National Extradited for Running Online Criminal Marketplace

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Russian national made his initial appearance in federal court here today on charges related to his alleged operation of two websites devoted to the facilitation of payment card fraud, computer hacking, and other crimes.


News Release: Caribou are often credited with the longest terrestrial migrations in the world, though without much scientific support. An international team of scientists, including Kyle Joly (National Park Service), Elie Gurarie (University of Maryland) and Mark Hebblewhite (University of Montana), gathered GPS collar...


News Release: FBI Releases 2018 Hate Crime Statistics.


News Release: CHALLIS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District is pleased to announce the selection of Matt Marsh as the Challis Field Office's new field manager.


News Release: Jeffrey Spicer Admits to Embezzling Funds from Federal DMV Program.


News Release: GUILTY PLEA - Demeron Jamal Brown.