News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


Release: Summary: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provided the US Patent Office with data on the length of APHIS’s review period for a specific vaccine. The makers of the Porcine Circovirus Vaccine, Type 1-Type 2 Chimera, Killed Virus, Mycoplasma ...


Wilmington Gang Member Receives 10 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced JACQUEZ HILL, 21, of Wilmington North Carolina to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Alexander Massari, age 53, of Owings Mills, Maryland, to 230 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Hollander also ordered that, upon his release from...


East Coast man admits to bringing aliens into US

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 49-year-old man from Gaithersburg, Maryland, has admitted he conspired to illegally transport more than 30 undocumented aliens for financial gain, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Duo Sentenced and Ordered to Pay $757,499.06 in Restitution

News Release: HAMMOND-Edward Kerr, Jr., 56, of San Pierre, Indiana and Tammy Estrada, 36, of North Judson, Indiana, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon following their pleas of guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.



News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A 56-year-old Las Vegas man convicted of possessing over 600 images of child sexual abuse was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan to the statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.


Preparing for Winter on Reds Meadow Road and Devils Postpile National Monument

News Release: Interagency News Release. Deanna Dulen, 760-934-2289 (Devils Postpile National Monument). Deb Schweizer, 760-873-2427 (Inyo National Forest). Preparing for Winter on Reds Meadow Road and Devils Postpile National Monument. The Inyo National Forest and Devils Postpile National Monument are planning for winter...


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - John Angwin, age 29, of Holland Patent, New York, pled guilty today to distributing and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.


U.S. Attorney Robert Duncan, Jr. Announces Progress in Making Our Communities Safer Through Project Safe Neighborhoods

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.-Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to embezzling money from his employer, a Virginia business.


News Release: Lovell, WY: On October 17 at 6:30pm, at the Lovell Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center, Dr. Amy McKinney, Associate Professor of History at Northwest College will present on the lives of single women homesteaders in the West. She will also compare the laws and experiences of women homesteaders in the United...


News Release: KEY WEST - A Monroe County resident was arrested on charges in connection with a romance and investment fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims throughout the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge Anthony Salisbury of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Miami Field Office.


Two Rockford Men Sentenced for Stealing Firearms from Firearms Dealers

News Release: ROCKFORD -A Rockford man was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey to a total of 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release on firearms charges. KYLAND WILLIS, 21, who was charged in two separate cases, pleaded guilty on June 28, 2019 to conspiracy to steal firearms from a licensed firearms dealer and two counts of stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VLADIMIR ZISKIND pled guilty to participating in a scheme to target elderly persons to solicit purchases of stock in a series of valueless companies through a variety of lies and misrepresentations. ZISKIND pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one count of securities fraud before U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick.


News Release: Visitors to Antelope Point Marina on Lake Powell are advised that electricity will be shut off on Sunday, October 6, 2019 from approximately 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., as the local utility company sets up new equipment. The marina is working with the utility company to restore electricity as soon as possible and the outage may be shorter or longer in duration. The Point Restaurant plans to be open from 4 to 8 p.m.


White House Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter conveying a subpoena to White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney for key documents as part of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.


Peterson Statement on Renewable Fuel Standard Announcement

News Release: “Next week the President is expected to be in Minnesota and I look forward to hearing details about how his EPA will get back to the 15 billion gallons that are promised in law and address the 4 billion gallons lost in waivers that have already been granted. Until we have answers to those questions today’s announcement is just another IOU to struggling farmers and shuttered biofuel plants.".


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John G. Stroming, age 60, of Stuyvesant, New York, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child and possessing child pornography.


News Release: ROCKFORD -A Rockford man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey on a federal drug conspiracy charge.