News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that ten previously deported aliens were indicted separately on Oct. 2, 2019, by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States. These matters arose in counties throughout the District including Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, and Northumberland Counties.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A retired city clerk of Caney, Kan., pleaded guilty today to embezzling city funds, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Ivan Martinez-Lopez, 29, a Mexican national, and Saul Moreno-Lemus, 22, of Reedley, charging them with conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession with intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Release: By Alisha Coleman-Jensen. Food Assistance Branch, Economic Research Service. In 2018, food insecurity returned to the pre-recession level of 11.1 percent, last observed in 2007. It is down from 11.8 percent in 2017 and a high of 14.9 percent in 2011. USDA’s Economic Research Service recently released...


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison for taking part in four commercial robberies, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on Oct. 3, 2019, Christopher L. Childs (age 47), of Hartford, Wisconsin, entered a guilty plea before United States District Judge Pamela Pepper to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(a)(1) & 1591(b)(1).



News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho -Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Twin Falls District Fire Management program transferred five wildland fire engines to the Bliss Rural Fire District, Notch Butte Rangeland Fire Protection Association, Raft River Rural Fire Protection District, Saylor Creek Rangeland Fire Protection Association and the Shoshone Basin Rangeland Fire Protection Association.


News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Casey Kountze, age 41, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha, Nebraska, for distribution of child pornography. Senior District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Kountze to 66 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Kountze will begin a five-year term of supervised release.


Cameron Collins And Stephen Zarsky Plead Guilty To Insider Trading Scheme Involving Former Congressman Christopher Collins

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CAMERON COLLINS, the son of former United States Congressman Christopher Collins, and STEPHEN ZARSKY, the father of CAMERON COLLINS’s fiancée, pled guilty to participating in a scheme to commit insider trading in the stock of Innate Immunotherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company for which Christopher Collins served on the board of directors.


Heroin Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County woman was sentenced to federal prison for a heroin trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Valerie Ramey, 42, of Hernshaw, was sentenced to 72 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Four people, including two doctors, are scheduled to appear in court today on charges they defrauded New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers of $4.5 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. A fifth individual, a physician’s assistant, has pleaded guilty to participating in the health care fraud conspiracy.