News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


News Release: Rheuport stole hydrocodone and money from mail assigned to her for delivery.


Alleged Five Guys shooter facing federal charges

News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Houston resident is set to appear in federal court today to answer allegations he robbed a Five Guys restaurant and shot an off-duty law enforcement officer, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: Bismarck - U.S. Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced that Chief Federal District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland today sentenced Carl Deshawn Dean, age 21, Minot Air Force Base, ND to serve 7 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, after Dean plead guilty to Distribution of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. The defendant was also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution and $100 in special assessments to the Crime Victim’s Fund.


Chair Grijalva on Interior Dept. Backtracking on FOIA Responses: “Political Appointees Should Not Decide What Documents The Public Get to See”

News Release: Washington D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement today on the news that the Department of the Interior (DOI) will reverse its proposed changes to how it processes Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The move comes after public outcry by lawmakers - including former House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) - pushing DOI to end its politicization of the FOIA process.


News Release: READING, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams announced that ten individuals from Reading were charged by a Second Superseding Indictment with murder, kidnapping, drug distribution, and firearms offenses. At a press conference at the District...


News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, will hold a hearing entitled “Trump’s Wrong Turn on Clean Cars: The Effects of Fuel Efficiency Rollbacks on the Climate, Car Companies and California."


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monessen, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: FBI Media Alert: Española Man Arrested in Death of Renezmae Calzada.


Lengthy Prison Sentences Handed Down In Continuing Violent Crime Investigations In Public Housing Areas

News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 28, 2019 - Four Nashville men received lengthy prison sentences last week for a series of violent crimes connected to investigations in or near the J.C. Napier and Tony Sudekum public housing developments, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.


House Passes Bills From Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Sending Them to the Senate

News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed four bills from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, including bipartisan legislation to unlock the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. H.R. 2440 would increase investments in critical harbor and port projects by helping ensuring that the funds currently collected to dredge our nation’s coastal and inland commercial ports are actually used for harbor maintenance.


News Release: Letters Targeted Taylor Swift. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 28, 2019 -Eric Swarbrick, 26, of Austin Texas, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, to interstate stalking and sending interstate communications with the intent to threaten, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of...


News Release: MILWAUKEE-The Bureau of Land Management- Eastern States (BLM-ES) Northeastern States District will hold a wild horse and burro event providing wild horses and possibly a few yearling and burros, November 1 - 2, 2019, at Meadowood Special Recreation Area, 10406 Gunston Road, Lorton, Virginia. Yearling and burros may not always be available at the event. The animals will be available for selection on Friday, from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.


Mission Man Sentenced for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Oct. 21, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a man and a woman from Parmelee, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse. The man has also been indicted by a federal grand jury for Involuntary Manslaughter.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Misuse by a Representative Payee was sentenced on Oct. 21, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on Oct. 21, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eden, South Dakota, man convicted of felony child abuse and neglect of a child was sentenced on Oct. 21, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Red Scaffold, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Burglary and Sexual Abuse of a Person Incapable of Consent.