News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Postal Service Employee Charged with Stealing Government Funds

News Release: Defendant was Postmaster of the Groton Post Office.


USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on New Jersey Produce Business

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Domanth Inc., doing business as Medoff Produce, satisfied a $9,990 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.


Los Angeles County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge of Attempting to Obtain the Biological Toxin Ricin for Unlawful Purposes

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A La Crescenta man pleaded guilty today to attempting to obtain ricin from an online source, admitting that he intended to acquire the biological agent for use as a weapon.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A North Carolina woman was sentenced today to nearly five years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to prepare false tax returns for her customers.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding, was sentenced on September 9, 2019, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.


Two Pharmacy chains pay civil monetary penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Controlled Substance Act

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced two national pharmacy chains agreed to pay civil monetary penalties to resolve allegations they violated the Controlled Substances Act by filling fraudulent prescriptions.


News Release: Chris Landberg, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is the Acting Principal Deputy Coordinator for the Bureau of Counterterrorism. Since September 9, 2019 he has served as the Deputy Coordinator for Crisis Response and Technical Policy, responsible for oversight of the CT Bureau’s Office of Technical Programs and Operations Policy and the Office of Crisis Response, Preparedness, and Special Coordination.


Johnson County Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Charges

News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky.- A Johnson County, Kentucky man admitted in federal court Friday that he conspired to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine.


Man Pleads Guilty To Purchasing Turtles in Violation of The Lacey Act

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ROBERT GLENN HENNESSEY, age 66, a resident of New Jersey, pleaded guilty September 5, 2019 to exporting from Louisiana into New Jersey, 25 common box turtles, from May 19, 2017 to June 14, 2017.


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that two Northwest Louisiana residents who owned and ran the Positive Change Counseling Agency LLC were indicted for improperly billing Medicaid for almost $8 million, in addition to paying kickbacks in violation of the law.


Former Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Analogue

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute an analogue of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 45-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with the intent to distribute more than a kilogram of methamphetamine and 15 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Keon Baptiste‑Harris, 37, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to eight years in prison and three years of supervised release for distribution of cocaine base (a/k/a crack cocaine) and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Baptiste‑Harris pleaded guilty on March 20, 2019.


Department of Energy Announces Contract Awards for the Congressionally-Mandated Sale of Crude Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-mandated Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.


Member of Maryland MS-13 Extortion Operation in DC Suburbs Sentenced to 51 Months in Federal Prison

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Gerdandino Delgado-Escobar, a/k/a “Pumba," age 24, of Hyattsville, a member of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, to 51 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to interfere with interstate...


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Charles Guyer, age 60, of Johnstown, New York, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison, for distributing and receiving child pornography.


News Release: * The parkwide fire danger level for Yellowstone is now moderate.