News published on Federal Newswire in August 2013

News from August 2013


Anoka Felon Indicted For Possessing A Nine-millimeter Pistol

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 25-year-old Anoka man was indicted for possessing a nine-millimeter, semi-automatic pistol. Arlan Kaleb Schultz was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Tell Us Your Story at the Big South Fork Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival, Saturday, September 21, 2013

News Release: The twenty-first annual "Haunting in the Hills" Storytelling Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area at Bandy Creek. Staff at Big South Fork are inviting you to share your own stories of living, playing or working in the park. Pop in and...


Florida Woman Sentenced For Role In Reverse Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: A Miami title agent and former mortgage broker was sentenced today for her role in a reverse mortgage loan fraud scheme.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, three individuals were indicted for arranging interstate transportation for the purpose of prostitution. Brandon Lynn Gilmore, age 23, and Angelica Marie Carter, age 20, both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Dominique Alexandra McKee, age 19, no known address, were specifically charged with one count of conspiracy to facilitate travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution.


Box Elder Man Pleads Guilty To Possession With Intent To Distribute A Controlled Substance

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Joseph McGregor, age 31, of Box Elder, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 20, 2013, and pled guilty to the Indictment that charged him with Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.


News Release: On Aug. 22, 2013, Gerilynn Bennett, 41, of Sparta, IL, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on an indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.



Energy and Power Subcommittee to Examine President’s Climate Plan in Mid-September

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today announced it will hold a hearing next month to examine the administration’s current and planned climate change activities, including the actions identified in the President’s Climate...


Energy and Power Subcommittee to Examine President’s Climate Plan in Mid-September

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today announced it will hold a hearing next month to examine the administration’s current and planned climate change activities, including the actions identified in the President’s Climate...


News Release: BOISE - Keanta M. Lathrop, 35, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


August Grand Jury

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 28 indictments charging 29 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


News Release: Free public transportation, available on weekends from approximately November to May, will be provided to Biscayne National Park from the City of Homestead. The successful Homestead trolley service will be utilized as the means for transportation.


News Release: Into the District of Columbia to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today announced it will hold a hearing next month to examine the administration’s current and planned climate change activities, including the actions identified in the President’s Climate...


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s proposal to address college cost and accessibility...


U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride Announces Departure From Eastern District Of Virginia

News Release: United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) Neil H. MacBride, announced today that he is stepping down as United States Attorney, effective midnight Sept. 13, 2013. An acting United States Attorney will be appointed until a permanent replacement is nominated and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.


Individual Charged With Brokering Uranium Deal Intended For Supply To Iran

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), announce today that Patrick Campbell, 33, of Freetown, Sierra Leone, was arrested yesterday in Queens, NY as a result of an investigation conducted by the ICE-HSI. Campbell made his initial appearance earlier today in the Eastern District of New York.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kevin Cavazone, 30, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation who resides in Dulce, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon to 66 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his voluntary manslaughter conviction.


Grand Jury Indictments Charge Defendants With Child Pornography In Unrelated Cases

News Release: Peoria, Ill. - A federal grand jury yesterday afternoon returned three separate, unrelated indictments that charge defendants in the Central District of Illinois with child pornography offenses.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today charging Victor Torres-Romero, 24, of Ceres, and Luis Bartolo Madriz-Sandoval, 32, of Everett, Wash., with conspiring to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.