News published on Federal Newswire in August 2013

News from August 2013


Last Defendant Sentenced In Largest Drug Trafficking Organization Ever Dismantled In Louisville, Kentucky

News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kerry Dickerson of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced this week to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III. Dickerson was the last of 26 defendants, to be sentenced...


News Release: Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to recent reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons in the Damascus area...


Engel Statement on Dempsey Letter Concerning Additional Military Options in Syria

News Release: New York - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement upon receiving a reply from General Martin Dempsey to his letter dated August 5th, requesting further clarification of potential limited military options in Syria.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Randolph B. Robinson, 63, of Austin, TX, was indicted today on two counts related to his actions on board an AirTran flight between Baltimore, MD and Austin, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.


Public may encounter logging activity this fall on BLM lands in Grand County

News Release: NEWS RELEASE Aug. 20, 2013. Contact: David Boyd, Public Affairs Specialist, 970-876-9008. Public may encounter logging activity this fall on BLM lands in Grand County. KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management wants the public to be aware they could encounter delays and increased heavy truck traffic...


Oversight Presses Top Lois Lerner IRS Deputy on Four Key Inconsistencies in Testimony

News Release: WASHINGTON -House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, have sent a letter asking Holly Paz, the former top deputy of IRS Exempt Organization Director Lois Lerner to help the Committee reconcile four key discrepancies between her testimony and evidence gather by the Committee after her May 21 interview.



Construction Continues on New Mountain Bike Trails

News Release: Area biking enthusiasts and the Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM ES), have entered into the next phase of their partnership to complete new mountain bike trails that, when finished, will be unique to the mid-Atlantic region. A new Challenge Cost Share agreement was signed by the BLM ES and...


Rosebud Man Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Between 50 And 100 Kilograms Of Marijuana

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of conspiracy to distribute between 50 and 100 kilograms of marijuana was sentenced on Aug. 19, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.



News Release: A Cleveland-area nurse was sentenced to 12 years in prison today for his role in a murder-for-hire plot and related crimes, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


St. Paul Felon Pleads Guilty To Possessing A .22-caliber Handgun

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, a 23-year-old St. Paul felon pleaded guilty to possessing a.22-caliber handgun. On Aug. 20, 2013, Phuvanath Ronald Mounthachack pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Mounthachack, who was indicted on June 3, 2013, entered his plea before United States District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz.


Judge Sentences Pittsburgh Man To Prison For Possessing Counterfeit Cash

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced in federal court to one month imprisonment with three years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal counterfeit laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.



Two Plead Guilty To Involvement In Aryan Brotherhood Of Texas Racketeering Murder

News Release: HOUSTON - An Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang member and an ABT associate have pleaded guilty to charges related to a May 2008 murder of an ABT prospect member in Atascosa County.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Eugene A. Kelly, 28, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 67 years in prison on charges of first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, and related offenses stemming from the shooting of two teenagers in Northwest Washington on Memorial Day of 2011, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Kamiah Man Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Possessing Ammunition

News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - James Reuben Norton Blackeagle, 30, of Kamiah, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to unlawfully possessing ammunition, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Blackeagle was indicted by a federal jury on May 21, 2013.


Mescalero Apache Man Sentenced to Thirty-Three Months in Federal Prison for Assault Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Paul Francis Hicks, 50, a member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced in Las Cruces federal court this morning to 33 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release for his assault convictions.


Former Postal Service Employee Sentenced for Stealing Mail

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dale Richmond, 59, of Williamson, N.Y., who was convicted of mail theft and mail tampering, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay a $7,500 fine by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. In addition, the defendant was ordered to make restitution to the victims of his crime in the amount of $7,807.25.


News Release: Today, further details about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance program were made public in press accounts. Specifically, it was reported that internal NSA’s reports show that the agency repeatedly ran afoul of privacy rules. Following these public revelations, Congressman John Conyers, ...