News published on Federal Newswire in July 2013

News from July 2013


Niskayuna Man Sentenced For Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: Defendant Who Received Thousands of Still Images and Videos of Child Pornography Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison.


Veteran Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Lying To Obtain Disability Benefits

News Release: Raleigh, North Carolina - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever sentenced ANTHONY PATRICK STANFORD, 39, of Fayetteville, NC, to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, upon conviction for...


News Release: A federal grand jury in San Antonio has returned an indictment charging two San Antonio area men and a Manhattan, KS, woman for their roles in a scheme to defraud the United States in connection with contracts worth millions of dollars’ for medical equipment and personnel training announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.


News Release: More than $500,000 stolen in scheme.


Former San Antonio City Employee Indicted By Federal Grand Jury In Connection With A Bribery/Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: A federal grand jury in San Antonio has returned an indictment charging a former City of San Antonio employee in connection with a bribery scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.


Ohio Man Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Failing To Register As A Sex Offender

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Steubenville, Ohio, has pled guilty to a charge of failure to register as a sex offender, and has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months imprisonment, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Weather Related Incidents in the Park

News Release: At 12:39 p.m. a park visitor called 911 via cell phone to report that someone had been struck by lightning on the Ute Trail. The patient was subsequently located approximately 100 yards from the Ute Crossing Trailhead on Trail Ridge Road approximately one mile above Rainbow Curve. When rangers arrived...


News Release: HUTCHINSON, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom will speak tonight at an event in Hutchinson to honor the Americans With Disabilities Act.


News Release: Uriel Aguinaga-Ortiz, 33, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on July 17, 2013, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Aguinaga-Ortiz was arrested in Basin, Wyoming. He received time served plus ten days, was ordered to pay a $100.00...


Philadelphia Man Charged With Sex Trafficking A Minor

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment was unsealed today charging Rahim McIntyre, 36, of Philadelphia, PA, with three counts of sex trafficking of a minor and by force, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. McIntyre was arrested today.


Virginia, Minnesota, Felon Sentenced For Possessing A .38-caliber Revolver

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 49-year-old felon from the northern Minnesota community of Virginia was sentenced for possessing a.38-caliber revolver. United States District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz sentenced John Carl Pape to 180 months in prison on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Pape was indicted on Oct. 15, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2013.


Bipartisan Group of Senators Reach Deal to Lower Rates for All Students

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA)-working with U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Richard Burr (R-NC), Angus King (I-ME), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Tom Carper (D-DE), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Dick Durbin (D-IL)-introduced a...


North Cascades National Park Has Two Fires Reported

News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - July 18, 2013 - North Cascades National Park Complex had two fires reported from Tuesday night's thunderstorms.


Jury Verdict: Greenwood County Man Guilty Of Unlawful Possession Of Explosive Materials

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Greenwood County man has been found guilty by a federal jury of unlawful possession of explosive materials, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


USDA Announces Funding to Improve Rural Broadband Service in Texas, Iowa and North Dakota

News Release: Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Administrator John Padalino today announced funding for three rural telecommunications companies that will expand and improve broadband service in rural Texas, North Dakota and Iowa. USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty.


United States Settles Medicare Billing Fraud Lawsuit With Multi-Specialty Health Care Provider For $1 Million

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas O’Donnell, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), New York region, announced today that the United States has settled for $1 million a civil...


Former Gainesville Resident Sentenced for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft

News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Donald Lee Phelps, 51, formerly a resident of Gainesville, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Mark E. Walker to five years imprisonment in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Following his release from prison...


News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - The islands of Cape Lookout National Seashore have many stories. Come explore the beauty and history of your local national park. All programs are free of charge unless noted otherwise below. For more information on these activities, call the National Park Service at 252-728-2250, extension 3001.


New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Illegally Distribute Pharmaceutical Drugs

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Randy Binder, a pharmacist and the former proprietor of Texas Road Pharmacy in Manalapan, N.J., admitted today that he conspired to illegally distribute oxycodone to people without a legitimate need for the drug, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Monday, July 15, 2013, Aaron Dean Norton, age 33, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 360 months imprisonment for producing child pornography announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Judge Jarvey also ordered Norton to serve 20 years of supervised release following the imprisonment.