News published on Federal Newswire in May 2013

News from May 2013


News Release: BOSTON - A former Orthofix territory manager was convicted today for health care fraud and paying kickbacks.


Trail of Tears Receives 2013 Active Trails Grant from the National Park Foundation

News Release: (Lawrenceburg, TN) May 2, 2013 - Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is one of 22 national parks across the country selected to receive a 2013 Active Trails grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Now in its fifth year, the Active Trails program supports...


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Shawn Fred Crawford, age 48, of Lusby, Maryland, today to six years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possession and distribution of child pornography. Judge Titus ordered that upon his release from prison, Crawford...


Former Personal Care Attendant Sentenced For Stealing The Identity Of A Minor In Her Care

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a former Twin Cities personal care attendant was sentenced for stealing the identity of a minor in her care. United States District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle sentenced Charnell Alene Hudson, age 40, unknown residence, to 42 months on one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, as well as pay restitution to the victims. Hudson was indicted on July 23, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Nov. 19, 2012.


Nesspor Pleads Guilty To Oxycontin Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 54-year-old West Lawn, Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty today in Scranton before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to participating in an Oxycontin trafficking conspiracy that operated in Schuylkill and Berks County in 2011.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on May 10, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, DELWAYNE DENNY, a 30-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of the Chippewa Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.


Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for Producing Child Porn

News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Blue Springs, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for creating videos of his sexual assault of a child. William G. Weiss...


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News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge John Steele today sentenced Raymond Lugo (38, Punta Gorda) to 22 years in federal prison, to be followed by lifetime supervised release, for producing child pornography. The court also ordered Lugo to forfeit his computers and camera, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense. Lugo pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2012.



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News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKeesport, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced the guilty verdict of JIAN BING WU yesterday in the United States District Court for Guam. The jury found WU guilty of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and marriage fraud, based on his fraudulent marriage to Lynda Kathryn Laracuente for an immigration benefit. The charges stem from an Indictment filed on Aug. 22, 2012 against WU and Bradley Jiblits.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of re-entry of an illegal alien, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Two Sentenced To Federal Prison In Record Seizure Of Heroin

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jorge Daniel Estrada of Providence, R.I., and Angel Feliz of Dorchester, Mass., have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison sentences in connection with the seizure in October 2012 of 19 kilos of heroin, the largest single seizure in Rhode Island, announced United States Attorney...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 16th entitled “Opportunities Lost: Constraints on Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands and Waters."


Belleville Man Sentenced To Prison Term For Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

News Release: Courtney Darris, 22, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to 70 months in prison in the federal district court for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted Felon, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Darris was also order...


District Man Sentenced To 34-Year Prison Term For Attacking And Threatening Woman In Southeast Washington-Defendant Was On Parole At Time Of Attack-

News Release: WASHINGTON - Clarence McCallum, 48, has been sentenced to a 34-year prison term on charges of kidnapping and felony threats stemming from an attack last year against an 18-year-old woman in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of York, Pa., and a resident of Mahanoy City, Pa., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and filing false and fictitious federal income tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Petties Co-Conspirator Clinton Lewis Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

News Release: Memphis, TN - Clinton Lewis, a/k/a “Goldie", 36, of Memphis, TN was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. to life in federal prison for his role in the Craig Petties Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and Resident Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Memphis office Brian Chambers.