News published on Federal Newswire in October 2013

News from October 2013


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Carbon County man pleaded guilty on October 9, before Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, to the charge of being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of firearms.


Eagle Butte Man Found Guilty Of Attempted Aggravated Sexual Abuse And Abusive Sexual Contact

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Ronnie Fire Cloud, age 38, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was convicted of Attempted Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Abusive Sexual Contact as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota. Fire Cloud was found not guilty of Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force.


Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Transporting 16-Year-Old Girl From California to Reno For Prostitution

News Release: RENO, Nev. - A man who transported a 16-year-old girl from Sacramento, Calif., to Reno, Nev. in July 2010 for the purposes of prostitution, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and lifetime supervised release, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.


Roy Wood is the 2013 Alaska Region's Freeman Tilden Award Recipient

News Release: Roy Wood, Chief of Interpretation for Katmai National Park & Preserve has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Alaska Region Freeman Tilden Award for his partnership with the Annenberg Foundation’s explore.org to bring the bears of Brooks Camp to the world through the installation and operation of several webcams.


Two Legacy Network Executives Sentenced

News Release: POCATELLO - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that the former founder and chairman of the board of The Legacy Network, an insurance brokerage agency in Rexburg, Idaho, and his son were sentenced this afternoon in United States District Court in Pocatello.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Billy J. Avery, 82, of Virginia Beach, Va., pleaded guilty today to violating the asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollution (NESHAP), in violation of the Clean Air Act.


Noemi Ghazala Named as Superintendent at Women’s Rights National Historical Park

News Release: Seneca Falls, NY-- Noemi "Ami" Ghazala has been selected as the new superintendent of Women's Rights National Historical Park (NHP). She replaces Tammy Duchense, who recently was named superintendent of Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park in Hawai'i.


Vero Beach Resident Sentenced For Possession With Intent To Distribute Methylone And Firearm Charges

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Office, and Deryl Loar, Sheriff, Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, announce the sentencing of Omar Edgar Outten, 30, of Vero Beach, Florida. Outten was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jose E. Martinez to 75 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.


Douglas Vance Crooked Arm And Kenneth G. Shane Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Oct. 22, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, DOUGLAS VANCE CROOKED ARM, age 36, and KENNETH G. SHANE, age 45, residents of Crow Agency, were sentenced.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Fitzgerald Anthony Hudson, 53, formerly of Western New York, who was convicted of health care fraud for lying about his qualifications to practice medicine, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Chief Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $227,548.35.


News Release: PHOENIX - On Oct. 21, 2013, Diego DeLeon Chavez, 26, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 97 months of incarceration and five years of supervised release. Chavez pleaded guilty on July 25, 2013, to conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal aliens, resulting in death, after two Guatemalan nationals whom Chavez’s operation was transporting were killed in a rollover crash.


Spa Owner Guilty Of Laundering Money

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Suwanee, Ga., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of laundering of monetary instruments, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Kansas City Man Pleads GuiltyIn Bank Robbery With Hatchet

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has pleaded guilty in a case in which an Overland Park bank was robbed by a man with a hatchet, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


NIST Releases Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework, Will Seek Comments

News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (PDF) to help critical infrastructure owners and operators reduce cybersecurity risks in industries such as power generation, transportation and telecommunications.



NIST MEP Sets Up One-Stop Shop for Manufacturing-Related Research and Reports

News Release: The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST MEP) has a new website where users can find a collection of reports and studies on manufacturing policy and practice.


Prescription Drug Take-Back To Be Held Saturday, October 26, 2013

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Prescription Take-Back Day will be held this Saturday, Oct. 26, at locations throughout the State, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, and Clay Morris, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge for Alabama.


Kansas City Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery, Carjacking, Firearms Charge

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man has pleaded guilty to federal charges arising from an armed robbery and a carjacking, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


Brothers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Illegally Export Firearm Parts to Thailand

News Release: Bellevue Resident And Brother From Thailand Face Up To Five Years In Prison.