News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

News from September 2013


Former President Of Wyoming Area Education Association

News Release: Charged With Embezzlement. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of an Information in U.S. District Court in Scranton today charging Lisa Barrett, age 48, of Shavertown, Luzerne County, with embezzlement of funds of a labor organization. According...


News Release: What: Installation of permanent protective fence around Old Apple Tree.


Brooklyn Residents Arrested in International Lottery Fraud Scheme

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that four men were arrested this morning in Brooklyn, N.Y., and charged by criminal complaint with participating in a fraudulent lottery scheme being operated from Jamaica. The scheme targeted elderly citizens throughout the United...


Philadelphia Man Charged With Attempted Bank Robbery

News Release: Dean Ceraolo, 51, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment on charges that he committed an attempted bank robbery at Citizens Bank, 1970 Red Lion Road, Philadelphia, on Sept. 3, 2013, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


Pasco County Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Pain Medications

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Susan Bucklew today sentenced Edward Benjamin Alister Beckles (59, Pasco County) to 4 years in federal prison for distributing Oxycodone. He was also ordered to serve a two-year term of supervised release. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $175,000, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Beckles pleaded guilty on March 26, 2013.


California Women Convicted Of Smuggling Drugs On Airplanes To Tampa

News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Vanessa Cooper (39, El Cajon, California), Canetha Johnson (43, El Cajon, California) and Selena Blanchard (41, San Diego, California) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute...


Hogsett Announces Conviction, Sentencing Of Former Law Enforcement Official

News Release: TERRE HAUTE - U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced this afternoon the sentencing of James E. Haley, Jr., age 31, of Terre Haute, to 68 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge William T. Lawrence. Haley, a former Vigo County Sheriff’s Deputy, was charged in March of this year with one...


District Man Sentenced To More Than 14 Years In Prison For Fatally Stabbing Woman In Southeast Washington-Victim Ordered Defendant To Leave Her Apartment Building-

News Release: WASHINGTON - Earl Johnson, 41, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a prison sentence of 14 years and three months for fatally stabbing a woman at an apartment building in Southeast Washington last year, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


News Release: "Building An Honest & Open Government in Detroit: Why Public Integrity Matters," is the theme of a leadership summit Oct. 21, 9-3pm at Wayne State University Law School Auditorium to be attended by leaders in business, government, nonprofit, foundation and the wider civic community.


Judiciary Democrats Deliver Letter to Chairman Goodlatte Calling for Hearings on Gun Violence

News Release: Today, all of the Democratic members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) calling for hearings on gun violence. A copy of this letter is attached and the body of the message can be found below: ---


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a White River, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting a Federal Officer was sentenced on Sept. 23, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHEN JOYCE, 45, of Stamford, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of operating an illegal gambling business.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A 20-year-old man pled guilty today to sexually assaulting an adult relative while she slept at a home in Southwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Four Sentenced For Drug Trafficking

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Four people have been ordered to prison for their role in a drug conspiracy to ship more than 1000 pounds of marijuana from Laredo to Dallas, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Nancy Gutierrez, 28, and Jimmy Eusebio Trujillo, 50, both of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Pedro Menchaca, 39, of Rio Bravo, and Ricardo Cruz, 22, of Laredo, all entered guilty pleas at varying times in early 2013.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Aliquippa resident was sentenced to serve 200 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for several violations of federal narcotics trafficking laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: A man who sexually exploited four children and possessed child pornography was convicted by a jury on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, after a two-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: Notice of Joint Meeting of Advisory Councils for.


Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park October 2013 Hawaiian Cultural & After Dark in the Park Programs

News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in October. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association, and your $2 donation helps support park programs. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.


News Release: DALLAS - Kennedy Githaiga Wanyoike was sentenced yesterday, by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay, to 37 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $73,638 in restitution following his guilty plea in October 2012 to one count of conspiracy to file false claims. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: No Entrance Fees to be Charged in Western PA National Parks on Saturday Sept. 28, 2013.