News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

News from September 2013


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENNETH DeVRIES, also known as “Lyme," 53, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a meth distribution ring.


News Release: SEP 17 - WATERBURY, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Kenneth DeVries, also known as “Lyme," 53, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a meth distribution ring.


Hatch Says CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook A “Call to Action” on Entitlement Reform

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said today’s Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) long-term budget outlook should serve as a call to action to take up meaningful structural entitlement reforms as a part of the debt ceiling negotiations. Earlier...


Worcester Man Sentenced For Solicitation To Kidnap A ChildDungeon Discussed In Online Chats Discovered In Defendant’s Basement

News Release: BOSTON - Geoffrey Portway, 40, a citizen of the United Kingdom and most recently of Worcester, Mass., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for solicitation to commit a crime of violence (kidnaping of a child), distribution and possession of child pornography.


Three Former Construction Company Officers Plead Guilty To Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: Jackson, Miss - H. Claiborne Frazier, 41, Austin W. Frazier, 38, and C.E. Frazier, Jr., 65, all from the Jackson metro area, pled guilty in federal court on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud, announced U.S.Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Cyle Krepps, a/k/a Black, a/k/a Trick, a/k/a Durell, a/k/a Dred, 26, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 280 grams or more of cocaine base and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 16 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.


Biscayne National Park Discourages Boaters from Congregating in the Park over Columbus Day Weekend

News Release: The 59th annual Columbus Day Regatta, a sailboat race, will begin off of Dinner Key on Saturday Oct. 12, 2013. Although the Columbus Day Regatta originally ended in Biscayne National Park, seven years ago the race was rerouted to avoid entering the park. However, thousands of boaters continue to congregate in the park for increasingly rowdy parties not associated with the Columbus Day Regatta.


News Release: CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL WIRETAPPING CHARGE.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced in an Anchorage federal court after pleading guilty to multiple counts of weapons possession, one count of possession of cocaine, and one count of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that James C. Howard, III, 53, of Parkland, FL, the founder of Commodities Online LLC (COL), pled guilty yesterday for his participation in a $21 million investment fraud scheme.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Allan D. Cooper, 66, of Memphis, TN, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud before United States District Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr., announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena, on Sept. 16, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, SONNY LIONEL CRAZYMULE, a 34-year-old resident of Lame Deer, was sentenced to a term of.


USDA Celebrates National Health IT Week

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today kicked off National Health IT week by highlighting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) to expand funding for advanced health care technology in rural America.


Cleveland Woman Sentenced To 16 Months In Prison For Theft Of $41,000 In Government Benefits

News Release: A Cleveland woman was sentenced to 16 months in prison for the theft of more than $41,000 in government benefits, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Autumn Programs in the Parks

News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Sept. 10, 2013- Join a ranger to explore parks as the season changes. Ranger-guided walks are offered through autumn in New River Gorge National River and along the Bluestone River. Each program provides a fun way to get outdoors and learn more about the natural world that...


News Release: FBI Seeks Additional Victims, Information. CAMDEN, N.J. - A registered sex offender who allegedly traveled between New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania to sexually assault a girl younger than 13 on more than one occasion is expected to appear this afternoon to face a federal charge in Camden federal...


Three Men Indicted On Charges Of Stealing Drugs From Walter Reed And Fort Belvoir Hospitals

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Issa Wasco Koroma, age 61, of Springdale, Maryland; Rodger George Gurdon, age 42, of Waldorf, Maryland; and Daniel Mark Wilkerson, age 39, of Waldorf, Maryland on charges arising from a conspiracy to steal prescription drugs from two federal military hospitals. The indictment was returned yesterday.


Harkin Statement on Wage and Overtime Protections for Home Care Workers

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor finalized a critical rule to ensure fair wages for workers providing in-home care and support to seniors...


News Release: For Sexually Abusing Stepdaughter and Other Crimes.


Chairman Robert Menendez, Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson Meet Cuban Democracy Activist Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez”

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) met with Cuban democracy activist Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez" today.