News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

News from April 2014


Fremont County Man Sentenced For Interstate Transportation Of A Minor For Criminal Sexual Activity

News Release: On March 25, 2014, Tony Lee Stogdill, age 46, of Imogene, Iowa, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the charge of interstate transportation of a person under 18 years of age for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual activity, announced United States Attorney...


Joplin Man Indicted for Child Porn

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Murrysville resident has been sentenced in federal court to 42 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release on convictions of mail fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Bowling Green Man Guilty Of Growing Marijuana In Mammoth Cave National Park And Warren County

News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Bowling Green, Kentucky man pleaded guilty today, in United States District Court to conspiracy to manufacture marijuana inside Mammoth Cave National Park and inside a residence located in Warren County, Kentucky announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.


Beaver Falls Teen Charged In Shooters Place Burglary

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beaver County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, stealing firearms from the inventory of a Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer, and possession of stolen firearms, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Brothers Charged In Fraud On Pennsylvania Business

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment was unsealed yesterday charging Owen Moore, 50, of Pottstown, PA, and Larry Moore, 52, of East Hampton, Connecticut, in a scheme to defraud a Pennsylvania corporation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment charges the brothers with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud for conspiring to defraud Siemens Corporation of $263,739.84. Owen Moore is also charged with wire fraud.


News Release: Fort Pulaski National Monument will host two days of programming from Saturday, April 12 to Sunday, April 13 to commemorate the 152nd Anniversary of the Siege & Reduction of Fort Pulaski.


Busy Weekend for Search and Rescue at Joshua Tree National Park

News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California -.


News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senior Democrat George Miller (D-CA) today introduced the Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 10), legislation to encourage the growth and expansion of quality charter schools.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former president of the Bank of Billings in Billings, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for a $413,000 bank fraud and money laundering scheme.



Issa Praises GOP Budget Proposal

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released the following statement on the Republican budget proposal released by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.:


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Scarlet Veres, and Steven M. Veres, III, both of Clermont, formerly of Broward County, pled guilty today...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Tuesday, April 1, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS -Andrew Scott Boguslawski, 44, of Moores Hill, Indiana pled guilty in U.S. District Court to illegally possessing 13 unregistered destructive devices when...


News Release: DENVER - Jesse Evans, age 33, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez to serve 252 months (21 years) in federal prison for production of child pornography, U.S. Attorney John Walsh, FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle and Denver...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Chicago man today admitted he stole more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads from Verizon Wireless through an elaborate scheme that involved misappropriating corporate purchasing accounts and then diverting the shipments by bribing Federal Express drivers, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement regarding the federal court ruling upholding the Obama Administration’s closed-door Endangered Species Act (ESA) settlement agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians.


News Release: On March 31, 2014, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania filed its response to a motion filed previously on behalf of the Defendant in United States v. Musto. Both filings relate to the trial Court’s prior Amended Order of January 7, 2014 committing the Defendant to the custody of the Attorney General for mental health evaluation.


Media Advisory

News Release: There will be a press conference held on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., at the federal courthouse located at 111 Seventh Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The press conference will be held in the United States Attorney’s second floor conference room. United States Attorney Kevin W. Techau will...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following House passage of S. 2183, international broadcasting legislation originally authored by Chairman Royce (and included as Section 103 of the Ukraine Support Act (H.R. 4278) that the House passed last week)...