News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

News from April 2014


Man Charged With Murder On The Meskwaki Nation Settlement

News Release: Jonathan Curtis Youngbear, age 20, from the Meskwaki Nation Settlement, Iowa, has been charged with first degree murder within “Indian Country." The charge is contained in an Indictment filed on April 24, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.


Mexican Drug Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Black Tar Heroin

News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on April 22, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


SAR Volunteer Information

News Release: Park Rangers are working in coordination with the following organizations to provide support for the search and rescue operations at Congaree National Park.


Change of Flags

News Release: The National Park Service will reenact the change of flags between the Spanish and the British in 1763, on Saturday May 3rd at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Visitors will see the changing of the guard, the massing of the Spanish and British Troops, the exchange...


DEA Investigation Results In Federal Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

News Release: (DENVER) - Hector Diaz, age 49, David Jeffrey Furtado, age 48, Luis Fernand Uribe, age 28, and Gerardo Uribe, age 33, were named in a just unsealed superseding indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Denver on April 22, 2014, federal law enforcement agencies announced. The superseding indictment...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Former Jersey City Council candidate Lavern Webb-Washington today admitted illegally using contributions to her political campaign for her personal use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count Indictment charging Seanna Krasin, 22, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, with two counts of heroin distribution. On April 25, 2014, United States Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy entered pleas of not guilty on Krasin's behalf at an arraignment. Krasin is released on conditions previously imposed by Judge Conroy.


Topeka Man Sentenced For Making Pipe Bomb

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to a year and a day for making a bomb, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


Title Company Manager Sentenced To Over 4 Years In Prison For $4.8 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Bonnie Kathleen Kreamer, a/k/a Bonnie Meehan, age 49, of Riva, Maryland, on April 25, 2014, to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which resulted in losses of over $4.8 million. Judge Bredar also ordered Kreamer to pay restitution of $2,499,048 to the victims and to forfeit $4.8 million.


News Release: Charleston, W. Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Brian M. Smith, 31, of Charleston was sentenced to five years in federal prison for the unlawful possession of a stolen firearm. Smith previously plead guilty in August of 2013.


Danville Resident Charged In Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Anthony Keslinke was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday and charged with money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Juan Carlos Martinez-Carranza, 26, of Delano, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 10 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it to another person, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Columbia Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Distribution Of Sexually Explicit Images Of Children

News Release: Scott E. Rouse, 37, of Columbia, Tennessee was sentenced on April 25, 2014, to 15 years in prison by U.S, District Judge Kevin Sharp, for distribution of child pornography, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The prison term will be followed by 10 years of supervised release, during which time Rouse will be required to remain on the sex offender registry and participate in sex offender treatment, among other conditions.


Detroit Drug Dealer Sentenced To More Than Three Years For Bringing Heroin To Huntington

News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that James Anthony Jones, 28, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in federal court in Huntington, West Virginia to 37 months imprisonment for possession with the intent to deliver heroin. United States District Court Chief Judge Robert C. Chambers handed down the sentence.


News Release: CHICAGO - The federal government and more than 200 public school districts in 19 states, including Illinois, were defrauded of more than $33 million by two Niles-based companies and two of their executives, who purported to provide government-funded tutoring services to low-income students, according...


45th defendant sentenced to more than 6 years in federal prison for trafficking identities of Puerto Rican US citizens

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Dominican national was sentenced Monday to six years and three months in federal prison for his role in trafficking the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens.


News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that the nearly week old Fern Creek Fire is now 100% contained and 100% controlled. Firefighters spent the daySaturdayexamining the fire area, they were unable to find any heat and/or smoke around the fire perimeter. There is still smoldering material...


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Albert Dansby, 59, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Omaha, Nebraska for two bank robberies. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Dansby to an 84 month term of imprisonment for each robbery. The terms were ordered to run concurrently. Upon his release from prison Dansby will serve a 3 year term of supervised release. Dansby was ordered to pay restitution totaling $5,417.50.


News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - April22, 2014. Contact's Name:ERIC CAMPBELL (540)868-0937. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NationalHistorical Park Announces new Junior Ranger Program. Middletown, VA ----- In conjunction withNational Junior Ranger Day this Saturday, April 26th, Cedar Creekand Belle Grove...