News published on Federal Newswire in June 2014

News from June 2014


News Release: FAIRBANKS - Eight local middle school students are heading up the Dalton Highway this week to learn about science of the Arctic region as part of North for Science, a new education program launched by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and Alaska Geographic Association.


Middlesex County, N.J., Man Admits Saddle Brook Bank Robbery

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, N.J., man today admitted robbing a TD Bank in Saddle Brook, N.J., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Jose Gallegos, 47, of Austin, has been ordered to prison for harboring and transporting an undocumented person, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Gallegos was convicted by a Corpus Christi federal jury Dec. 10, 2013, following a two-day trial and approximately 45 minutes of deliberation.


Connecting Rural Businesses with International Customers

Release: By Phil Karsting, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.


News Release: A federal grand jury returned a 53-count criminal indictment yesterday charging pharmacist Osama Salouha, age 41, his wife Samah Salouha, age 36, both of Strongsville, Ohio, and pharmacist Sbeih Sbeih, age 45, of North Olmsted, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Oakland Man Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Selling Historic Gold Jewelry Box Stolen From Oakland Museum

News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Andre Taray Franklin was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for knowingly receiving and then selling an historic gold jewelry box stolen from the Oakland Museum of California, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. was in Washington, D.C. today as Dr. Khalid Qazi received the Attorney General’s Citizen Volunteer Service Award for Community Service for his outstanding volunteer contributions to the mission of the Justice Department.


News Release: Gail Minami-Judd retired from Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on May 31, 2014, following 31 years of dedication to the National Park Service (NPS). She served as the Supervisory Park Ranger and Kīlauea District Ranger for the Protection Division since 1990.


Monroe County Man Charged With Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal Information was filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton today charging a Monroe County resident with participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin during November 2013 through April 2014.


Nigerian Fugitive Arrested For Health Care Fraud Violations

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 43-year-old Nigerian fugitive has been arrested at a Houston airport and will now face federal health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.


New Haven Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Gun Charge, Faces At Least 15 Years In Prison

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES BROWN, 34, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.


News Release: MIDLAND, Texas - Federal, state and local law enforcement and medical authorities in the Permian Basin, led by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Midland County District Attorney Teresa Clingman and Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland are getting the word out about the dangers associated with synthetic cannabinoids, also known as “synthetic marijuana" and synthetic cathinones, referred to as “bath salts."


Luzerne County Man Sentenced To More Than 14 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former Kingston resident was sentenced today to serve 175 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for distributing heroin and cocaine during a four-year time period.


News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - Richard R. Montez, 32, been ordered to prison following his conviction on one count of distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Montez pleaded guilty Feb. 18, 2014.


Armed Drug Trafficker And Alleged Gang Member Sentenced To More Than 14 Years In Prison

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


Tennessee, Virginia, And North Carolina Methamphetamine Cooks Sentenced To Federal Prison

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Three individuals were sentenced on June 4, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, for their involvement in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. John G. Reece, II, 33, of Bristol, Va., was sentenced to serve 132 months in federal prison, to be followed...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton returned an indictment today charging James Nathaniel Watts, 29, of Cairo, Illinois, with Attempted Armed Bank Robbery Resulting in Death announced...


News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Chris Pergiel announced today that the 13-knot vessel speed limit in lower Glacier Bay will be raised to 20 knots through the water due to a decrease in the number of humpback whales in the area. This change goes into effect beginning at 5AM...


Convicted Bank Robber, On The Run for nearly 5 Years, Arrested in Oregon

News Release: Defendant Snagged By Automated License Plate Reading Device In Fred Meyer Parking Lot.


Mexican Nationals Charged With Illegal Reentry

News Release: Two Mexican nationals were indicted on charges of unlawful reentry to the United States, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.