News published on Federal Newswire in May 2014

News from May 2014


Hearing Statement of Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., On Modern Challenges and the Need for Transparency in Trade Policy

News Release: For decades, American trade policy has been a story of adaptation and change. In particular, the extraordinary economic changes of the last generation demonstrate how important it is that future trade policies are reformed to reflect the times.


News Release: Defendant Caught with Hydrocodone, Cash and Stolen Firearms.


News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - An Amarillo, Texas, man remains in federal custody following his arrest on an indictment charging several felony drug and firearms offenses. Michael Chad Kennedy, 30, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Clinton E. Averitte on those charges yesterday and was ordered detained pending a detention hearing and arraignment set for tomorrow. U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement today.


** CLARIFICATION** Intrieri Sentenced To 30 Months For Wire Fraud **CLARIFICATION**

News Release: * RIFICATION**. Please be advised that Northeast Metal Traders was mistakenly named as being affiliated with STEPHEN SALVATORE INTRIERI in the news release issued below. In fact, Northeast Metal Traders has no affiliation with Mr. Intrieri or his business affairs. The wording of the press release and...


News Release: An Ohio man was fined $2,000 and put on probation for two years after discharging well drilling waste into Beecher Brook, a tributary of the Chagrin River, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, woman convicted of Making False Statements to a Federal Agency was sentenced on April 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Cocaine Source’s Mother Laundered Drug Funds For Her Son

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Antioch, Calif., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal money laundering laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Jackson, Miss - Calvin Louis Smith, 56, a former Canton City Alderman, was found guilty of bribery following a three-day trial in U.S. District Court, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Douglas L. Bates, 55, of Parkland, was sentenced by U.S. District Donald M. Middlebrooks to 60 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and a $20,000 fine.


News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chris Coons (D-DE) today introduced a resolution condemning the April 14 abduction of as many as 234 Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram. While ...


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempt to Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud was sentenced on April 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on April 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Jahmal A. Rivera, 28, of St. Croix was arrested on Tuesday and charged in United States District Court with having a loaded firearm on an aircraft announced United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe. Rivera appeared yesterday in District Court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller and was ordered held without bail pending trial.


Pine Ridge Man Sentenced For Sexual Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of sexual abuse was sentenced on April 29, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Authorities Seek Tyler Man In Cocaine Conspiracy

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 37-year-old Tyler, Texas man is being sought by authorities in a drug conspiracy case in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


Jacksonville Man Sentenced To 24 Years For Sex Trafficking By Force, Fraud Or Coercion

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis yesterday sentenced Narada Randolph (32) to 24 years in federal prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. Randolph was indicted on June 27, 2012. He pleaded guilty in November 2013.


Beth Burkhart Retires From Wind Cave after 30 Years of Service

News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - A summer internship for the National Park Service (NPS) changed the life of a woman from Cleveland, Ohio. Wind Cave National Park Botanist Beth Burkhart switched her college major after that summer and started making plans for a career that included five NPS units, the...


Mine Operator Sentenced To Prison For Obstructing MSHA Investigation

News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Elmer Fuller, of Bristol, Virginia, was sentenced in United States District Court in Abingdon, Virginia, for obstructing a Mine Safety and Health Administration investigation.


News Release: GLEN MCINERNEY, age 42, a resident of Meraux, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to 41 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite. MCINERNEY previously plead guilty to a four-count Superseding Bill of Information...


Idaho Prisoner Pleads Guilty To Federal Child Pornography Charge

News Release: Engaged in Sexual Chats with Teenage Girls via Social Media Websites.