News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Philadelphia Grant Continues Commitment to Pedestrian Safety

News Release: Investment Supports Department’s New Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Initiative


News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with David Downing, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Jonesboro Police Department Chief Kenton Buckner; and Craighead County Sheriff Marty Boyd announced...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HARRY P. MICONI, 78, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in...


Sovereign Citizen Who Retaliated Against Federal Officials By Filing False Liens Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. After nearly two years, the federal prosecution of Cherron Marie Phillips, a/k/a “River Tali," ended yesterday with Phillips being sentenced to a seven year prison term, the United...


Shuster & Thune Call for Travel Ban in Response to Ebola Outbreak

News Release: To help contain the current outbreak of the Ebola virus, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) and Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Ranking Member John Thune (R-South Dakota) today called for a temporary travel ban from affected...


News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park will be closed Friday, October 17 in anticipation of Tropical Storm Ana.


News Release: HELENA - Kelly Lorraine Watts, a 46-year old resident of Renton, Washington, was sentenced today for conspiracy to utter and possess forged securities with intent to deceive an organization. Watts was sentenced after pleading guilty on May 20, 2014. Watts was sentenced 18 months in prison 3 years supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $30,360 in restitution.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Clarence Lambert, 22, was charged by criminal complaint with obstructing commerce by robbery, and possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The robbery charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years...


Canton And Gulfport Awarded Doj Hiring Grants To Help Reduce Violence And Protect Schools

News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Keith Anthony Kiel, 38, of Mobile, Alabama, and Randy Laverne Marshall, 34, of Pritchard, Alabama, were sentenced on Oct. 14, 2014 by Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. for a series of eight bank robberies across the Southeast, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Pedro Santiago, age 43, of Columbia, Maryland pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with two fraud schemes in which he illegally used $282,000 of his clients’ money.



Buffalo Man Sentenced for Bank Fraud

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Avery Gill, 56, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to time served and four years probation by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $28,512.78.


Mexican National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine in Anthony, N.M.

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Alejandro Lopez, 41, a Mexican native who resides in Anthony, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in federal prison for his cocaine trafficking conviction. Alejandro Lopez, a legal permanent resident, will be deported after he completes his prison sentence.


News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Nevada, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving child pornography after he assumed a false online identity as a woman and persuaded a teenage girl...


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former delegate of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1235 was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to extort longshoremen on the New Jersey piers for Christmastime tribute payments, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Northern District of Florida. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Follow @NDFLNews. TALLAHASSEEFive defendants have been charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with the filing of false income tax returns. The 21-count indictment, unsealed today...


Saxton Woman Sentenced For Assisting Gun Store Burglar Avoid Apprehension

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Saxton, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years of probation, the first twelve months of which must be satisfied by a condition of home confinement, ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $6399, and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service work on her conviction of being an accessory after the fact, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


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