News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


Bloods Street Gang Leader Sentenced To 30 Years Of Imprisonment For Racketeering, Murder, Drug Distribution And Firearms Use

News Release: Today in Brooklyn federal court, Laron Spicer, also known as “Face," a leader of the “Nine-Trey Gangsters" set of the Bloods street gang in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was sentenced to a 30-year prison term for charges related to the set’s control of illegal activity on Sterling Place between Buffalo and...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Vyron A. Cox, Jr., age 28, of Washington, D.C., today to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a gun and possession with intent to distribute 5.45 grams of marijuana.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted his involvement in a heroin distribution ring, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Committee Continues Oversight of Ebola Outbreak

News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, ...


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office, the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office, and the Lansing Police Department announced today that three people have been charged and arrested with operating...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Philip DeBartolo, 29, of Scituate, pled guilty in federal court in Providence today to being a felon in possession of 12 firearms and to drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston field divisionof ATF; Scituate Police Chief Colonel David M. Randall; and Michael Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England field division.


News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announces that Anthony S. King, a 35 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama, was sentenced today. Mr. King pled guilty on February 5, 2014, to Possession with intent to distribute 226 grams of cocaine. Mr. King received a sentence of 130 months incarceration followed...


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the September jobs report.


News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the indictment of 11 individuals charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Minnesota. The indictment is the result of a two-year investigation, and a collaborative effort among members of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension...


Moth Researcher Earns Award

News Release: Contact: Valerie Gohlke 575-785-3090, Carlsbad Caverns National Park.


Maryland Man Sentenced To 14-Year Prison Term For Sexually Abusing Subordinate Food Services EmployeeAttacks Took Place At Federal Building In Washington, D.C.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Alexander Hughes, 35, of Odenton, Md., was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for sexually abusing a subordinate employee in the cafeteria of a federal building where they worked in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Honduran Man, Alfredo Varela-hernandez, Charged With Illegal Reentry

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALFREDO VARELA-HERNANDEZ, age 35, a citizen of Honduras who recently resided in Kenner, Louisiana, was charged yesterday in a one-count bill of information with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. ' 1326(a).


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jerry Lane Golliher, age 32, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was found guilty of Commercial Sex Trafficking following a two-day federal jury trial held in U.S. District Court in Rapid City. The guilty verdict was returned on Oct. 1, 2014.


Week In Review – Fort Wayne

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


News Release: DENVER - Two men who defrauded a bank that received Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds were sentenced this week for their criminal conduct, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) announced.


News Release: Case Is One of Many Prosecuted As Part of United States Attorney Wigginton’s Armed Robbery Initiative.


News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Oct. 3, 2014 14-079. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Guilty Verdict In Third Yellowstone Unmanned Aircraft...


News Release: Effective Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks are lifting fire restrictions inside the parks. Recent rain and shorter and cooler days have reduced fire danger.


News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, ...