News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Oregon Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Transfer Of Obscene Material

News Release: BOISE B Scott L. Austin, 52, of Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to probation for a term of three years, with a condition of six months’ home detention on his conviction of smuggling goods from the United States, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Eagle Butte Man And Woman Charged With Child Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felony Child Abuse.


Murphysboro Resident Charged With Crack Cocaine And Firearm Offenses

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On October 7, 2014, Martell L. Brown-Wright, a/k/a “Low Key," 28, of Murphysboro, was charged by indictment with distribution of crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing...


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Sandra Lynn Vitorelo, AKA Sandra Mathewson, was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison and ordered to pay $91,442 in restitution for failure to report misappropriated funds on tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas McMahon.


Three Sentenced and Two Indicted for Tax Refund Fraud and Identity Theft Schemes

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Northern District of Florida. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Follow @NDFLNews. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today that three individuals have been sentenced to federal prison and two...


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


Federal Election Officer Available On Election Day To Field Complaints Of Election Fraud And Voting Rights Abuses

News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Pat Meadows will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department's nationwide Election Day Program for the Nov. 4 general elections.


News Release: Chamizal National Memorial Helps Launch New Chihuahuan Desert Nature Club.


Chairman Royce Statement on Worsening Human Rights Conditions in Iran

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the United Nations investigation highlighting worsening human rights conditions in Iran...


Former Fugitive Heroin Dealer Sentenced To Nearly Five Years In Prison

News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man and former federal fugitive to four years and nine months in federal prison for dealing heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.


News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Bowling Green, Kentucky, resident who fraudulently promoted himself as an investment advisor was sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay victims $886,925.62 in restitution on Oct. 23, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr., announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.


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


Federal Jury Finds Immokalee Man Guilty Of Theft Of Government Money And Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Ernest Freeman, Jr. guilty of 11 counts of theft of government money and 11 counts of aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each count of theft of...


Brattleboro Man Sentenced To Prison For Child Pornography Offense

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Grant Klein, 33, of Brattleboro, Vermont, was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2014, in United States District Court in Rutland, Vermont, to serve a term of 12 months and one-day imprisonment and a 10-year period of supervised release...


Chairman Menendez Statement on OXI Day

News Release: NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement in celebration of “OXI Day" on October 28th.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Cambrian County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 90 months in prison and three years supervised release on his conviction of distributing heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to having thousands of images of child pornography on his computer. Duane E. Elliott, 57, of Kansas City...