News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


News Release: DENVER - Douglas Wayne Delling, age 53, of Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 41 months in federal prison for failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and U.S. Marshal John Kammerzell announced. Following his prison...


U.S. Department Of Justice Announces Collaborative Reform Initiative With Fayetteville Police Department

News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA-Today the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced the beginning of a review of the Fayetteville Police Department’s use of force policies and practices. The scope of the work announced today will include an assessment of...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz today sentenced Patrick J. Belzner, a/k/a “Patrick McCloskey," age 45, of Selbyville, Delaware to 15 years in prison followed, by three years of supervised release, on charges of wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and tax evasion. Judge Motz also entered an order that Belzner pay $19.805 million in restitution.


NPS-Alaska Sets Hearings for Sport Hunting Proposals (King Salmon)

News Release: The National Park Service will hold 17 public hearings this fall on proposed regulations and environmental assessment related to sport hunting in Alaska's national preserves.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that XING LIN, a/k/a “Ding Pa," the leader of a gang that operated for nearly 15 years in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan as well as in Queens, Atlanta, and Toronto, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal...


News Release: Defendants Billed DISD And FWISD Approximately $3 Million For Tutoring Services Not Provided.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) is teaming up with the Washington SPCA and Metro Mutts for a Halloween celebration and pet safety awareness meet and greet for the dogs and dog parents who enjoy Capitol Hill Parks. The festivities run from3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.


News Release: MEDFORD, OREGON- On Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Dennis William Lee, 45, of Medford, Oregon, to 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lee will be on three years of supervised release after he completes his prison term. Lee’s 10-year sentence is the maximum allowed under federal law.


Klamath Falls Felon Sentenced to 15 Years Federal Prison for Possessing Firearms

News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Today Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Vincent Sanchez, Jr., 37, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sanchez will be on five years of supervised release after he completes his prison term. The maximum sentence he faced was life in prison.



Javier Pleads Guilty To Theft And Forgery Of Social Security Benefits

News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that FRANCISCO A. JAVIER, age 50, of Waianae (Honolulu County), Hawaii, pled guilty on Oct. 17, 2014, in the U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, to one count of Theft of Government...


Braddock Hills Bar & Grill Owner Pleads Guilty To Income Tax Evasion

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of North Braddock, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of income tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


New Mexico Woman Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition

News Release: BISMARCK - U. S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Oct. 20, 2014, April Marie Lacey, 32, Las Cruces, NM, was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve 10 years in prison for and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.


NOAA team discovers two vessels from WWII convoy battle off North Carolina

News Release: “This is not just the discovery of a single shipwreck," said Joe Hoyt, a NOAA sanctuary scientist and chief scientist for the expedition. “We have discovered an important battle site that is part of the Battle of the Atlantic. These two ships rest only a few hundred yards apart and together help us interpret and share their forgotten stories."


News Release: PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - On Oct. 16, 2014, ROBERTO DELGADO, 35, of Ossining, New York was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison by United States District Court Judge Glenn Suddaby in Syracuse, New York announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt.


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New Orleans Man, James Conrad, Jr., Charged With Stealing From Two Federal Agencies

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAMES CONRAD, JR., age 49, a resident of New Orleans, was charged yesterday in a bill of information with theft of government funds.


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News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the resignation announcement of Allison Macfarlane, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).


California Man who was Supplying Pure Methamphetamine to Reno, Nev. Area Sentenced to 19½ Years in Prison

News Release: RENO, Nev. - A man who supervised and directed an illegal drug distribution operation in Reno from his home in southern California, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 20, to 19½ years in federal prison and five years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden, for the District of Nevada.