News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


White Plains Area Man Sentenced To 151 Months Federal Prison

News Release: Man sentenced to federal prison for distributing cocaine in North Country.


Upshur County Man Conceals Armed Robbery Suspect, Sentenced To Four Months In Prison

News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national living in Peabody was sentenced to jail today on charges that he used the identity of another man to obtain unemployment benefits.


Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot to Commemorate Native American Heritage Month with Indigenous Arts, Crafts, and Cultural Events (Camp Verde)

News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -Oct. 20, 2014. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot to Commemorate Native American Heritage Month with Indigenous Arts, Crafts, and Cultural Events. CAMP VERDE, AZ-in honor of Native peoples' contributions to American...


Charleston Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Jon Paul Clements, 33, of Charleston, West Virginia, plead guilty in federal court in Charleston to four counts of distributing heroin. Clements admitted that on July 7, 8, and 9, 2014, and Aug. 19, 2014, he sold heroin to a person who was cooperating with the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT). The drug deals took place near Ruffner Avenue on Charleston’s East End.


News Release: Successful 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Cedar Creek.


News Release: CHICAGO - A dermatologist in west suburban Lombard was convicted today of defrauding Medicare and private health insurers by submitting false claims for more than 800 patients resulting in losses totaling more than $2.6 million. The defendant, DR. ROBERT KOLBUSZ, falsely diagnosed patients with actinic...


Winning the Future: Grand Ronde Solar Projects Reduce Pollution, Cut Costs

News Release: Challenge: Situated on nearly 12,000 acres in the heart of Western Oregon’s scenic coastal range, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon has a strong connection to the earth and nature and a deep commitment to environmental stewardship. Landless from 1954 until 1983 when the Grand...


News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Todd County, Kentucky man pleaded guilty today, in U.S. District Court to charges of persuading, inducing and coercing two minor females to engage in sexually explicit conduct and with receiving child pornography announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.


News Release: An Akron physician pleaded guilty to illegally prescribing hundreds of thousands of doses of painkillers and other pills to customers for no legitimate medical purpose, even after he learned some customers had died from overdose-related deaths, law enforcement officials said.


News Release: The Lakeview Lodge is the heart of Minto, a small Alaska Native village 126 miles northwest of Fairbanks. The 12,000-square-foot building is used daily for school and senior lunch programs, community meetings, and village council operations.


Davis Man Found Guilty of Bank Fraud, Jury Finds for Forfeiture of $3.2 Million in Assets

News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that ROY LYNN WESBERRY, age 55, of Davis, Oklahoma was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and four (4) counts of Bank Fraud by a federal jury on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. The jury also found that the defendant should forfeit $3,200,000.00 in assets as part of any sentence imposed.


West Virginia Couple Guilty Of Stealing From Elderly Victim To Purchase Beach House

News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.


Two FCI Morgantown Inmates Convicted Of Possessing Contraband

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News Release: A man who possessed child pornography was sentenced today to over 16 years in federal prison.


Fajita Grill Owners Sentenced for Hiring Undocumented Aliens and False Statements

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.


Thornton Woman Pleads Guilty And Aiding And Assisting In The Preparation Of False Tax Returns

News Release: DENVER - Geraldine Juanita Sotelo, age 64, of Thornton, Colorado, pled guilty last week before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd announced. Judge Jackson is scheduled to sentence Sotelo on Jan. 26, 2015. Sotelo was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on Jan. 28, 2014.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee members have taken the bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative around the country with roundtables in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, and North Carolina. The ongoing conversations have been instrumental in building...


Baltimore Cocaine Dealer Resentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Travis Gaines, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 130 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge Blake also found that Gaines is a career offender based on previous narcotics convictions.