News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

News from September 2014


Operator Of Local Frison Flea Market Convicted Of Federal Fraud Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - JACK FRISON, SR. was convicted of multiple charges relating to his involvement in the sale of counterfeit goods and DVD?s.


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Todd Adam Rigney Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison For Distribution Of Child Pornography

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 8, 2014, Todd Adam Rigney, 44, of Morristown, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 200 months in prison by the Honorable Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge.


News Release: Defendant Defrauded Over 200 Investors And Perpetrated A $30 Million Ponzi Scheme.


Atlanta Man Sentenced For Interstate Transportation Of 17-Year-Old Girl For Prostitution

News Release: ATLANTA - Johnathon Kelly has been sentenced to eleven years for interstate transportation of a minor for prostitution.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Christopher Ford, 29, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to a 57 month term in federal prison, to be followed by a three year term of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,883.30...


2014 National Public Lands Day

News Release: Pipestone, MN: All National Park Service sites, including Pipestone National Monument, will offer free entrance on Saturday, September 27th for National Public Lands Day. In the event of rain on the 27th, the collection of seeds will be postponed until October 4th.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), announce that Markinson Dolce, 25, of Miami, was...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Bernard Fleming, 23, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for second-degree murder while armed and other charges involving a shooting on a busy public street that killed one man and wounded another, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.



Man Charged With Distributing Methamphetamine Near A Playground

News Release: Robert John Mueller, age 29, from Dyersville, Iowa, has been charged with two counts of distributing methamphetamine near a playground and one count of possessing pseudoephedrine for use in the manufacture of methamphetamine.­ The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on Sept. 12, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.


Five Correctional Officers, An Inmate And A Drug Supplier Plead Guilty In Baltimore Jail Racketeering Conspiracy

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Sean Graves, age 48, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, today to 28 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for participating in a racketeering conspiracy that included the smuggling of drugs and contraband inside the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC).


Wisconsin Pharmacist And Nevada Pharmacologist Charged With Smuggling Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Using A Costa Rican Internet Pharmacy

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Wisconsin pharmacist and a Nevada pharmacologist were arraigned on an indictment today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, before United States Magistrate Judge Gary Brown. The defendants are charged with conspiring to supply at least four million misbranded and counterfeit pharmaceuticals to an illegal Internet pharmacy based in Costa Rica that catered to U.S. customers.


News Release: ATLANTA - Former attorney Michael Rene Berlon has been arraigned on federal charges of mail and wire fraud.


News Release: In Austin today, 58-year-old Patty E. Smith of Lohn, TX, was sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay $ 636,475.82 restitution for embezzling from the Lohn Independent School District (LISD) announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Special Agent in Charge R. Damon Rowe, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Dallas Field Office.


USDA Announces Investments to Increase Economic Activity in Rural Areas and on Native Lands

News Release: Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that USDA is investing in rural businesses and development organizations to spur economic growth in rural areas and in Tribal communities.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced today that former Department of Navy employee Donna Lorraine Brown, age 45, of Millington, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman to serve eight months...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Northern District of Florida. Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Follow @NDFLNews. TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today that Porscha Thomas, 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced...


New Bedford Whaling NHP Receives 2014 Park Stewards Grant

News Release: New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Donald J. Jones, III, 50, of Pemberton, N.J., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith to 50 years in federal prison, having been convicted at trial in May 2012, on charges of interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual acts with a minor, aggravated sexual assault, enticement of a minor, and distribution of child pornography.