News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

News from September 2014


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Delaware Man Indicted For Murder For Hire

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Marquis Antwan Mack, a/k/a “Ice," and “Goldie," age 31, of Dover, Delaware, today for use of the telephone and interstate travel in the commission of a murder for hire.


Department of Justice Announces Camden, N.J., as Selected City for New Violence Reduction Network

News Release: WASHINGTON -Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason for the Office of Justice Programs today launched the Violence Reduction Network (VRN), a national comprehensive approach to reduce violent crime in communities around the country. The Justice Department’s ability ...


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Dr. Terrill Eugene Brown, 61, of Visalia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years and nine months in prison for causing the distribution and dispensing of oxycodone and structuring financial transactions to evade a reporting requirement...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Derrick Dawon Burns, 21, of Chicago, Illinois, was charged in a previously-sealed...


Indiana Man Charged with Perjury, Obstruction and Making False Statements

News Release: Alexander Krivozus, 42, of Carmel, Indiana, was charged earlier this week by a grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio for two counts of making false statements, one count of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice during an investigation into a Cleveland resident who maintained a secret bank account at UBS, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced.


Saginaw Resident Found GuiltyOf Armed Drug Trafficking

News Release: A Saginaw man was convicted Friday of armed drug trafficking after a federal jury trial in Bay City, Michigan, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.


Tool Helps Track Insects Blowing In the Wind

News Release: Corn earworms, also known as cotton bollworms, migrate at night, making them notoriously hard to track. Farmers worried about controlling infestations have to make educated guesses about the pest's movements, based on reports from other areas and past experience. Guessing wrong can be expensive: The pest costs cotton producers an estimated $200 million a year.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Four defendants involved in a scheme that victimized distressed homeowners were sentenced today, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Manon Cote, 47, of Newport, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Brattleboro to 15 months of imprisonment following her guilty to a forgery charge which stemmed from Cote's embezzlement of hundreds of...


Fremont Man Faces Firearms Charge

News Release: An information was filed against Timothy J. Miller, age 30, of Fremont, Ohio, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years probation and 200 hours of community service on her conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - A federal grand jury has indicted Russell Edward Johnson, 23, of Lusby, Maryland, today on charges of drug distribution, including one count of distribution of heroin resulting in death.


Former Belmont Resident Charged With $6 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

News Release: BOSTON - A former Belmont resident was arrested today in El Paso, Texas after being charged in U.S. District Court in Boston with defrauding at least 15 investors of more than $6 million.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Robert Hanrahan, aka Bubba, 41, of Salinas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William B. Shubb to 31 years and three months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Hillsboro Drywall Company President Sentenced for Federal Tax Evasion

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, Stephen Gregory Nagy, 53, Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced by the U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman, to nineteen months in federal prison for evading the payment of federal payroll taxes. Judge Mosman also ordered that Nagy pay $481,517.73 in restitution...


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


Criminal Street Gang Member Sentenced To 262 Months For Sex Trafficking Of Children

News Release: DALLAS - A documented member of the 59 Bounty Hunter Bloods criminal street gang in Dallas, Keith Williams, a/k/a “Chucky Blood," was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 262 months in federal prison. Williams, 25, pleaded guilty in February 2014 to one count of sex trafficking of children. U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas, made the announcement today.


Cyberstalking Case Involving Violent Threats Against Art Dealers And Their Children Leads To 5-Year Federal Prison Term

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a Temecula art gallery who stalked, harassed and attempted to extort as much as $300,000 from art world professionals was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison.