News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

News from September 2014


News Release: Walter Lewis Glenn, 59, of La Vergne, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today, in U.S. District Court, to two counts of Social Security Fraud, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: o Grazing Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Mojave National Preserve.


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


East Saint Louis Woman Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today, that Beatrice L. Randall, 59, of East Saint Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to a...


News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Robert F. Fraser, age 26, Teandre L. Altman, age 21, and Frank A. Rogers, age 19, all of Pensacola, were taken into federal custody based upon a criminal complaint alleging federal firearm law violations, announced United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh, Northern District of Florida.


Philadelphia Sex Trafficker Gets 22 Year Prison Sentence

News Release: Rashaad McIntyre, 26, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for sex trafficking minors and production of child pornography. McIntyre pleaded guilty to the three counts of sex trafficking and one count of producing child pornography on July 1, 2013. Between Dec. 1, 2011 and...


North Cascades National Park Hosts Fall 2014 Artists-in-Residence

News Release: Sept. 2, 2014 - Sedro Wooley, WA - Two new Artists-in-Residence in the fields of music and writing will join the park mid-September through early October to produce work inspired by the wilderness of the North Cascades.


Spokane Woman Sentenced For Trafficking Methamphetamine On The Coeur D'Alene Indian Reservation

News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Amanda Marie Dahlen, 27, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Dahlen to serve five years of supervised release following her prison term, and the forfeiture of $6,000. She pleaded guilty to the charge on June 17, 2014.


News Release: Madison, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jorge Gamez-Nieto, 41, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to a mandatory minimum ten-year term of imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and possessing a loaded handgun in furtherance of that offense. Gamez-Nieto pleaded guilty to these charges on May 15, 2014.


Defendants Sentenced In Mail Theft Case

News Release: Mail Stolen From Oaklawn And Brookhollow Stations In Dallas.


SSB Bloods Gang member Sentenced to over 17 Years in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Theodore Clifton Matthews, a/k/a "Trigger," age 32, of Baltimore, today to 210 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, the South Side Brims (SSB) Bloods gang.


C and O Canal ramps up outdoor education for Montgomery County students thanks to partner support

News Release: Potomac, Md. -On Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 at 11:00, students from Chevy Chase, Maryland, were the first to experience the new curriculum-based canal boat ride aboard the Charles F. Mercer, a reproduction packet boat.


News Release: Earlier today, Diana Durand pleaded guilty to violating the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) by funneling campaign contributions through “straw donors" to the campaign committees of two candidates running for federal office. The guilty plea proceeding was held before Senior United States District Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr., at the United States Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY.


News Release: Outer Banks Group Acting Superintendent Kym Hall is pleased to announce the September 11th opening of the newly constructed Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Ramp 25, located south of the village of Salvo and north of the village of Avon."While the adjacent paved parking area for the boardwalk is not fully complete...


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Diane Schmaler, 62, of Cossayuna, NY, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington to six months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a charge of interstate transportation of stolen money.


New Citizens Sworn In At Mammoth Hot Springs

News Release: U.S. Citizenship U.S. Department of the Interior.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that IOANNIS VIGLAKIS, a/k/a “Pablo," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 120 months for attempting to provide material support to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (“FARC"), a Colombian...


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles Head, 40, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (formerly of Los Angeles and Orange County), was sentenced today by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 35 years in prison, United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced. A hearing to determine the amount of restitution has been set for Nov. 22, 2014.


NIST Team Honored for Work on Military Smartphone Apps, Security

News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have earned a 2014 GCN Award for Information Technology Excellence * for speeding development and delivery of secure, battlefield-handy-and sometimes lifesaving-smartphone apps to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.


News Release: Jenny A. Durkan announced today that she will step down as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington at the end of the month, after serving five years in office. She has informed the President, Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Senators Murray and Cantwell of her decision. Durkan, known...