News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

News from January 2015


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.


Leader Of Hostage Taking Conspiracy Gets Life In Federal Prison

News Release: HOUSTON - The leader and six others involved in a hostage taking conspiracy that left victims in deplorable conditions have all been ordered to federal prison as a result of their criminal actions, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


The Homestead Quarter Will Soon Be Here!

News Release: Beatrice High School will be the place to be onFeb. 10, 2015for the launch of the Homestead Quarter! From9 a.m. to nooneveryone is invited to be a part of the program which will end with the public's first opportunity to get a Homestead Quarter.


News Release: Four Convicted Coconspirators Are Awaiting Sentencing.


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Boyd Wendell Clark, 31, of Daniels, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to distribution of oxycodone.


News Release: Defendant Faces 12+ Years in Prison for Escape, Illegal Firearms Possession and Taking a Stolen Vehicle Across State Lines.


Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Defrauding River Boat Pilots in Louisiana

News Release: From the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of California.


Greater Harrison County Drug Task Force recaps successful 2014

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA - The leaders of the Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force announced the results of their collaborative efforts in 2014 and discussed what they hope to accomplish in 2015, including increased collaboration among law enforcement at all levels.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Iteru Masui, 30, of Japan, who was convicted of attempting to export and send from the United States AN/PRC-152 radios, contrary to the Arms Export Control Act, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


NPS Regional Director Signs GMP for Ozark National Scenic Riverways

News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: On Jan. 22, Acting Midwest Regional Director Patricia Trap signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP) for Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Riverways).With her signature, the Final GMP becomes the official guiding document for approximately the next 20 years.


Public-Private Sector Partners Launch $2 Million Open Innovation Challenge to Find Advanced Energy Absorbing Materials

News Release: NEW YORK - The NFL, GE (NYSE:GE) and Under Armour (NYSE:UA), today announced that they have joined with the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to launch Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to advance materials that better absorb or dissipate energy. These new materials could improve the performance of protective equipment for athletes, military personnel and those in dangerous occupations.


News Release: DALLAS - A couple who admitted stealing mail from residential mailboxes in and around Roanoke, Southlake, and Keller, Texas, were sentenced this week, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.


Nutritional Supplement Chain Reaches Settlement in Connection With Drug Diversion

News Release: BOSTON - The United States reached a civil settlement yesterday with Performance Nutrition, a Seekonk, Mass.-based business that sells nutritional supplements online and in retail stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, in connection with civil drug diversion allegations.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Lucero, 45, a member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 24 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for his assault conviction.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William J. O’Brien III, 49, and Angela Rongione, 29, both of Philadelphia, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with running a “pill mill" from O’Brien’s medical offices in Philadelphia and Levittown, PA, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Both defendants are charged...


News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman pleaded guilty today to a federal crime for making a false report two years ago that a person had fallen into Lake Michigan and was in distress, causing the United States Coast Guard and other first responders to launch a dangerous search and rescue operation that cost the Coast Guard $13,613.


Hugo Man Sentenced to 39 Months for Assault in Indian Country

News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that TRAVIS PAUL LINDSEY, age 24, of Hugo, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 39 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(3), 1151 and 1152. LINDSEY was also ordered to pay $16,087.20 in restitution.


Final Two Defendants Plead Guilty to Theft from Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer

News Release: The Defendants Stole 26 Firearms from U.S. Lumber Company in Battle Creek.


Watertown Man Indicted for Armed Sunoco Robbery

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - A grand jury in the Northern District of New York returned an indictment charging YARBROUGH LATULAS (30, of Watertown, NY) with three felony offenses: Count One charges him with interference with interstate commerce by robbery; Count Two charges him with using and carrying a firearm...


Final Two Defendants Plead Guilty to Theft from Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer

News Release: The Defendants Stole 26 Firearms from U.S. Lumber Company in Battle Creek.