News published on Federal Newswire in July 2015

News from July 2015


Federal Grand Jury Files Indictment Charging Kevin Folse with Firearms and Carjacking Charges

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 2nd Judicial District Attorney Kari E. Brandenburg, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Chief Gorden Eden, Jr., of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) announced today that a federal grand jury has filed an indictment charging Kevin Folse, 30, of Albuquerque, N.M., with firearms and carjacking charges.


Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion For Not Reporting Income From Wire Fraud Scheme

News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - William M. Richmond, 59, formerly of Atkinson, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to three counts of tax evasion for failing to report substantial illicit income he received from a wire fraud scheme from 2006 through 2008, reports Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.


News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office in cooperation with the United States Forest Service Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests has extended the deadline for the public to submit comments on the 5 Pad/25 Well preliminary Environmental Assessment until Tuesday, August 4.


Lake Charles woman pleads guilty to mail fraud in connection with Deepwater Horizon claims scheme

News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lake Charles woman pleaded guilty Thursday to mail fraud for a scheme to use a seafood restaurant’s employee records to file false Deepwater Horizon settlement claims.


News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-"Echoes from the Canyon," Grand Canyon National Park's popular living history program, returns for the fourth year in a row. Park rangers will take the stage for three Saturday performances in place of the nightly ranger programs at McKee Amphitheater.


News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced today that a federal Grand Jury has returned a five-count indictment against Tony Aoude, 44, of Derry, New Hampshire that charges him with various offenses related to the sales of synthetic cannabinoid products.


Look Ahead: Committee Announces Hearing Schedule for the Week of July 20

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 20.


160 Members of Congress Call on State Department to Not Upgrade Malaysia Ranking in 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-A bipartisan group of 160 Members of Congress today called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to not upgrade Malaysia in the U.S. Department of State’s soon-to-be-released 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report. Leading the effort were Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).


Former U.S. Marine Charged With Stealing Identities Of Fellow Service Personnel In Scheme To Defraud Navy Federal Credit Union Of More Than $138,000

News Release: CHICAGO - A former United States Marine from Calumet City stole the identities of several fellow Marines and used their information to illegally procure more than $138,000 from Navy Federal Credit Union, according to an indictment returned this week in federal court in Chicago.


News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -July 17, 2015. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. An Evening with the Night Creatures of Montezuma Castle. Montezuma Castle National Monument would like to invite the public for an evening with our night creatures.The monument will be open from...


Pagans Motorcycle Club Members Convicted of Firearms Charges

News Release: Two members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club were convicted of firearms offenses at trial.


News Release: BOSTON - A Medford man was arrested today for impersonating a United States Marshal.


160 Members of Congress Call on State Department to Not Upgrade Malaysia Ranking in 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of 160 Members of Congress today called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to not upgrade Malaysia in the U.S. Department of State’s soon-to-be-released 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report. Leading the effort were Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).


News Release: Federal Jury Convicts Damion Sleugh of First Degree Murder.


News Release: A man who possessed with the intent to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced July 15, 2015, to 18 years in federal prison.


Former Gates Mills postmaster charged with stealing more than $55,000

News Release: The former postmaster of the Gates Mills Post Office was charged today with theft of property used by the U.S. Postal Service, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service -- Office of Inspector General, Eastern Area Field Office.


News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lake Charles man pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud in connection with a Ponzi scheme used to defraud investors out of more than $5.8 million.


Committee Leaders Seek Briefing From Doctor In “Abhorrent” Planned Parenthood Video

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested Planned Parenthood Federation of America make Dr. Deborah Nucatola available to brief the committee. Dr. Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s Senior Director of Medical Services, appeared in a recently released video discussing the sale of fetal body parts. Committee leaders launched an investigation on Wednesday.


News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, on July 16, 2015, sentenced Paul Girard, 27, to 37 months in prison for Possession of Prison Contraband, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Lewis ordered Girard to serve the sentence consecutively to a separate sentence imposed by the Superior Court on March 3, 2015.


Palm Beach County Residents Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of Minors

News Release: Two Palm Beach County residents received 27 and 15 year prison sentences following their jury trial convictions for sex trafficking of minors.