News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

News from March 2015


Baltimore Man Exiled To Over Nine Years In Prison For Robbing Anne Arundel County Fast Food Restaurant

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Terrence Major, age 52, of Baltimore, today to 115 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbing a fast food restaurant, pistol whipping and threatening to infect the cashier with AIDS.


News Release: Tens of Thousands of Oxycodone and Oxymorphone Pills Distributed in Middle Tennessee.


Manchester Resident Sentenced For Wire Fraud Offense

News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Daniel Desrochers, 42, of Manchester, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 72 months in prison for wire fraud and for violating the terms of his supervised release, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.


News Release: Wilfredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, David Pharo, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Miami Area Office of Law Enforcement, Thomas Tidwell, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Denver Area Office of Law Enforcement...


Sarasota Felon Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Possessing A Firearm And Drugs For Sale

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Lonzine Adams (58, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm and ammunition. Adams pleaded guilty on July 15, 2014.


News Release: ANCHORAGE - Working collaboratively with Alaskan communities, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska has realigned its district and field office boundaries using a landscape approach to better align public lands administrative boundaries with terrain features and land ownership.


Clay County Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting In The Death Of A Patient

News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and James D. Robnett‎, Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office, Internal Revenue (IRS), announces the unsealing...


News Release: Defendant participated in string of home-invasion robberies targeting drug dealers.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Crystal Torres, 29, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 20 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her assault with a dangerous weapon conviction.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Wei Zhang, a/k/a David Liteng (35, Tianjin, China) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import controlled substance analogues (synthetic cannabinoids), knowing that they were intended for human consumption. He also pleaded...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the Committee will convene a hearing with top Obama Administration officials to examine the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran as an end of March deadline looms. The hearing, entitled “Negotiations with Iran: Blocking or Paving Tehran’s Path to Nuclear Weapons? " will take place on Thursday, March 19 at 8:30 a.m. in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.


Colfax County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested by FBI and New Mexico State Police

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Vidal Sandoval, 45, a Deputy of the Colfax County Sheriff’s Office who resides in Cimarron, N.M., was arrested earlier today by the FBI and the New Mexico State Police. Additional information will be available when Sandoval makes his initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., later today.


News Release: A Georgia man, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Interstate and Foreign Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison on March 13, 2015, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced...


News Release: Randolph J. Seiler assumed the duties of Acting United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota on March 12, 2015. Randy Seiler has been with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for 20 years.


News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a suspected child predator early Thursday morning in Raleigh after a tip from the public led to his identification.


Colfax County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Chief Pete N. Kassetas of the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) announced today that Vidal Sandoval, 45, a Deputy of the Colfax County Sheriff’s Office who resides in Cimarron, N.M....


Milton Woman, Stephanie Schump, Sentenced To 22 Months In Prison For Conspiring With Bronx Drug Dealer To Distribute Heroin And Cocaine In Vermont

News Release: Eugenia A.P. Cowles, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, stated that.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PETER PHILLIP NASH, a/k/a “Samesamebutdifferent," a/k/a “Batman73," a/k/a “Symmetry," a/k/a “Anonymousasshit," pled guilty today to narcotics trafficking and money laundering charges in connection with...


Chief Executive Officer And Orchestrator Of $10 Million Advance Fee And Alaskan Gold Mine Investment Schemes Sentenced To More Than 20 Years’ Imprisonment

News Release: Advance Fee Scheme Targeted Developers Seeking Financing For Construction Projects In Areas Devastated By Hurricane Katrina.


News Release: Denver Fire Department determents the contents were not hazardous.