News published on Federal Newswire in May 2015

News from May 2015


2015 Guided Hike at Hopewell Mound Group

News Release: Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 am.


Postal Service Employee Sentenced To 2  1/2 Years In Federal Prison For Faking Disabilities And Defrauding Government Programs

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that Amancio Zamora Agcaoili, Jr. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to federal prison after pleading guilty to ten counts of wire fraud, theft of government funds, Federal Employees’ Compensation Act fraud, and social security fraud.


Rodeo Association President Given Six Months for Role in Rocky Boy's Corruption Scheme

News Release: GREAT FALLS - The former president of an Indian rodeo association at Rocky Boy’s was sentenced to six months in federal custody today for his role in a scheme to embezzle monies from Chippewa Cree Rodeo Association accounts. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ordered Wade Christopher Colliflower, 33, of...


Eagle Butte Woman Sentenced For Second Degree Murder Of A Child

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on May 4, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Johnathon Mathew Garrett, 36, of Panama City, Florida, pled guilty late yesterday to giving false information to the Social Security Administration (SSA) by claiming that he was planning to blow up the Social Security Office located at 97 Oak Avenue, Panama City, Florida. The plea was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


Lafayette Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing 8 Stolen Firearms in Home

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lafayette man pleaded guilty to possessing eight stolen firearms.


Second Monroe County Man Enters Guilty Plea To Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a second Monroe County man pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Scranton, before Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, to the charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.


San Francisco Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GEOFFREY WALKER, age 65, of San Francisco, California, pled guilty today for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that KEVIN WALLIN, 63, last residing in Waterbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking methamphetamine (“meth").


McGuffy man charged with failing to register as sex offender

News Release: An indictment was filed charging Terry Joe Higdon, 47, of McGuffy, Ohio, with failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Convicted California Sex Offender Pleads Guilty To Failure To Register As A Sex Offender

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that David Eric Crews (54, Sacramento, CA) has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of failing to register as sex offender after traveling to Florida from California. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Crews has been in custody since his arrest on March 30, 2015.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that AMANDA DAWN COOKSON, age 27, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Interstate Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1952(a)(3).


Maryland Man Charged With Defrauding Women Through On-Line Dating Sites

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Maryland resident has been indicted in Pittsburgh by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


IT Software Services Contractor and its President Agree to Pay $9 million to Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Global Computer Enterprises, Inc. (GCE), of Reston, Virginia, along with its president and sole owner, Raed Muslimani, 53, of Sterling, Virginia, have agreed to pay $9 million to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that GCE concealed its utilization of prohibited engineers and employees on software services contracts with the federal government.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man was convicted of Misprision of a Felony and was sentenced on May 4, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: An Indiana couple was indicted for transporting a minor over state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Sen. Murkowski Introduces 17 Targeted Bills to Modernize America’s Energy Policies

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced a group of 17 legislative proposals to modernize America’s energy policies. These proposals range from increasing the use of renewable energy to the continued operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


News Release: A Maysville, Ky., man, who led a conspiracy that distributed cocaine in Mason County, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison.


Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Setting A Buffalo Business On Fire

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ryan Smolinski, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to arson of a commercial building before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno residents Michael Anthony Andrade, 34, and Javier Solis, 29, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.