News published on Federal Newswire in May 2015

News from May 2015


Deirdre Hey Of Winooski Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances And Maintaining A Residence For The Distribution Of Controlled Substances

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Deirdre Hey, 48, of Winooski, Vermont was sentenced today for conspiracy to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, and maintenance of a residence for the distribution of controlled substances. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hey to 33 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a three year term of supervised release.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Shafter man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to import, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute 38 kilograms, or about 84 pounds, of cocaine.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Michael Eugene Aldridge, age 42, of Hampstead, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to distribution and possession of child pornography.


Countywide Exercise Prepares Agencies for Coordinated Emergency Response

News Release: An assembly of local, state, and federal government officials and staff members, along with non-governmental organizations, recently completed an emergency response simulation exercise based upon a mock wildland fire scenario in the greater Jackson Hole area. Teton County Emergency Management took the...


News Release: U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has appointed Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, to the 21-member Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC). The appointments of U.S. Attorney Daly and five other U.S. Attorneys were effective on April 29, 2015.


News Release: Dean Skelos Allegedly Used Official Position To Cause More Than $200,000 In Payments To Son.


New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty To Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -Richard Lariviere, 45, of Nashua, plead guilty today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a felon in possession of a firearm charge, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.


News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) fire managers plan to initiate a prescribed fire for 50 acres of a predominantly ponderosa pine stand within Grand Canyon National Park, Thursday, May 7th.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Khayree Gay, 31, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by indictment, on April 30, 2015, with attempted Hobbs Act Robbery and kidnapping, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - William R. Beamon, Jr., a/k/a “Rusty" Beamon has been sentenced to three years, six months in federal prison for defrauding Appalachian Community Bank, in Ellijay, Georgia. Beamon was convicted by a jury of five counts of bank fraud on Dec. 19, 2014, after a five-day trial.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Miranda Calissie, 29, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today of heroin and cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


Derby Man Pleads Guilty To Using Internet at Church To Distribute Child Porn

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Derby man pleaded guilty Monday to using Internet service at the church he attended to distribute child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


Saturday May 9 Evening Program

News Release: Saturday, May 9, The Photographer's Guide to Colorado's National Parks and Monuments.


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Walter John Cassidy, also known as “William James Cassidy," 54, of Florence, Indiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark E. Walker to 12 years in prison for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain money by operating a private prisoner transportation business under false pretenses. The sentence was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended to June 5 from April 22 the deadline for nominations for the 2015 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards.These non-monetary awards highlight some of the finest examples of responsible mineral resource development that protects and restores...



News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Shafter man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to import, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute 38 kilograms, or about 84 pounds, of cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Former Union Official Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Money from Union

News Release: Defendant also Ordered to Pay $140,877.56 in Restitution to Union.


News Release: A Southern Illinois resident was indicted on April 21, 2015, for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.


Mississippi's Suburban Plastics fails to correct workplace hazards following OSHA inspection

News Release: Employer name: Suburban Plastics Co. Inspection site: 1000 Enterprise Drive, Grenada, Mississippi 38901. Date of inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated a follow-up inspection on Jan. 6, 2015. Inspection findings: OSHA issued four safety and health citations, including...