News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

News from November 2015


Senators Carper, Johnson Seek Information on Potential Security Threats Posed by Emerging Drone Technology

News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: As the availability and sophistication of new aerial systems have proliferated, recent high-profile incidents have raised public safety concerns related to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones. As the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Committee on...


Atlas Healthcare, Inc. and Owners Agree to Civil Resolution of Health Care Fraud Charges

News Release: The Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Gregory Haanstad, announced today that the United States has reached a civil settlement agreement with Atlas Healthcare, Inc., and its owners, Deana Bajanen and Sheena Jones, for $435,000 pursuant to the federal False Claims Act.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A former lieutenant with the Carroll County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Office has pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation for using a taser on a restrained pre-trial detainee, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III of the Western District of Tennessee, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.


Tahlequah Man Sentenced To 36 Months Probation For Providing Contraband In Prison

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that NATHAN LEON STANLEY BENALLY-SAM, age 21, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years of probation for PROVIDING CONTRABAND IN PRISON, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1791(a)(1).


Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Davon Lymon with Violating Firearms Laws

News Release: Lymon Prosecuted as Part of “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


News Release: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) published the following today on Medium.com (see the post HERE )...


News Release: Codefendant sentenced to seven years for being an accessory after the fact and arson.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Wilson Santiago, 35, of Hartford, CT, Jose Pagan, 37, of Hartford, CT, and Samantha Partlow, 29, of Barre, VT, made initial appearances today in the United States District Court in Burlington, following their arrests for conspiracy to distribute heroin. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy temporarily detained all three people. Their detention hearings are set for next week.


***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TOMORROW: K-12 Education Joint Conference Committee to Reconvene, Consider Amendments

News Release: On Thursday, November 19th, at 10:00 a.m., the House and Senate conference committee to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will hold a second meeting in HVC-201 of the Capitol Visitor Center. At the conference committee’s next meeting, members are expected to consider amendments to the House-Senate proposed framework.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Clarence Shipley, age 27, of Baltimore, to 70 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy in connection with Shipley’s participation in the UDH organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.


Mexican national pleads guilty to reentering the United States multiple times illegally

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty Tuesday to re-entering the United States after removal.


Mexican national pleads guilty to Federal drug charge

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Mexican national residing in Madison, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today to a drug charge in federal court in Charleston. Leonel Vivian Castellanos, 28, from Vera Cruz, Mexico, pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, admitting that between May 12 and May 19, 2015, he distributed approximately 500 grams of methamphetamine to informants in Kanawha and Boone Counties.


Shuster Named Chair of Surface Transportation Bill Conference Committee

News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today was named Chairman of the bicameral surface transportation bill conference committee. The conference committee, meeting today, is comprised of the Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate responsible for...


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that John C. Barry, 69, of Portland, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to embezzlement and making false entries in credit union records.


L.A. Man Pleads Guilty in $17 Million Scheme to Defraud Verizon by Reselling over 30,000 iPhones Obtained at Deeply Discounted Price

News Release: SAN DIEGO - The owner of a Glendale-based ride-sharing business pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal wire fraud charges, admitting that he illegally generated over $13 million in profits by selling more than 30,000 Apple iPhones fraudulently obtained from Verizon Wireless at substantially discounted prices.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today a renewed strategy for reducing and preventing violent crime in the Middle District of Pennsylvania focusing on the Harrisburg, York, Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport areas. Federal, state and local ...


News Release: CHICAGO - A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico was sentenced today to 19 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport large amounts of narcotics to the Chicago area.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that CHELBI GEORGE, age 42, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for POSSESSION OF A COUNTERFEIT OBLIGATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472.


Monmouth County, New Jersey, Man Sentenced To 14 Months In Prison For Possessing Explicit Images Of 12-Year Old Pennsylvania Girl

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for possessing sexually explicit images of a 12-year old Pennsylvania girl with whom he had an online relationship, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces that Ronald C. Howard, Jr, a 45 year old resident of Theodore, Alabama was sentenced today to 8 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of counterfeit currency.