News published on Federal Newswire in October 2015

News from October 2015


News Release: Ryan O. Harris, age 22, of Bainbridge, Georgia, pled guilty Oct. 13, 2015 to one count of bank robbery before Honorable Leslie J. Abrams in Albany, Georgia, United States District Judge, Albany, Georgia.


Mercer County man sentenced for possessing child pornography

News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A 31-year old Mercer County man received eight years and one month in federal prison, after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Lindsey Dale Bowling, of Princeton, West Virginia was sentenced before Senior United States District Court Judge David A. Faber in Bluefield. After Bowling is released from prison, he will be on supervised release for 20 years.


News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that MATTHEW KEITH, age 38, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to 6 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,200,000 in restitution to the State of Louisiana.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge last week sentenced a Bessemer man to 15 months of electronically monitored home detention as part of four years' probation for a kickback scheme he ran while working as a freight broker for a Shelby County company, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.


Blackburn Statement on Planned Parenthood Decision to Stop Accepting Money for Fetal Tissue Donations

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement in reaction to Planned Parenthood’s announcement that they would no longer accept reimbursements for donating fetal tissue.


Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Cornelius Maurice Jackson, a/k/a “Buddy Love" and “Buddy," age 43, of Washington, D.C., Maryland today to 11 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. Judge Chasanow also entered an order that Jackson forfeit $9,100.


News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Katelyn Woolever, a.k.a. "Baby K," 21, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced today to 6 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, $400 fine and a $200 special assessment.


News Release: The last two members of the Jamal Dean Getaway Team were sentenced today in federal court for their roles in obstructing a joint state-federal investigation and search for Jamal Dean in April and May of 2013.


Federal Grand Jury Indictments

News Release: Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement in reaction to Planned Parenthood’s announcement that they would no longer accept reimbursements for donating fetal tissue.


Iraqi-Born US Citizen Admits Making False Statement to FBI

News Release: Defendant Admits Lying About Pledging Allegiance to Self-Proclaimed Leader of ISIL.


Colorado Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Kidnapping a Toddler and Producing Child Pornography

News Release: Colorado Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Kidnapping a Toddler and Producing Child Pornography.


Blackburn Statement on Planned Parenthood Decision to Stop Accepting Money for Fetal Tissue Donations

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement in reaction to Planned Parenthood’s announcement that they would no longer accept reimbursements for donating fetal tissue.


October 2015 Horse Sense and Survival Trip

News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce the next Horse Sense and Survival trip of 2015 will leave from the Harkers Island Visitor Center on Sunday, October 25 at 9:15 a.m.


News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Bryan Harris, 27, of Cincinnati, with coercion and enticement in an indictment returned in Cincinnati.


Announcing 2015-2016 winter season

News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) today announced that the outdoor memorial at African Burial Ground National Monument will be closed from Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 through Tuesday, March 1, 2016.


Energy Department Recognizes General Mills for Leadership and Innovation at Iowa Plant

News Release: As part of the Obama Administration's effort to cut climate-changing carbon emissions produced by the nation's buildings and manufacturing plants, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized General Mills, one of the world’s leading food companies, for its leadership in pursuing energy savings...


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Clyde M. Hall Jr., 50, most recently of Bangor, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for failing to register as a federal sex offender.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Misty Maciejewski, a 36-year-old resident of Northfield, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 15 months in in federal prison after pleading guilty in June 2015 to falsely obtaining health care benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration (VHA), announced Acting...


News Release: Anchondo to be Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.