News published on Federal Newswire in October 2015

News from October 2015


News Release: Beckley, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Lewisburg man pled guilty to a federal drug charge in federal court in Beckley. Miles Gregory, 41, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone, admitting that on July 2, 2015, he possessed about...


News Release: TULSA, Okla. - The results of the October 2015 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Pat Miles announced today that Benjamin James Cance pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell to federal charges of international arms trafficking and money laundering. The arms trafficking charge is punishable by imprisonment for up to 20 years; the maximum penalty for money laundering is ten years in prison.


OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'

News Release: NEW YORK - Carlos Moncayo, a 22-year-old laborer from Queens, was trying to make a living as he worked on the construction of a Restoration Hardware store at 19 Ninth Ave. in Manhattan on April 6, 2015. Instead, his life ended that day when the 14-foot-deep trench in which he was working collapsed and buried him beneath tons of soil and debris.


York County Men Plead Guilty to Conspiracy and Firearms Charges

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert Pinkham, 20, of Buxton, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess stolen firearms and possession of stolen firearms. On Monday, October 5, 2015, co-defendants Dale Pinkham Jr., 25, and...


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Man sentenced for attempted murder at Buffalo National River

News Release: Man serving nearly two decades in federal prison for attempted murder at Buffalo National River.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment charging Philip Vincent, 37, of Niagara Falls, NY, with manufacturing marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, ...


Columbia Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Roberto Luis Molinary, Jr, age 49, of Columbia, South Carolina has been indicted by the Grand Jury, in Columbia, with a three-count indictment for inducing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose...


Massachusetts Man Sentenced on Firearm Charges

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jose M. Camara, Jr., 30, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 42 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to make a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm and making false ...


Former State Parole Officer Charged with Bribery

News Release: Jackson, Miss - Andra Smith, 44, of Canton, has been charged by Criminal Information with bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway. Smith is a former Probation and Parole Officer with the Mississippi Department of Corrections working out of Madison County.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal jury in Montgomery convicted Jeffrey Alan Nursey (64) on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, for retaliating against a witness in an earlier health care fraud case brought against him, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.


News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to the Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 702 issued yesterday by the White House.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALMA DE JESUS MOJICA HERRERA, age 51, and LEONARDO SERRATO POLANIA, age 41, both residents of Bogota, Colombia, were indicted in a four-count Indictment today for attempting to sell a fictitious U.S. Bearer Bond.


2015 White House Fall Garden Tours

News Release: Washington--This fall, the White House will be opening its gardens and ground to visitors on Saturday, October 17 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT, and Sunday, October 18 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM EDT. During this event, visitors can see the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden and South Lawn of the White House. Additionally, the White House Kitchen Garden- the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden- will be accessible to guests.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Two Manchester, New Hampshire residents and an individual living in Lawrence, Massachusetts were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.


Indy’s high five line to continue

News Release: More Indianapolis Schools to participate in the popular program to encourage our youth and show community support.


Columbia Investment Fraudster Pleads Guilty

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Robert S. Leben, of Columbia, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of Columbia accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced On Child Pornography Charge

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of New York. Thursday, October 8, 2015.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised committee passage of the Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (S.2152), which was also cosponsored by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), ...