News published on Federal Newswire in October 2015

News from October 2015


"Spice" Conspirator Sentenced In Federal Court

News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Irvin Louis Kendrick, 51, of Prichard, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana, or "spice," and a conspiracy to launder drug money. Kendrick pled guilty to the charges in April of 2015.


Suitland Felon Exiled to Almost 11 Years in Prison for Gun and Drug Charges

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced David Chris Simms, age 39, of Suitland, Maryland, today to 130 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


Wayne County Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Producing Child Pornography

News Release: LONDON - A Wayne County man, previously convicted of producing child pornography, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.


District Man Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter For Shooting Man Following Argument About Victim's Dog

News Release: Shooting Took Place Outside Southeast Washington Apartment Complex.


Three Individuals Indicted For Nationwide Computer-Aided Fraud Scheme Involving Almost $2 Million In Counterfeit Checks And Over 400 Stolen Identities

News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment in an ongoing investigation into a nationwide scheme involving millions in counterfeit checks and hundreds of stolen identities.


Acoma Pueblo Man Sentenced for Federal Misdemeanor Assault Charge

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


Look Ahead: Committee Announces Hearing and Vote Schedule for the Week of November 2

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of November 2.


Wyden Statement on CMS Decision on Biosimilar Drug Payment Rule

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following an announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding how it will pay for biosimilar biological products...


Engel Condemns Attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement condemning the rocket attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq...


Carroll County Man Charged with Carjacking and Attempted Bank Robbery

News Release: Allegedly Carjacked an Unlicensed Taxi and Forced the Driver to Wear and Carry a Purported Explosive Device to Rob a Bank.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Rholan D. Pryor, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Fall and winter visitors who wish to experience the exhibits at the Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, Colorado, should note the winter hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 1, 2015, through Feb. 29, 2016. The museum is open daily, and admission is free during the winter.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee’s upcoming hearing on U.S. wildfire budgetary impacts and threats to natural resources.


Federal Way Man Sentenced to Prison for  Drug Conspiracy Involving Hash Oil Blast

News Release: ‘Cap’n Cosmics’ had Multiple Unsafe Hash Oil Manufacturing Operations -One Exploded Hurling Propane Canisters more than 100 feet.


Former Immigration Officer Pleads Guilty To Concealing Relationship With Foreign National During Security Clearance Investigation

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida. - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Paul Reynolds Friel, Jr. (47, Orange Park) pleaded guilty today to concealing material facts during an interview with a government agent. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. His co-defendant, Marisol...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tony Torrez, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., has been charged with violating the federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws in a criminal complaint filed by the DEA this afternoon. Torrez, who is currently in state custody on unrelated charges, will be transferred to federal custody to answer to the charges in the criminal complaint.


Brockton Armed Career Criminal Receives 15 Years in Federal Firearms Case

News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston yesterday in connection with his possession of a firearm and ammunition.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A man imprisoned in Michigan has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years imprisonment and three years supervised release, on his conviction of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Heinrich charges result of long-term child exploitation investigation.


News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that yesterday a federal Grand Jury in Harrisburg charged Manuel Zarate-Palomares with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.