News published on Federal Newswire in September 2015

News from September 2015


Albuquerque Woman Pleads Guilty to Prescription Drug Trafficking and Theft Charges Arising Out of Armed Robbery of Retail Pharmacy in January 2015

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.


Dallas Man Indicted for Aiming a Laser Pointer at an Aircraft

News Release: DALLAS -A federal grand jury has indicted Orlando Jose Chapa, 37, of Dallas on one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority signs legal agreement with EPA and U.S. Department of Justice to reduce air pollution at two power plants

News Release: WASHINGTON - Under an agreement announced today by the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) will come into compliance with the federal Clean Air Act at its Krum Bay facility on St. Thomas and Cruz Bay facility on St. John...


Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Gun Possession

News Release: Distributed Crack Cocaine around Syracuse and Possessed 4 Guns at “Stash" House.


FONSI Issued for the Replacement of Administrative Facilities at Stehekin

News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-The Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Replacement of Administrative Facilities at Stehekin Environmental Assessment (EA) is available at.


Honduran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry into the United States

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAROL DAVID SOSA-PALMA, age 34, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.


Second Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Against Gay African-American Man

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A second Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate crime offenses for his role in a Mar. 8, 2012, assault of a gay African-American man in Corpus Christi, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.


Come Volunteer at the National Seashore on National Public Lands Day on September 26

News Release: Superintendent George Price announces two National Public Lands Day projects at Cape Cod National Seashore on Saturday, Sept. 26, hosted by park staff, volunteers from Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and the Center for Coastal Studies.


Man Sentenced To 200 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Gun Possession

News Release: Distributed Crack Cocaine around Syracuse and Possessed Gun at “Stash" House.


Plymouth Resident Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. A Plymouth man who impersonated a West Point graduate pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the...


Texas Company Sentenced for Mislabeling Mexican Shrimp as Caught in United States Waters

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GARCIA SHRIMP CO., LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company headquartered in Brownsville, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for violating the federal Lacey Act.


Swanton woman charged with wire fraud

News Release: A Swanton woman was charged with one count of wire fraud, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Smithfield Woman Sentenced for Embezzling More Than $274,000 From Her Employer

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Christi Romano, aka Christi Machala, 36, of Smithfield, R.I., was sentenced today to four years probation, the first six months to be served in home confinement, for embezzling more than $274,000 from Christa Creations, a toy manufacturer and distributor in Smithfield where she was...



Washington D.C. Man Charged with Transporting Teenage Boy to Engage in Sexual Activity

News Release: BOSTON - Jason Michael Wolf, 29, was arrested and charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston with one count of transportation of a minor in interstate commerce to engage in illegal sexual activity. Wolf was ordered detained during an initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler.


Rock Creek Park Launches Volunteer Stewardship Initiative to Commemorate 125th Anniversary

News Release: WASHINGTON-- In honor of Rock Creek Park's 125th birthday, the National Park Service today launched a new stewardship program. The program empowers community partners to help take care of the park.


Detroit heroin dealer pleads guilty in Federal court

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who had heroin, oxycodone, and cash pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney, Booth Goodwin. Kendrick Leon Ward, 24 pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston to distribution of heroin within 1,000 feet of a college or university.


Murray to Republicans: “Attacking Women’s Health Doesn’t Keep the Government Open”

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee delivered remarks on the Senate floor ahead of a partisan, Senate Republican vote to defund Planned Parenthood and cut off access to critical health care...


Armed Career Criminal from Albuquerque Pleads Guilty to  Unlawfully Possessing Firearm in Santa Ana Pueblo

News Release: Purcella Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


Former mayor of Pratt pleads guilty to selling oxycodone

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gary Fields, 68, the former mayor of Pratt, West Virginia, admitted to selling the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone. Fields pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to distribution of oxycodone, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin.