News published on Federal Newswire in August 2016

News from August 2016


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LESLIE ANNETTE PECK, age 34, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty today to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine.


Vice Lords Leader Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Gang-Related Shooting

News Release: Vice Lords Leader Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Gang-Related Shooting.


News Release: 9,800 Marijuana Plants Seized in Trinity County, 6,900 in Tehama County.


Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Heroin Trafficking Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ramon Phillip Baca, 44, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his heroin trafficking conviction.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Espen Brungodt, 28, of Norway, was arrested and charged in U.S. District Court by criminal complaint with making threatening interstate communications.


News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. -Lawrence Anderson Fonseca, Sharon Rodríguez-Rosario, and Terrence Edwards entered guilty pleas in an international drug smuggling case before United States District Court Judge Jay A. García-Gregory. These guilty pleas finalized an international drug trafficking investigation and prosecution...


Charleston man pleads guilty to Federal escape and heroin charges

News Release: Defendant faces up to 25 years in Federal prison.


News Release: Admits Purchasing Tires and Gas with Government Fleet Charge Card; Agrees to Pay $35,000 Restitution.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Kwok Cheung Chow, AKA Raymond Chow, AKA Ha Jai, AKA Shrimp Boy was sentenced today to life in prison following his convictions for racketeering, murder, money laundering, and conspiracy charges, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special...


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ralph Gaston, 25, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 77 months in prison for cocaine distribution, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 46 Leaders, Members, and Associates of Several Organized Crime Families of La Cosa Nostra with Wide-Ranging Racketeering Charges

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and James A. McCarty...


Yosemite National Park to Conduct Workshops and Webinars on Wilderness Stewardship Plan

News Release: Multiple Public Meetings and Webinars to be Conducted Over the Next Several Weeks.


Local Man Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Eddie Lee Regans was indicted on multiple fraud charges after using clients' personal information to obtain credit to be used for his personal use, racking up charges of approximately $89,000.


Mescalero Apache Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Sexual Abuse Charge

News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.


News Release: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting the Osyka, Mississippi Police Department with a bank robbery that occurred at 9:35 a.m. on August 4, 2016 at First Bank of Osyka.


Eagle Butte Man Acquitted of Sex Abuse Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force and Sexual Abuse of a Person Incapable of Consenting as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, beginning Aug. 2, 2016, and concluding on August 4, 2016.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Six Men Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Sex Trafficking of Minors

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD") announced...


News Release: Justice Department Files Suit Against Harris County, Texas, Over Polling Place Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities.