News published on Federal Newswire in August 2016

News from August 2016


FBI Employee Pleads Guilty to Acting in the United States as an Agent of the Chinese Government

News Release: Defendant Collected and Caused Sensitive FBI Information to be Provided to the Chinese Government.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Allen, South Dakota man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on July 28, 2016 by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Judge Sentences Erie Man to Federal Prison for Violating Drug Laws

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 102 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Lenexa man pleaded guilty Monday to harassing former girlfriends and business partners by sending them letters on Internal Revenue Service letterhead saying they were under investigation for tax evasion, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.



Two Men Plead Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Crimes

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jamel Proctor, 31, of New York City, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. In a separate drug prosecution, Darnell Lamar Anderson, 38, of Huntington, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Cruz Flechita Ramon Soto, 34, of Plummer, Idaho, pleaded guilty Friday to assault resulting in serious bodily injury and use of a firearm during a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Soto was indicted by a federal grand jury on Nov. 17, 2015.



U.S. Attorney’s Office to take part in National Night Out

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced that he and members of his staff will join law enforcement and community leaders on Tuesday, August 2nd in Bridgeport, Clarksburg, Martinsburg, and Wheeling as part of the annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention event.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland will join law enforcement and community leaders on Tuesday, August 2nd at Beckett Field in New Carrollton, Maryland, and Carrollton Park in Frederick, Maryland, as part of the annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention event.


Flight 93 National Memorial to feature Pennsylvania State Police  Aviation Unit Program in Learning Center

News Release: SHANKSVILLE, Pa. -On Saturday and Sunday, August 6 and 7, at the Learning Center of Flight 93 National Memorial, discover the stories of the trooper pilots of the Pennsylvania State Police who responded to the Flight 93 crash site on Sept. 11, 2001. At1 p.m.on both days trooper pilots will share...


Erie Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Crack Cocaine

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in the distribution of synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2.


OSHA cites Georgia Swifty Car Wash after worker suffers amputation

News Release: Employer name: Swifty Athens LLC, doing business as Swifty Car Wash LLC


Sex Offender Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

News Release: Juneau, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Thomas Schopp, 52, resident of Juneau, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to life imprisonment for production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a)(1).


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 102 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Energy Department Announces $7 Million to Accelerate Fuel and Engine Co-Optimization Technologies

News Release: The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) announced today up to $7 million in project funding to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines as part of the Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative.


Former Top Leaders Of Venezuela’s Anti-Narcotics Agency Indicted For Trafficking Drugs To The United States

News Release: The Former General Director and Sub-Director of Venezuela’s La Oficina Nacional Antidrogas Allegedly Received Payments from Narcotics Traffickers.


News Release: Kun Shan Chun, a/k/a “Joey Chun," Provided Sensitive FBI Information to the Chinese Government.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Sultana Siddiqui, a/k/a Sultana Ahmad, age 56, of North Potomac, Maryland, today to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud arising from an investment...