News published on Federal Newswire in July 2016

News from July 2016


Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Reginald Brown, 48, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution, of cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in and a $1,000,000 fine.


News Release: Night Under the Stars - Astronomy Night at Asan Beach - Saturday, July 30, 2016.


Incident Review of Adverse Effect to Pearl Harbor CPO Bungalow 28

News Release: Incident Review of Adverse Effect to CPO Bungalow #28.


Summer Concert Series Announced for Fort Dupont and  Carter Barron Amphitheatre (Washington)

News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service (NPS) is celebrating its centennial and inviting you to “Find Your Park" with one summer concert series in two great parks. Carter Barron and Fort Dupont have a long, local history of memory-making, spouse-meeting, open-air entertainment. The summer concert series...


News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that James Johnson, 24, of Elkhart, Indiana was sentenced before Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for possession of a stolen firearm.


Tulsa Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JACOB HORTON MASTERS JR., age 55, of, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A).


News Release: William Sweeney, Jr. Named Assistant Director in Charge of New York Division.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Arturo Dominguez Morales, 45, of Lamesa, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 90 months in prison for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Morales will be on supervised release for 6 years after completing his prison sentence.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the introduction of companion legislation in the House of Representatives to the Senate-approved Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards...


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


News Release: Stole excavating equipment from local businesses and took many to North Carolina.


Public Meetings Scheduled for Updating Plans for Four Colorado-Big Thompson Reservoirs

News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation and Larimer County will jointly host public scoping meetings and comment period for the Federal Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Environment Assessment (EA) and associated county Reservoir Parks Master Plan from August 22-24.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a new report looking at the future of hydropower through 2050. The report, Hydropower Vision: A New Chapter for America’s First Renewable Electricity Source, finds that with continued technology advancements, innovative market mechanisms...


Former Utz Quality Foods Executive Pleads Guilty to $1.4 Million False Invoice Kickback Scheme

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former Utz Quality Foods, Inc. executive has pleaded guilty to charges that he defrauded Utz out of approximately $1.4 million.


News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man who allegedly posed as an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an attempt to extort money from at least one female victim made his first federal court appearance this afternoon after being charged with impersonating a federal officer.


Lebanese National Extradited From Malaysia To Face Charges In Wide-Ranging Counterfeit Currency Plot With Ties To Lebanon And Iran

News Release: Defendant Sold High-Quality Counterfeit U.S. Currency to Undercover Secret Service Agent Posing as Member of New York-Based Criminal Enterprise.



Natchez Trace Parkway Presents Beavers: Making a Splash Junior Ranger Program

News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to "Beavers: Making a Splash" a special Junior Ranger program held at the parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, August 6, 2016, at 10:00 am. Beavers are incredible animals that can turn the tiniest stream into a flooded wetland...


Federal and State Authorities Arrest 9 Today in Connection with Austin-Based Heroin Trafficking Organization

News Release: This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested nine individuals in the Austin area, including ring-leaders Xavier Martinez (aka “Javi") and Eulalio Samarripa (aka “Chico"), for conspiring to distribute heroin announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.


Mishawaka Man Sentenced To 87 Months For Hobbs Act Robbery

News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Jamar Crawford, 22, of Mishawaka, Indiana was sentenced before Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for Hobbs Act Robbery and using a firearm in during a crime of violence.