News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Fire crews worked through much of the night to stop the growth of the Guzzler Fire, which burned an estimated 200-acres last night north of Grand Junction off the 25 Road.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Everett, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of unlawful possession of firearms by a convicted felon, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Former Chief Investigator at Dallas County District Attorney’s Office Admits Role in Bribery Conspiracy

News Release: DALLAS - The former Chief Investigator at the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, Anthony L. Robinson, appeared in federal court this morning and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney, to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in June 2016 and unsealed today charging...


News Release: The Defendant Shipped Drugs from California to Charlotte Hidden Inside Shipping Pallets.


Three New Haven Men Charged with Distributing Drugs Involved in Spate of Overdoses

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman today announced that an investigation into numerous drug overdoses, including three overdose...


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of MICHAEL BRYANT MARIN. MARIN is charged with communicating...


News Release: BOSTON - A Chelmsford financial planner was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with attempting to hire an individual to murder a Massachusetts State Police Trooper and another individual, both of whom were scheduled to testify against him in a separate state trial.


Federal and State Authorities Arrest 20 Individuals Today in Connection with Austin-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

News Release: This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested 18 individuals in the Austin area and two individuals in the Houston area on federal drug trafficking charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.


South Carolina Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years on Drug Charges

News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. -U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Cody Wayne Thomas, 25, of Cowpens, S.C., to 135 months in prison on federal drug charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Thomas was also ordered to serve five years under court supervision following his prison term.



OSHA orders tour bus operator's former owner to pay $11Kfor retaliating after employee refused to drive unsafe bus

News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered the former owner of Banjo Billy's Bus Tours to pay a former employee back wages, interest and punitive damages after the agency found he terminated an employee who refused to drive an unsafe tour bus.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that CHARLES RAY BENEFIELD, age 32, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).


Eight Defendants Charged With Firearms Trafficking Offenses

News Release: Defendants Allegedly Trafficked Firearms from South Carolina to New York.



South Carolina Man Sentenced To More Than 11 Years On Drug Charges

News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. -U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Cody Wayne Thomas, 25, of Cowpens, S.C., to 135 months in prison on federal drug charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Thomas was also ordered to serve five years under court supervision following his prison term.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Kenneth Dykes, 50, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of three counts of bank robbery and for violating the terms of supervised release for a 2006 bank robbery conviction, was sentenced to 175 months in prison by U.S. District Richard J. Arcara.


FBI and Department of State Announce a Global Law Enforcement Forum on Diamond Trafficking and Illicit Trade Hosted by Europol

News Release: FBI and Department of State Announce a Global Law Enforcement Forum on Diamond Trafficking and Illicit Trade Hosted by Europol.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Duquesne, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Possession with Intent to Distribute 100 grams or more of Heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Three Men Indicted On Conspiracy To Distribute Ecstasy And Molly

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a grand jury has returned a 14 count indictment charging Richard Clarke, 47, a Canadian citizen residing in Buffalo, Barrett Johnson, 32, of Jamestown, NY, and Joshua Castro, 31, of Buffalo, NY, with conspiracy to distribute controlled...


Chairman Chaffetz Praises Benghazi Select Committee Report

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to the Benghazi Select Committee’s final report...