News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


Conyers, Lofgren Statement on Supreme Court U.S. V Texas Decision

News Release: U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member on the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, issued the following joint statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States failed to reach a majority decision on the United States v. Texas case...


Burley Man Sentenced to 20 years for Possessing and Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: POCATELLO - Danny Henderson, 42, of Burley, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for possessing, distributing, and receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also imposed 15 years of supervised release. Henderson pleaded guilty on Feb. 10, 2016.


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy to Traffick Heroin Using Megabus

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that REGINALD WASHINGTON, age 32, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute over 100 grams of heroin.


News Release: Joshua Skule Named Executive Assistant Director for the Intelligence Branch.



Toano Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating a Federal Agent

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Luis Latorre-Roman II, 41, of Toano, pleaded guilty today to charges of false impersonation of a federal agent.


Philadelphia man sentenced for heroin distribution

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Raheem Cuffee, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced today to 110 months in prison for heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A doctor with offices in Toms River, New Jersey, today admitted accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for patient referrals to two lab companies that performed blood and DNA testing, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Jacksonville Man Sentenced To 24 Years For Manufacturing Child Pornography

News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court yesterday, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Melvin Dean smith, 45, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, to 290 months imprisonment, followed by twenty years of supervised release. The Court also ordered SMITH register as a sex offender.


Baldwin Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Federal Prison for Taking Sexually Explicit Photos of His Friends’ Children

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Raymond Mykale Goodridge, age 21, of Baldwin, Maryland, today to 210 months in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for production of child pornography in connection with images and videos he made of two minor boys, both...


Eight Firearms Arrests Made as Part of Violence Reduction Network Operation in West Memphis

News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Jeffrey Reed, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), announced today the final two arrests of a targeted operation designed to remove violent gun offenders...


Former Supervisory Contracting Officer Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes from Foreign Defense Contractor

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714 and Patrick Hovakimian (619) 546-9718.


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Gregory J. Rhoadarmer, 46, formerly of Eustis, Nebraska., was sentenced in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 63 months in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for receipt and distribution of child pornography. After his release from prison, Rhoadarmer will serve a period of five years on supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 30-year-old New Jersey man has been ordered to prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Christopher Curi, of Totowa, New Jersey, pleaded guilty Jan. 14, 2016.


Owner of Oklahoma City Employer Organization Charged with More Than $6 Million in Tax Evasion

News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A federal grand jury has handed down a 23-count indictment against JANIS ANN EDWARDS, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for tax evasion, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Hanson Man Indicted for Sexual Exploitation

News Release: BOSTON - A Hanson man was indicted today in connection with sending sexually explicit videos of two pre-teen girls.


Pinellas County Doctor Arrested and Charged with Multiple Offenses Related to Writing Prescriptions for Compounded Medications

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Dr. Anthony Baldizzi (52, Tierra Verde) with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, twenty-one counts of health care fraud, one count of money laundering, one count of making a false...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jay Barton, 48, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Buffalo Springs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 97 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his voluntary manslaughter conviction.


News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Dr. Anthony Baldizzi (52, Tierra Verde) with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, twenty-one counts of health care fraud, one count of money laundering, one count of making a false...


News Release: U.S. Attorney, Kenneth A. Polite announced that ERIN PITRE, age 37, of Cut Off, Louisiana, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to possessing images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children under the age of twelve-years old.