News published on Federal Newswire in May 2016

News from May 2016


News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Superintendent Cheryl Schreier announces the opening of the summer schedule for Mount Rushmore National Memorial beginning Friday May 27 at 9 pm with the first Evening Lighting Ceremony.


U.S. Servicemember Admits to Illegally Retaining Photos Taken Inside Nuclear Sub, Impeding Investigation

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin announced that KRISTIAN SAUCIER, 29, of Arlington, Vt., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information.


News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office Presents Certificates of Appreciation to Festival of Pacific Arts Delegations Celebrating 12th Festival of Pacific Arts.


Elk Grove Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Distribution of Prescription Pills and Heroin

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Michael Deshone Mathews, 42, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 11 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and possession with intent to distribute heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Final Man Handed Significant Sentence in Robbery Conspiracy

News Release: HOUSTON - The final member of a crew responsible for more than 30 armed robberies throughout Houston is now headed to federal prison for nearly 48 years, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Rodney Ford, 19, of Houston, pleaded guilty Nov. 4, 2015, to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and two counts each of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.


Elk Grove Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Prescription Pills And Heroin

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Michael Deshone Mathews, 42, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 11 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and possession with intent to distribute heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.


Napoleonville Woman Pleads Guilty to Lying to Federal Agent

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHERKISSA JACKSON, 33, of Napoleonville, pled guilty yesterday to an Indictment charging her with one count of false statements.


News Release: Good Samaritans Intervened and Chased Attacker Until Police Arrived.


U.S. Servicemember Admits to Illegally Retaining Photos Taken Inside Nuclear Sub, Impeding Investigation

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin announced that KRISTIAN SAUCIER, 29, of Arlington, Vt., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information.


News Release: LEXINGTON - A Boyle County man has been found guilty on all six counts of an indictment charging various child exploitation offenses.


Undocumented Alien Sentenced to 15 Months’ Imprisonment for Assaulting a Douglas Border Patrol Agent

News Release: TUCSON - On May 27, 2016, Juan Pablo Vasquez-Campos, 38, of Aguas Calientes, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cyndy K. Jorgenson to 15 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Vasquez-Campos had previously pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer and illegal re-entry.


South Tampa Man Sentenced To More Than 12 Years For Gun And Drug Violations

News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Christopher Bowen Balfrey (26, Tampa) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for drug conspiracy, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The Court also forfeited a 2006 Cadillac Deville, a traceable proceed of the offenses.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Anthony Terrell Cannon, age 26, of Washington, D.C., today to 75 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy, robbery, carjacking, and two counts of discharging a gun during a crime of violence...


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on May 27, 2016, Stephan Michael Maynard, 26, of Lincoln, was sentenced to eleven years and three months (135 months) in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Shivani Patel, age 30, of Reisterstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft arising from a scheme to use stolen credit information of more than 200 victims to defraud financial institutions.


Folsom South Canal Recreation Trail Partially Closed on June 5 for Folsom International Triathlon

News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - On Sunday, June 5, 2016, the Bureau of Reclamation will close 4.4 miles of the Folsom South Canal Recreation Trail from Sunrise Boulevard to Tributary


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The United States has reached a settlement agreement with the Village of Byesville, Ohio in Guernsey County after initiating a compliance review under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).


Valencia County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Heroin Trafficking Conviction

News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.


News Release: Virginia Man Indicted for Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL.


News Release: Park officials will reopen ten trails and areas within North Cascades National Park Service Complex on Friday, May 27, 2016. Other trails and areas will remain closed due to safety hazards in burned areas. Thirty-two fires burned 12,231 acres across the park complex throughout the 2015 summer, closing...