News published on Federal Newswire in May 2016

News from May 2016


News Release: Defendant Told Teller: "Quit Stalling. Somebody is Gonna' Get Hurt".


Murray Denounces GOP Efforts to Block New Protections for Retirement Savers

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged her colleagues to vote down a measure from Senate Republicans that would block new protections for retirement savers from going into effect and would...


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Paul La, 58, of Sacramento, was arraigned today on a 10-count indictment charging him with arson of a commercial structure, arson to commit a federal felony, and mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Local Man Arrested in $5 Million Investment Scam

News Release: HOUSTON - A 75-year-old Houston man has been charged in a 10-count indictment alleging wire fraud and mail fraud in an investment fraud scheme involving more than 50 victims and $5 million, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


Former Mansfield Special Needs Instructor Sentenced to 60 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Pornography

News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Kelly Dan Williams, Jr., a former special needs instructor at Mansfield Independent School District’s (ISD) Mary Orr Intermediate School, who admitted sexually exploiting children, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to serve a total of 720 months (60 years) in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Cedric C. Shaw, 35, of South Holland, Illinois, was sentenced before District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody for aggravated identity theft; using counterfeit credit cards; illegal possession of device-making equipment; and committing an offense while on release.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - William Monroe Mills, Jr., was sentenced yesterday to 45 months in prison and ordered to pay $21,132 in restitution for committing aggravated identity theft and using counterfeit California driver’s licenses announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Dave Thomas.


Ranking Member Levin Opening Statement at Hearing on Republicans’ Misguided Poverty Agenda

News Release: Mr. Chairman, reducing poverty is so vital a pursuit that the true test is action, not words - especially when the action unmasks the rhetoric. There is a dramatic disconnect between the worthy goals of poverty reduction and the agenda Republicans have continually pursued in this and recent Congresses.


Tobacco Distributors Plead Guilty to Multi-Million-Dollar Tax Evasion Scheme

News Release: BOSTON - Two men pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to evading federal income taxes and defrauding the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of millions of dollars in connection with the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.


Navajo Man from Newcomb Pleads Guilty to Discharging a Firearm During a Crime of Violence

News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of Ten-Year Prison Sentence.


FBI and Cleveland Police Ask for Public’s Help in Identifying Suspect in Child Abduction

News Release: FBI and Cleveland Police Ask for Public’s Help in Identifying Suspect in Child Abduction.


Burlington Man Sentenced To Home Confinement And Supervised Release For Heroin Dealing

News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that, Samuel Spivack, 32, of Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to three years of supervised release after...


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that DONNIE EUGENE DREW, age 26, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922 (g)(1).


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man charged with Conversion of Mortgaged Property pled guilty to and was sentenced on May 16, 2016, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.


BLM Seeks Nominations to Central California, Northern California and Carrizo Plain Advisory Groups

News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. -The Bureau of Land Management is extending the call for public nominations to the Central California and Northern California resource advisory councils and the Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Committee.


News Release: Washington - Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today released the following statement regarding the United States v. Dylann Roof.


Lee’s Summit Woman Indicted for Additional Embezzlement Schemes, Identity Theft

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that additional charges have been filed against a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman who was previously indicted for embezzling more than $300,000 from her employer.


Bay Area Resident Sentenced To 45 Months For Aggravated Identity Theft And Use Of A Counterfeit Access Device

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - William Monroe Mills, Jr., was sentenced yesterday to 45 months in prison and ordered to pay $21,132 in restitution for committing aggravated identity theft and using counterfeit California driver’s licenses announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Dave Thomas.


News Release: Today’s hearing is the 32nd anti-regulatory hearing that we have had since the beginning of the 112th Congress. The anti-regulatory fervor of some in Congress is no doubt passionate and heartfelt.