News published on Federal Newswire in May 2016

News from May 2016


Westbank Drug Dealer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOEQUELL LEWIS, age 28, of Westwego, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk.


Parsonsfield Woman Sentenced for Misappropriation of Postal Funds

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that United States District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced Carol L. Carter, 58, of Parsonsfield, Maine to 2 years’ probation and $2,713.08 worth of restitution for Misappropriation of Postal funds.


News Release: A Sterling Heights man was sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison after having been convicted in January by a jury of producing child pornography and enticing a minor online, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.


FBI Seeks Public Information on Missing Fairfax Juveniles

News Release: FBI Seeks Public Information on Missing Fairfax Juveniles.


News Release: A man who tried to discard his heroin in a toilet at the Cedar Rapids Police Department pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


Jefferson County metal manufacturer cited for 27 serious violations in federal workplace safety inspection, faces $47K in fines

News Release: Employer name: Falls Creek Powdered Metals Inc., 82 Industrial Drive, Brockway, Pennsylvania


OSHA fines 2 Pennsylvania contractors more than $236K for again exposing employees to serious workplace dangers

News Release: Employers name: Penn Stucco Systems Inc., 385 West Ridge Pike, Limerick, Pennsylvania


Monroe man pleads guilty to methamphetamine possession charge

News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a man from Monroe pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine for later sale.


News Release: Theodore J. Longust, 50, formerly from Columbia, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty today to a nine-count Indictment charging, Count 1, Financial Institution Fraud; Counts 2-5, Misapplication of Funds; Counts 6-8, Money Laundering; and Count 9, Making a False Record to Scott Credit Union With The Intent...


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Gregory Hatt, 29, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced today to 420 months in prison for distribution of heroin resulting in death.


News Release: As of Jan. 1, 2016, baiting for black and brown bears under State of Alaska regulations is prohibited in Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve. The National Park Service (NPS) new regulations also prohibit taking wolves and coyotes (including pups) from May 1 through August 9 and prohibit using dogs...


News Release: FARGO - On May 19, 2016, Matthew Gust, 25, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for setting fire to a Somali restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers of the District of North Dakota.


News Release: BOSTON - A former teller at Lenox National Bank pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with embezzling more than $375,000 from the bank and concealing the theft with false bank records.


Crownpoint Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Assault Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Shiloh Y. McLemore, 36, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his assault conviction.


Grand Forks Bank Robber Pleads Guilty

News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 18, 2016, Charlene Mae Corona, 39, Crookston Minn., pled guilty before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to two counts of Bank Robbery.


Nineteen Defendants Charged with Marriage and Visa Immigration Fraud

News Release: Jackson, Miss - United States Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr., of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations - New Orleans Field Office, announced today the unsealing of two federal indictments charging multiple defendants with U-Visa fraud and marriage fraud.


News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Pattie Sue Bradley, 43, of Cherokee, N.C. and an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for killing her husband, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger also sentenced Bradley to three years of supervised release following her prison term.


News Release: DALLAS - Kevin Kenard Howard of Dallas appeared in federal court today, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez, and pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud stemming from his work with Ellis Wamsley, IV and the FAIM Economic Development Corporation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a long-running, cross-country teen sex trafficking operation and ordering a witness against him to be killed.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHRISTIE ROBINSON, 39, of LaPlace, pled guilty yesterday to four counts of false statements on tax returns, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1).