News published on Federal Newswire in November 2016

News from November 2016


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A jury today convicted a Wichita man on federal drug and firearm charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three Columbia, Mo., men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in distributing synthetic heroin, which resulted in the death of an 18-year-old man.


Reclamation Waives Day Use Fees at New Melones Lake for All Visitors on Veterans Day

News Release: SONORA, Calif. - On Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region, Central California Area Office, will waive day use fees at New


News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) El Centro Field Office will waive recreation-related fees for visitors on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11 and Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day weekend, Jan. 13-16, 2017.


Two Chicago Men Charged with Federal Drug and Firearm Violations in Connection with the Sale of Heroin on West Side

News Release: CHICAGO - Two Chicago men have been charged with federal drug and firearm violations for allegedly selling heroin out of a backyard in the North Lawndale neighborhood.


Three Sentenced in Oxycodone Case

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that WALLACE STOGNER, age 61, of Bogalusa; DANIELLE MEISNER, age 31, of Mandeville; and KAREN SMITH, of Slidell, were each sentenced today in connection with an investigation into the illegal diversion of Oxycodone pills through a clinic formerly operating in Bogalusa and New Orleans East. Oxycodone is a prescription-only Schedule II controlled substance and a highly addictive and abused opioid drug.


New York Man Sentenced on Cocaine Charge

News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A Brooklyn man, who previously pled guilty to a federal cocaine charge, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, announced United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr.


News Release: Futures Trader Pleads Guilty to Illegally Manipulating the Futures Market in Connection with 2010 'Flash Crash'.


Bushwick Drug Dealer Sentenced To Life In Prison For Orchestrating Two Contract Murders

News Release: One Shooting Resulted in the Death of an Innocent Bystander.


Springfield, Columbia Men Sentenced for Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that three co-defendants were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine in Boone County, Mo.


BLM releases environmental assessment on May 2017 oil and gas lease parcels

News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - Today the Bureau of Land Management began a 30-day public comment period on a preliminary environmental assessment evaluating offering about 100,000 acres of federal minerals in northwestern Colorado for oil and gas leasing.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Public Information Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Office, Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field ...


Former Navy Recruiter Sentenced To 17 Years On Child Coercion And Enticement Charges

News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced yesterday a Weaverville, N.C. man to 204 months in prison on child coercion and enticement charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Cogburn also ordered Benjamin...


Serial Robber Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Richard Charles Frey, 41, of East Moriches, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in prison for bank robbery. Frey was ordered to pay restitution of $4,785 to four bank victims.


News Release: A one-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Massimo Dabusco, also known as “Max," and Vito Menadi with conspiracy to commit extortion. The indictment was returned under seal by a federal grand jury sitting in Brooklyn on November...


News Release: Law Enforcement Seeking Information Regarding Missing 24-Year-Old Lakewood Woman.


Monroe County Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Sex Trafficking Charges; Co-Defendant Admits to Drug Trafficking

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton, to participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that stretched from Stroudsburg to New York to the state of Maine, and to a forcing or coercing women into engaging in prostitution in northeastern Pennsylvania.


Natchez National Historical Park Honors Veterans and their Families with a Fee Free Day

News Release: As part of Veteran’s Day observances on Friday, Nov. 11, Natchez National Historical Park will offer free Melrose house tours to everyone in honor of U.S. military veterans, current members of the U.S. armed forces and their families.


Missouri Man Sentenced for Child Exploitation

News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 30-year-old Missouri man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.