News published on Federal Newswire in October 2016

News from October 2016


Austin Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Fentanyl Related Deaths

News Release: In Austin today, 27-year-old Austin resident Sylvester Orlowski was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for his role in two deaths resulting from a fentanyl overdose in May of this year announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo.


Man Charged With Robbing Two Philadelphia Banks

News Release: An Indictment1 was returned today charging Charles Richard Boehm, 46, formerly of Erie, Pennsylvania, with two counts of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Ernesto Cabanas-Torres (41, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison.


News Release: BOISE - Quentin Craig Padilla, 32, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 105 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Padilla’s sentence will run concurrent with a state sentence he is currently serving. Following his prison sentence, Padilla will be placed on five years of supervised release. Padilla was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 12, 2016 and entered his guilty plea on July 6, 2016.


Cleveland man faces firearms charges

News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for being a felon in possession of two firearms and ammunition, said Carole S. Rendon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: Projects Included the Empire State Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bronx Terminal Market, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and New York University.


Additional Individuals Charged For Their Roles In Operating “Pill Mills” In Knox And Loudon Counties

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 4, 2016, a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a 13-count superseding indictment against Sylvia Hofstetter, 52, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Richard Larson, 80, of Dandridge, Tenn.; Alan Pecorella, 67, of West Orange, N.J.; Theodore McCrary, 69, of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Courtney Newman...


News Release: What: The public and members of the media are invited to learn how to use and access U.S. Census Bureau statistics to make informed decisions about their communities. ¡Puerto Rico Cuenta! (Puerto Rico Counts!) is a one-day conference about data usage that will take place Oct. 14, 2016, in partnership...


Clinton Township Trustee Arrested and Charged for Demanding and Taking Bribes

News Release: An elected Trustee of Clinton Township was arrested by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today based on a criminal complaint charging him with demanding and taking bribes in exchange for his vote on municipal contracts, United States Attorney Barbara McQuade announced.


Brady, Neal Highlight Another Reason for Pro-Growth Tax Reform

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recently, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) responded to a request from Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA) for an updated estimate of how much money from America’s job creators is currently trapped overseas. The JCT estimates that...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of production, attempted production, and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jeremy L. Lara, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to federal fraud and theft charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Brooklyn, New York pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for being a felon in possession of two firearms and ammunition, said Carole S. Rendon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Another Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in Expanding Bribery and Fraud Investigation

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


Gretna Man Sentenced to 20 Years Following Mail Fraud Conviction

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MELVIN LEWIS II, age 53, of Gretna, was sentenced today after previously being convicted of thirty counts of mail fraud.


News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that within the past two weeks, three additional men were sentenced to prison for their roles in a large stolen property ring that operated in the Metro East and other locations. On October 4, 2016, Shannan M. Flora...


Roanoke Man Sentenced on Federal Drug Charge

News Release: Shawn Cadogan Admitted to Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that DUSTY ALLEN DRYWATER, age 33, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less...


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest and unsealing of a complaint charging EDWARD J. SERVIDER, a/k/a “Nick...