News published on Federal Newswire in October 2016

News from October 2016


November 2016 Elections

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney Charles M. Oberly, III announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Patricia C. Hannigan will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016 general...


News Release: Eddie Ray Rios, 58, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Oct. 19, 2016, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana and for carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Rios was arrested...


News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Aaron Davidson pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with his involvement in schemes involving the payment of bribes to a high-ranking soccer official in exchange for media and marketing rights to international soccer...


News Release: FBI Announces Results of Nationwide Human Trafficking Operation.


OSHA cites paper product manufacturer for lacking safety procedures after worker suffers amputation; proposes $68K in penalties

News Release: Employer name: AJM Packaging Corp. Inspection site: 569 Bowery Lane. 569 Bowery Lane. Folkston, Georgia 31537. Folkston, Georgia 31537. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a citation to AJM Packaging Corp. on Oct. 18, 2016, for one repeated...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Ranking Member on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (IL-09); Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee (NJ-06); G. K. Butterfield (NC-01); and Lois Capps (CA-24) wrote Administrator...


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Jonesville man was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in prison for possessing a silencer.


Williamsport Man Charged With Drug Trafficking

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a grand jury in Scranton returned an Indictment on Oct. 18, 2016, charging Morris Smith, age 33, a resident of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.


Warren Man Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Mailing White Powder to Former Employer

News Release: A Warren man was sentenced to one year and one day of incareceration for mailing an envelope containing white powder to his former workplace, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.


News Release: Five people were sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud about 70 investors out of approximately $17 million, law enforcement officials said.


Social Security Administration Employee Indicted for Theft of Funds

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MICHAELLE MARTINEZ, age 38, of Marrero, was indicted today for Theft of Government Funds.


Cross-Border Human Smuggler Sentenced to 36 Months

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Terri Ann Bush, age 43, of Hogansburg, New York, and St. Regis, Quebec, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in prison for her role in a human smuggling conspiracy.


ICYMI: Schakowsky, Pallone, Butterfield and Capps Call on GSA to Stop Selling Vehicles Under Recall

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Ranking Member on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (IL-09); Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee (NJ-06); G. K. Butterfield (NC-01); and Lois Capps (CA-24) wrote Administrator...


News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Alfred Vernon Reeves, Jr., 43, of O’Fallon, Illinois, was sentenced to 67 months in federal prison for distribution of heroin and conspiracy to distribute heroin.


News Release: Defendant and Coconspirators Then Used Funds to Purchase Luxury Vehicles They Shipped to Nigeria.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffrey D. Dawson, 59, and Katherine M. Dawson, 40, of Morgantown, West Virginia pled guilty to failing to pay $8,505.41 in taxes for their Morgantown business, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


USP Allenwood Inmate Charged with Assault and Possession of Contraband

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Oct. 18, 2016, a grand jury in Scranton charged Robert Stoddard, age 46, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Allenwood, Pennsylvania, (USP Allenwood) with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of contraband.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Ranking Member on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (IL-09); Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee (NJ-06); G. K. Butterfield (NC-01); and Lois Capps (CA-24) wrote Administrator...


News Release: BOISE - Sara Curnow, 44, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, a condition of which is home confinement for 6 months, for the crime of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Curnow to forfeit and pay restitution of $852,041 to St. Luke’s Health System. Curnow pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on March 29, 2016.


Robbery of Bank of the West Branch in Albuquerque

News Release: Robbery of Bank of the West Branch in Albuquerque.