News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


Bullhead Man Sentenced for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


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News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. FRIDAY, SEPT.16, 2016. As part of National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance will join Walgreens officials to demonstrate the ease and importance of safely disposing of unused prescription drugs at a permanent take-back receptacle...


News Release: ASHEVILLE -, NC - On Tuesday, September 6, 2016, U.S. District Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced two sisters to 87 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Melissa Sigmon, 29, and Shana Sigmon, 26, both of Sylva, North Carolina each pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine.



OSHA to hold two meetings of National Advisory Committee onOccupational Safety and Health OSH Professionals Pipeline Work Group

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled two meetings of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health's OSH Professionals Pipeline Work Group. The meetings will be held on Sept. 20, 2016 and Oct. 18, 2016, in Washington, D.C.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Dimas Colon-Cruz, 36, Denis Cruz, 29, and Michael Gonzalez-Colon, 20, all of Erie, Pennsylvania, with carjacking, use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and interstate transportation of stolen property. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of seven years in prison and a maximum of life.


Kenel Man Sentenced for Assaulting a Federal Officer

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kenel, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer, was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Sept. 15, a jury in Harrisburg convicted Jose Luis Benitez-Hernandez, age 30, an El Salvadoran national, of hindering his removal from the United States and assaulting law enforcement officers.


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Hui Li, 47, of Columbus was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for promoting prostitution involving aliens unauthorized to work in the United States through massage parlors she owned in Columbus and Dublin, Ohio.


Former Owner of Investment Firms Pleads Guilty to $9 Million Fraud

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Sherman Carl Vaughn, 45, of Blackstone, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in an investment fraud scheme that caused more than $9 million in losses to over 50 investors.


News Release: New Mexico HOPE Initiative to Host a Week of Educational Events.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Sept. 13, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Shelton Attorney Charged with Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER G. KRUZYNSKI, 50, of Shelton, was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging him with production and possession of child pornography.


Former Owner of Investment Firms Pleads Guilty to $9 Million Fraud

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Sherman Carl Vaughn, 45, of Blackstone, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in an investment fraud scheme that caused more than $9 million in losses to over 50 investors.



News Release: SEP 16 - BOSTON - Two men were charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday in connection with a large-scale marijuana distribution and money laundering ring operating between California and the East Coast.


Eagle Butte Man Sentenced for Robbery and Assault

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Robbery and Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding was sentenced on Sept. 14, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Defendant Owned Storefront in the Bayview/Hunter’s Point Neighborhood and Advertised Refunds for the Unemployed.


Roundtable on the Impact of the FAST Act’s Freight Provisions

News Release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable policy discussion next week to discuss the impact on freight of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.