News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


News Release: Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments, with assistance from the San Juan County Economic Development and Visitor Services, are pleased to welcome the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park Centennial Band to San Juan County. The band’s programming provides the music of New Orleans and the...


Children’s Charity Treasurer Sentenced to Federal Prison

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Robert Lonardo, 67, of Burrillville, treasurer of the Rhode Island Association for Cardiac Children (RIACC), was sentenced today to 6 months in federal prison and ordered to serve 100 hours of community service for converting nearly $186,000 from the charity for his own personal use.


Smith County Man Sentenced for Drug Violations

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 23-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management wrapped up its 2016 Wyoming wild horse adoption season with a successful event September 10 at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton. Twenty wild horses and burros found new homes in Wyoming, Colorado and Oregon after being gentled by inmate trainers.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Joseph Richards, 47, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for armed bank robbery. The charges arose...


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Brett Ferrell, age 31, from New York, has been arrested and indicted for traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. Ferrell made his initial appearance in federal court in Burlington on Aug. 30, 2016 and he was arraigned on Sept. 12, 2016. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy ordered Ferrell detained pending trial.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy controlled by the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RONALD PEREZ, 28, BYRON RIVERA, 26, and MARCUS TYSON, 30, all of Hartford, have been arrested and charged by criminal complaints with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, one kilogram or more of heroin.


Former Jersey City Police Officer Admits Conspiracy to Commit Fraud and Accept Corrupt Payments, as Well as Filing a False Tax Return

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Jersey City police officer today admitted accepting more than $230,000 in corrupt payments, in violation of the Jersey City Municipal Code provisions governing off-duty employment, from employers who were operating worksites around the city, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Man Admits Defrauding VA With False Claim That He Served In Viet Nam

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that David Vincent Borry, age 58, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge J. Garvan Murtha in Brattleboro to knowingly defrauding a health care plan administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.



News Release: OAKLAND - Francisco Gonzalez was sentenced to 144 months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ...


News Release: BURLEY, ID - Just this week, Burley Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Manager Ken Crane gave the nod to Walker Ranch Energy for a geothermal energy project that will take place 13 miles south of Malta, ID. Eventually, the project will produce 25 megawatts (MW) of energy. Once in production, the project will generate royalties which will be shared between the BLM and the State of Idaho.


Former Fairbury Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Being Part of a Child Exploitation Enterprise

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg for the District of Nebraska and Barbara L. McQuade for the Eastern District of Michigan announced that Brandon L. Hennerberg, 31, formerly of Fairbury, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 35 years in federal prison for his participation in a child exploitation enterprise.


First of North Idaho Drug Trafficking Organization Defendants Pleads Guilty

News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Geena Lauren Milho, 25, of Williston, North Dakota, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute heroin, oxycodone and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Milho was indicted by a federal grand Jury in Coeur d'Alene on April 19, 2016.


Yellowstone Deputy Superintendent Steve Iobst to Retire

News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Steven F. Iobst, deputy superintendent of Yellowstone National Park has announced his retirement after over 42 years of continuous service with the National Park Service (NPS). He will retire Sept. 30, 2016.


Medina man indicted for stealing $275,000 from employer, using money to pay for vehicles, country club membership

News Release: A Medina man was named in a 22-count indictment, charged with stealing approximately $275,000 from his employer and using the money to pay for a country club membership, vehicles and purchases at Victoria’s Secret and GNC, law enforcement officials said.


Podcast Highlights Solar Energy Potential in Alaska

News Release: The 2016 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy report “Solar Energy Prospecting in Remote Alaska: An Economic Analysis of Solar Photovoltaics in the Last Frontier State" was featured in a recent Yale Climate Connections podcast entitled “Solar Even In Alaska: Really? Really!" The story...


Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Bill to Block Ransoms to Iran

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931), as amended. The legislation, authored by Chairman Royce, prohibits future cash payments to Iran - the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism - for any reason.


Wilkes-Barre Man Charged With Federal Crack Cocaine Trafficking Offense In Scranton

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Wilkes-Barre man was indicted on Sept. 13, by a federal grand jury in Scranton for crack cocaine trafficking.