News published on Federal Newswire in April 2017

News from April 2017


Davenport Man Sentenced to 88 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Use and Transport Stolen Credit Cards and for Violating Supervised Release Terms

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On April 13, 2017, Agron Mitchell Simpsonheather Jean Reekr, age 40, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 88 months in prison for conspiracy to misuse stolen credit cards, transportation of stolen credit cards, and for violation...


Kingstree Man Sentenced on Weapons Charge

News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105.


Chemical Spill Closes Third National Lakeshore Beach

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service has closed a third beach area, Cowles Bog Beach, at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore due to the spill of a toxic chemical into the Burns Waterway on April 11. In addition to the Cowles Bog Beach, both West Beach and the Portage Lakefront and...


Updates to the My Congressional District Tool

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau recently updated the My Congressional District web application for the 115th Congress.


Hartford Attorney Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Role in Stock "Pump and Dump" Scheme

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COREY BRINSON, 37, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a securities fraud scheme.


Additional Charges Filed Against Wilkes-Barre Men In Drug Trafficking Case; New Defendant Charged

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Edirso De Leon Frias, age 25, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, and Nathaniel Murphy, age 41, Roy Seabrook, age 43, and Ruth Reyes-Maldonado, age 32, all of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were indicted...


International Businessman Pleads Guilty to Financing Racketeering Enterprise in San Diego Card Room

News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey D. Hill (619) 546-7924 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709.


Secretary Perry Celebrates Successful Completion of Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project

Release: The 240MWe Facility is the Largest Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Project in the World


Grand Jury Returns More Charges Against Lindsborg Man in Foreign Travel for Sex Case

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury here today returned additional charges against a Lindsborg man accused of traveling to a foreign country to have sex with minors, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


Crews Set to Complete Another Major PFP Building Demolition in June

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site crews expect to finish tearing down the Plutonium Reclamation Facility, a major building of the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP), in June.


BLM Seeks Comments on Analysis of Southeastern New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Parcels for September Sale

News Release: Santa Fe, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking input on the analysis of 60 parcels in southeastern New Mexico for the September 2017 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The parcels are located in Eddy, Chaves, Quay, Curry, Lea, and Roosevelt counties.


Founder Of Wind Energy Company Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced a federal indictment charging SHAWN ROBERT DOOLING, 50, founder of a renewable energy company, with three counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of engaging in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property.


Henry County Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Henry County, Ky., man, who was previously convicted of several child exploitation offenses, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.


Tax Preparers Indicted And Arrested On Federal Tax Charges

News Release: HONOLULU - Christine Helliangao, 35, a resident of Henderson, Nevada, and Natasha Bardon, 31, a resident of Kapolei, Hawaii, were arrested on April 13, 2017 as a result of a federal indictment in Hawaii charging that they conspired to file false federal income tax returns, and filed such returns, for the 2013 and 2014 tax years.


Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Update his Sex Offender Registration

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Roy Nard, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 15 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Nard will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.


News Release: Florida Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Telemarketing-Related Fraud Scheme.


Two Remaining Defendants Sentenced in a Drug Conspiracy Case

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Two remaining defendants have been sentenced in a drug conspiracy ring on Tuesday in front of United States District Judge Catherine Perry. Gary James Evans, Jr., St. Louis, was sentenced to 102 months in prison and Lamont Kenneth Allen, St. Louis, to 24 months in prison on drug conspiracy charges.


News Release: A Massillon man was indicted for illegally importing fentanyl from China, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.


Davenport Man Sentenced to 160 Months in Prison for Crack Cocaine Distribution

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On April 11, 2017, Sultan Tippu Bismillah, heather Jean Reekr38, of Coralville, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 160 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Bismillah was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment and to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.


Greensboro Man Sentenced on Mortgage Fraud

News Release: Florence, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Michael Lane Prevette, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment in federal court. In October of 2016, Prevette pled guilty to count one of an indictment, which charged Conspiracy to Commit Application...