News published on Federal Newswire in April 2017

News from April 2017


News Release: A federal grand jury indicted a Garfield Heights man for theft of government funds, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Two Illinois Men Charged With Conspiring to  Provide Material Support to ISIS

News Release: Two Illinois Men Charged With Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS.


Federal Jury Convicts Fort Worth Man of Five Counts of Robbery and Gun Charges

News Release: FORT WORTH - Following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, a federal jury has convicted Nathaniel Roshaun Bowens, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas, of five counts relating to the robbery of T-Mobile stores, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: John Muir National Historic Site Celebrates John Muir’s Birthday and Earth Day.


Bethlehem Man Charged With Tax Evasion

News Release: Robert McAndrew, Jr., 51, of Bethlehem, PA was charged today by Information with numerous counts of tax evasion, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The Information charges that the defendant operated a company called NEPA Payroll Services, and that numerous businesses retained NEPA...


Sex Offender Sentenced to a 270-Month Term of Imprisonment for Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child

News Release: Spokane - Today, Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that David Afterbuffalo, age 41, of Wellpinit, Washington, was sentenced to a 270-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime of court supervision and continuing sex offender registration, for one count of Abusive Sexual Contact With a Child, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Sections 2244(a)(5) and 1153.


Sex Offender Sentenced to a 270-Month Term of Imprisonment for Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child

News Release: Spokane - Today, Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that David Afterbuffalo, age 41, of Wellpinit, Washington, was sentenced to a 270-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime of court supervision and continuing sex offender registration, for one count of Abusive Sexual Contact With a Child, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Sections 2244(a)(5) and 1153.


News Release: Fugitive Wanted for Murder in Plainfield Added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two New Jersey men were arrested today for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $900,000 in commercial and residential merchandise from various companies, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.


Hanover Township Man Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Caleb Guerrier, age 35, of Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 11, 2017, by a federal grand jury in a six-count superseding indictment charging multiple counts of crack cocaine trafficking and firearms offenses.


News Release: The Beretta Pistol was Stolen in a Residential Burglary.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Stacey E. Mendoza, age 40, of Albany, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), today announced that an indictment was returned by a grand jury charging MATTHEW DRAPER, a/k/a “Mata,"...


Pollock Prisoner from Texas Sentenced to 77 Months in Prison for Assaulting Fellow Inmate

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Pollock prisoner was sentenced to 77 months in prison for assaulting another inmate.


Employer in fatal Boston trench collapse did not provide safety training and basic safeguards for employees, OSHA finds

News Release: BOSTON - Robert Higgins and Kelvin Mattocks died on Oct. 21, 2016, in Boston, when the approximately 12-foot deep trench in which they were working collapsed, breaking an adjacent fire hydrant supply line and filling the trench with water in a matter of seconds.


News Release: Admits Filing Forged Documents, Leading to Nearly $340,000 in Ill-Gotten Gains.


Davenport Man Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possessing a Firearm

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On April 11, 2017, Gary Eric Arnold, age 50, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 140 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and to 120 months for the charge of felon in possession of a...


Walden, Upton, and Shimkus Ask POTUS to Fill Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vacancies

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting he fill the current and future vacancies at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In recent weeks, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, working with IRS Criminal Investigation and the Inspector General for Tax Administration, charged three cases of tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that two previously deported aliens were indicted separately by a federal grand jury on illegal re-entry charges.