News published on Federal Newswire in April 2017

News from April 2017


Winterville Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Heroin Distribution and Possession of Ammunition by a Convicted Felon

News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in Federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced MAURICE EUGENE MOORE, JR., 27, of Winterville, North Carolina to 300 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.


News Release: Stephen Laycock Named Special Agent in Charge of the Counterintelligence Division for the Washington Field Office.


News Release: Sentenced for his role in two Posey County Community State Bank incidents.


FAA Begins EIS for New Runway at Fifth Busiest Airport

News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a new parallel runway and associated projects at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). Based on the FAA’s most recent Terminal Area Forecast, the number of flights at CLT is expected to grow at an average rate of 1.9 percent annually, increasing from more than 545,000 operations in 2016 to a projected 740,000 operations in 2033.


Two Kankakee Felons Sentenced for Firearms Possession

News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Two Kankakee men with prior felony convictions have been sentenced in federal court for illegal possession of guns. William D. Roper, 35, was sentenced on April 10, to 7 ½ years in federal prison. On April 7, Andre Davis, 33, was ordered to serve seven years in prison. The men have been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since their respective arrests in separate cases in May 2016.


News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Due to delays in the seasonal hiring process, and fewer than normal staff, the Zion Canyon Visitor Center and Human History Museum operating hours will not be extended until Saturday, April 29, 2017.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A leader of the Vice Lords street gang was sentenced today to 162 months in prison for his role in the May 7, 2015, shooting of four members of a family with an AK-47 in Detroit.


Shelby County Resident Sentenced to Prison for Reciept and Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On April 11, 2017heather Jean Reekr, Matthew E. Gross, a 40 year-old resident of Westphalia, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 60 months in prison, and five years of supervised release to follow his imprisonment, for receipt and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel.


News Release: DALLAS-Sistemas Globales S.A., an Argentine information technology and consulting firm, has agreed to a civil settlement of allegations that it and its corporate affiliates, including U.S. affiliate Globant LLC (collectively “Globant"), violated the False Claims Act and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act, announced U.S. Attorney John R. Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Ukrainian National Sentenced for Contraband Cigarettes

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Ukrainian national was sentenced in federal court today for transporting thousands of cartons of cigarettes from Missouri to Chicago, Ill., in order to avoid paying nearly $165,000 in excise taxes.


Nigerian Citizen Indicted on Charges of Theft of Government Funds

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Olusola Luke, 38, a citizen of Nigeria and resident of Guatemala, was ordered held and transferred to St. Louis for further proceedings on an Indictment charging him with conspiracy and theft of government funds in connection with a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud scheme he and others are alleged to have perpetrated between 2013 and 2015.


News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - The final defendant in a conspiracy that brought heroin into the Roanoke region from New York and Maryland was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.


BLM land acquisition provides future recreational opportunities for popular Kanarra Creek Trail

News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - Nearly 41 acres of land, including a portion of the increasingly popular Kanarra Creek Trail that leads to Kanarraville Falls, was purchased by the Bureau of Land Management March 31 for the development of recreational opportunities, among other uses.


Physician Charged with Willfully Failing to File Income Tax Returns

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A medical doctor has been charged by Information in federal court in Pittsburgh with three counts of Willfully Failing to File Income Tax Returns, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.


News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a trash company pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees.


Government Watchdog to Conduct Review of Trump Transition Process

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Government Accountability Office has initiated an investigation of conflicts of interest and other problems affecting President Trump's transition. The review was requested in November 2016 by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Troy Montoya, 24, of Espanola, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a bank robbery charge. The guilty plea was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI, Sheriff Jerry L. Hogrefe of the Taos County Sheriff’s Department and Town Marshal David Smith of the Red River Marshal’s Office.


News Release: The Fill Building Associates, L.L.C., d/b/a Fill Building East, owner of a professional office building located at 27301 Dequindre Rd. in Madison Heights, Michigan, has agreed to make a number of structural changes to the building to resolve allegations that it was inaccessible to individuals with mobility disabilities in violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), announced Daniel L. Lemisch, acting United States Attorney.


Upshur County Man Sentenced for Federal Conspiracy

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 41-year-old Gilmer, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison following a lengthy investigation into a synthetic drug operation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


Black Rock National Conservation Area Subcommittee to meet on May 12

News Release: Reno, Nev.--The Bureau of Land Management Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) Black Rock National Conservation Area subcommittee will meet on Friday, May 12. The meeting will be held at the BLM State Office, at 1340 Financial Boulevard, in Reno, Nev., from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Public comment periods will be held at 2:00 and 3:30 p.m.