News published on Federal Newswire in December 2017

News from December 2017


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to robbing a branch of the RTN Federal Credit Union in Brookline and a branch of the Mansfield Bank in West Bridgewater in November 2016.


Washington Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Threatening to Damage Computers

News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Wenatchee, Washington man was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to threatening to damage computers at a Chapel Hill business, announced Sandra J. Hairston, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Suffolk man pleaded guilty today to piloting an aircraft without a proper pilot’s license from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Sunshine Marie McEwen (43, Atlantic Beach) has pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender. She faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a lifetime term of supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.


ICE detainee charged with 2007 Fort Worth murder

News Release: A 30-year-old Mexican national, Juan Eduardo Meraz-Flores, serving his third stint in federal prison for entering the United States illegally, has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a Fort Worth auto shop owner in 2007.


SRS Improves Safety, Achieves Savings by Extending Shipping Package Design Life

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Savannah River Site (SRS) recently worked with EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to improve worker safety and realize savings by extending the life of shipping packages holding plutonium oxide.


El Salvador man indicted for illegal re-entry

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Adonai Wilfredo Parada, of El Salvador, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on an illegal re-entry charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - On Monday, a former bank executive admitted in federal court that he executed a 17-year scheme to defraud Town Square Bank of more than a million dollars.


Providence Man Sentenced for Trafficking Opioid Addiction Medication Suboxone and Cocaine

News Release: U.S. Postal Service Inspectors interrupted delivery of 50 doses of Suboxone, a medication used for treatment of heroin and opioid dependence.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal judge in Corpus Christi has issued a guilty verdict against a 25-year-old Corpus Christi resident on charges of sex trafficking of a child, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.


Arrests Made in Connection to Des Moines Metro Gun Store Burglaries

News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - Dcember 19, 2017, David Marken Aikoriegie and Myles Jordan Maricle Pena, both of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared in federal court before United States Magistrate Judge Celeste F. Bremer on charges related to a series of gun store burglaries in the Des Moines area, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.


Johnson Requests Information from GSA Regarding Trump For America Communications

News Release: Dear Administrator Murphy: I write concerning allegations that General Services Administration (GSA) personnel, prior to your confirmation as Administrator, failed to recognize and protect the privileged and confidential nature of materials generated during the presidential transition and provided them...


Mexican citizen pleads guilty to illegally possessing a rifle

News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a man from Mexico pleaded guilty to being an illegal alien in possession of a rifle.


EmCare, Inc. to Pay $29.8 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Dallas based EmCare, Inc. a subdivision of Envision Healthcare Corporation that provides physicians to hospitals to staff their Emergency Departments (EDs). EmCare agreed to pay $29.8 million to resolve claims that, from 2008...


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - For the first time, EM treated and shipped Hanford tank waste off site to a commercial facility for disposal as low-level waste.


Cocaine Distributor Sentenced to 168 Months in Federal Prison

News Release: DALLAS - Octavius Williams, 32, of Irving, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 168 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.


Victoria Man Indicted for Defrauding Employer

News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 47-year-old Victoria resident made an appearance in Houston federal court on charges of wire fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.


Jury Returns a Guilty Verdict Against Remaining Members of Chambersburg Sex Trafficking Ring Dismantled by Federal Authorities

News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Anthony “Tony" D’Ambrosio, age 35, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Armando Delgado, age 21, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania were convicted on Dec. 18, 2017, after a two-week jury trial in...


Raytown Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Raytown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing child pornography over the Internet.


U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme

News Release: U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme.