News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


THREE DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO FIREARMS TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY

News Release: Earlier today, Kevin Todd, Kenneth Todd and Keycia Bynum pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to conspiracy to engage in the business of firearms dealing without a license.


ICE removes MS-13 gang member wanted for attempted murder in El Salvador

News Release: MIAMI - A Salvadoran MS-13 gang member, illegally present in the United States, who is wanted in his native country for attempted aggravated homicide was removed Friday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).


FBI Still Looking for Tips, Offering $20,000 Reward Two Years After Las Cruces Church Explosions

News Release: FBI Still Looking for Tips, Offering $20,000 Reward Two Years After Las Cruces Church Explosions.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced today 19 indictments charging 22 defendants with illegal possession of firearms and use of firearms during violent crimes.


The Enemy Among Us: Defending Harpers Ferry During the War of 1812

News Release: On Saturday and Sunday, August 12th and 13th, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, experience life as it was in the early nineteenth century as the small settlement of Harpers Ferry and the young nation faced a war with the British to defend their newfound freedom.


News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Shelly A. Binkowski, Inspector in Charge for the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, today announced the unsealing of two indictments charging a total of 17 individuals with federal narcotics offenses related to the trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine in central Connecticut.


News Release: WASHINGTON - To honor and understand the lives of many of America’s greatest heroes, all it takes is a trip to a national park. A number of National Park Service sites honor influential people who made a difference and helped shape the American experience.


Minnesota man sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison for producing and receiving child pornography

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota man was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in federal prison for producing and receiving child pornography.


Demolition of Former Plutonium Finishing Plant Processing Building Now Underway

News Release: "Z-Plant" Last Major PFP Building Now Coming Down.


News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - DOE has honored a Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) fire protection engineer with its highest award for fire protection.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rashawn Dewer, 37, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.


News Release: Defendants Two of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


News Release: Surplus military supplies purchased by the Sheriff’s Office were missing.


News Release: Due to damaged underground electrical transmission cables near Oregon Inlet, Hyde and Dare Counties have issued mandatory evacuation orders for visitors on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. The orders have been issued to protect life safety during this period of lost and unreliable electrical service.


News Release: Earlier today, Jonathan Flom, an attorney licensed in three states, was sentenced to 48 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release for money laundering. Today’s sentencing took place before United States District Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York.


Murkowski Secures Funding for Excursion Inlet Bridge

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week announced that an agreement has been reached to pave the way for repairs of a key bridge at Excursion Inlet, which is necessary to help maintain operations of the salmon cannery at Excursion Inlet.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization operating primarily in Southeastern Massachusetts.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Acting Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Panagiota Loukisas, 56, of North York, Ontario, Canada, was successfully returned from Poland and arraigned this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. In July 2015, the defendant was named in a five count indictment charging bank fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.


News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Tracey D. Montaño, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Division, and Phyllis G. Robinson, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...