News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Smithfield man pleaded guilty today to killing a bald eagle, first shooting and wounding the bird, then finally running over it with his all-terrain vehicle.


News Release: FBI Seeking Information on Hon-Dah Casino Robbery.


Nashville Man Pleads Guilty To Sending Internet Threat Targeting Law Enforcement Officers

News Release: Defendant's Actions Conveyed Pleasure In The Number Of Targeted Cop Killings.


News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Today, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Philip Hooge announced that the boundaries of the temporary whale waters area implemented on June 30th have been adjusted to accommodate a shift in whale distribution in the West Arm. A high concentration of whales has...


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Elyric Nathaniel Singleton, III was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Granade to 97 months in federal prison for his role in nine pharmacy burglaries.


News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HAENA PARK was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to three years in prison for defrauding investors of more than $23 million. PARK pled guilty on Jan. 13, 2017, to one count of commodities fraud before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams, who also imposed today’s sentence.


FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify La Mesa Bank Robber

News Release: FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify La Mesa Bank Robber.


Explore the Amazing World of Bats At Whiskeytown!

News Release: Explore the Amazing World of Bats At Whiskeytown!.


Private Monuments or Memorials on Reclamation Lands to be Removed

News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. -- The Bureau of Reclamation is asking that residents who have placed monuments or memorials on Federal lands to please remove them.


News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 44-year-old resident of Brownsville has been ordered to federal prison for his conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Antonio Torres pleaded guilty July 13, 2016.


News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Five defendants appeared in federal court this week and were sentenced for their roles in robbing the Education Credit Union in Amarillo, Texas on Sept. 23, 2016, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 24-year-old U.S. citizen and resident of Nuevo Laredo has been ordered to federal prison for attempting to smuggle more than a dozen firearms, scopes and ammunition magazines to Mexico, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Iram Abel Buentello pleaded guilty March 31, 2017.


Dominican National Sentenced for Trafficking  Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizens

News Release: BOSTON - A document broker was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican citizens and corresponding identity documents.


Connecticut Woman Sentenced for Stealing Over $250,000 from Her Employer

News Release: BOSTON - A Windsor, Conn. woman was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for stealing over $250,000 from her employer.


FBI Denver Seeks Assistance in Identifying the Suspect Responsible for Multiple Bank Robberies

News Release: FBI Denver Seeks Assistance in Identifying the Suspect Responsible for Multiple Bank Robberies.


Woman Sentenced to 138 Months in Federal Prison for Her Role in Armed Robberies

News Release: DALLAS - Tatiana Renee Sallie, 20, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to serve a total of 138 months in federal prison for her role in committing several violent armed robberies with a group in the Dallas area in 2015, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Farmington Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Rupesh Bhakta, 39, of Farmington, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 24 months in prison for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. He will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.


Berthold USA Pleads Guilty To Misrepresenting That Packages Used To Ship Radioactive Materials Had Been Properly Tested

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Berthold Technologies, USA (Berthold), of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee in which Berthold admits that it falsely represented that devices shipped in interstate commerce had been tested to...


Man Sentenced In Alabama For Nine Pharmacy Burglaries

News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Elyric Nathaniel Singleton, III was sentenced today by a Senior United States District Judge to 97 months in federal prison for his role in nine pharmacy burglaries, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama.


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has approved a plan submitted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to construct improvements to support a Hatteras-Ocracoke Passenger Ferry.