News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Attempting to have Sex with a Child

News Release: Responded to Law Enforcement Undercover; Sought Sex with Fictitious 5-year-old.


Huntington Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Heroin Charge

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman who was caught selling heroin in January of this year pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Judy Kay Smith, 58, entered her guilty plea to distribution of heroin.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of a 25-count indictment charging John Pierre Mack III (25, Kissimmee, former member of the Florida National Guard), Ronnie Rolland Montgomery (28, Orlando), David Augusta Jones, III (26, Orlando), Dillon McDowell...


News Release: Cobb County Police Department, FBI Arrest Bank Robber Wanted in Florida and Ohio.


Glacier National Park Sets New June Visitation Record

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - This year, 620,962 people came to the park in June, up 28% over visits from last year.


Tohono O’odham Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Child Abuse

News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Rosalee Vavages, 55, of Sacaton, Ariz., a member of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 63 months in prison. Vavegas had previously pleaded guilty to child abuse, likely to produce death or serious bodily injury. Previously, co-defendant...


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A multiagency law enforcement operation in Washington’s tri-cities area targeting individuals intending to sexually exploit children resulted in the arrest of 26 suspects, including five individuals with access to children at risk of being abused.


Fresno Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearms Possession

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Randy Flowers, 51, of Fresno, to two years and nine months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Repeat Sex Offender Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison

News Release: Steve Butler, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announced that Sam Wesley Conaway, 49, of Citronelle, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for possession and transportation of child pornography. Conaway entered a guilty plea to both charges in March and was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Callie V.S. Granade.


Fresno Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearms Possession

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Randy Flowers, 51, of Fresno, to two years and nine months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Clairton Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Two Southwestern Pennsylvania Banks

News Release: PITTSBURGH -A former resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court, on July 7, 2017, to charges of bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.


News Release: FBI, Dawson Police Department Seeking Information on Armed Bank Robber.


Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists and Soliciting the Murder of a Federal Judge

News Release: Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 39, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to provide and conceal material support or resources to terrorists and one count of solicitation to commit a crime of violence.


Huntington woman pleads guilty to federal heroin charge

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman who was caught selling heroin in January of this year pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Judy Kay Smith, 58, entered her guilty plea to distribution of heroin.


News Release: DALLAS - Connie Su Moser, a/k/a “Vivian" and “Song Ye Hong," 64, of Lewisville, Texas, appeared this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle and pleaded guilty to charges related to the operation of the Doll House massage parlor in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Senior Member Of Drug Trafficking Organization Admits Conspiring To Sell Heroin In New Jersey

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A senior member of a large-scale drug trafficking organization today admitted distributing heroin in Ocean and Monmouth Counties and elsewhere in New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced border patrol officer Frank Peter Salamone and his wife Heather Turner Salamone on July 6, 2017. They were both to serve a term of imprisonment of time served followed by 3 years of supervised release for the conspiracy to illegally import Methylphenidate (Ritalin) into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963.


News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Jose Emmanuel Morales Rittingger, 29, was sentenced this morning before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 121 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 17,000 grams of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Today, Russell Tim Shen, 69, Andre Jorge Hernandez, 39, and Ernesto Esteve, 50, all from Miami, Florida, appeared before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to their roles in a marihuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Guilty Plea In Littlefield Methamphetamine Trafficking Investigation

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Arnoldo Mendoza Lepez, 44, of Littlefield, Texas appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant, Jr. this afternoon and pled guilty to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.