News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Randal Gordon Paul, 48, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced late yesterday afternoon in federal court to 120 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for his conviction on a federal child pornography charge. Paul also was ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution to victims of Paul’s criminal conduct. Paul will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.


Four Members Of “Manche Boy Mafia” Gang Sentenced In Credit Card Fraud Scheme

News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced four Tampa men to federal prison for engaging in a conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, credit card fraud, and identity theft. Brandon Lewis (22) and Terrance Cobb (22) were each sentenced to 5 years and 1 month in federal prison; Dontae...


Grayson County Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 39-year-old Denison, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


News Release: FORT WAYNE - Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Antonio Cortez Harris, age 25, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Theresa Springmann to possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


Engel Remarks on Authorization for the Use of Military Force

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks on the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) and current terrorist threats at the full Committee hearing...


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Kansas hunting guide pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday for routinely violating state and federal hunting laws while taking clients on $300-a-day hunting trips, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty to Developing and Distributing Prolific Malware

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Taylor Huddleston, 26, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to charges of aiding and abetting computer intrusions.


Tampa Man Sentenced In Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme

News Release: Tampa, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Moses Wilcox to three years and four months’ imprisonment for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme. The Court also entered a money judgment for $129,854.17, the amount of fraudulent income tax refunds that Wilcox had received directly into a bank account in his name.


News Release: This past week, I joined my team in Idaho Falls, Idaho for JamX 17. This jamming exercise, held at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, gave us the opportunity to evaluate solutions to a threat that can leave responders in the dark in regard to communications-possibly escalating already dire situations.


San Antonio Man Pleads Guilty For His Role in a “Foreclosure Rescue Scheme”

News Release: DALLAS - Richard Bruce Stevens, 52, of San Antonio, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez and pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Kevin Graham Conlon, age 30, of Cockeysville, Maryland, to 20 years in prison followed by 25 years of supervised release for the production of child pornography and cyberstalking. Judge Motz ordered that, upon his release from prison...


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated on Barksdale Air Force Base.


District Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery

News Release: Admits Holding Up Downtown Bank Earlier This Year.


Essex County, New Jersey Man Sentenced to 39 Months in Prison for Defrauding Investors

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Caldwell, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 39 months in prison for fraudulently using more than $550,000 in investment funds that he solicited to purchase and sell consumer products in bulk, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.


Former Truckee Resident Indicted for $1.7m Investment Fraud

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patrick Slavin, 55, formerly of Truckee, was arraigned today in federal court on a 21-count indictment charging him with mail and wire fraud for an investment scheme that he ran from 2008 through 2016, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Hatch to Convene Hearing on Increasing Access to Affordable Housing

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, to examine the difficulties and solutions to increasing access to affordable housing in America. The hearing, “America’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Challenges and Solutions," will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.


News Release: FBI, Atlanta PD Continue Search for Female Robber on APD’s Most Wanted List.


News Release: The five defendants are alleged to have robbed and murdered a traveling jewelry salesman near DFW Airport.


News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip L.B. Halpern (619) 546-6964.


News Release: Kidnappings and Armed Robberies took place throughout Albemarle and Greene Counties.