News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced that Jacques Andre Jackson and Willie Joseph Roberts, of Chester, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to federal drug charges associated with their participation in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. United States...


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today significant sentences in a recent drug ring case. Hakim Giddins, 36, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to serve 16 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a drug...


News Release: Man Attempts to Rob Northeast Albuquerque Bank in Drive-Thru Lane.


News Release: Larry Pagett Allegedly Shot and Killed a Rival Gang Member in Brooklyn Hookah Lounge.


Topeka Man Pleads Guilty To Two Armed Robberies

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to two armed robberies, including one in which he fired a shot into the ceiling, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Troy Malecki, 49, of Williamsville, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography depicting minors less than 12 years of age, was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. Senior District Judge William M. Skretny.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Travis Donald Fender, 26, of Summerville, South Carolina, was sentenced to a total of one hundred and seventy-one months imprisonment for his involvement in a drug deal where he shot two people. Fender pled guilty in January...


Manhattan Beach Resident Convicted of Embezzlement and Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury convicted a Manhattan Beach resident today of wire fraud and filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson for the Southern District of California.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding was sentenced on June 6, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Mesquite Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison For Child Sex Trafficking

News Release: DALLAS - Martavious Detrel Banks Keys, a/k/a “Cheese" and “Matt," 34, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to Life in federal prison for felony child sex trafficking offenses. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On the day jury selection was set to start, Ehbrin Castro-Correa, a.k.a. “Chino," plead guilty to one count of animal abuse, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Immigration and Customs Enforcement- Homeland Security Investigation (ICE-HSI) handled the investigation.


Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for Approvals Associated with the Tesoro Viejo Master Planned Community

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed issuance of land use authorization(s) to the County of Madera.


Northwest Arkansas Man Sentenced To Over Fifteen Years In Prison For Firearms Violation

News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Myers, age 38 of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release on one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Robert T. Dawson presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield accountant and former CPA pleaded guilty in federal court today to two embezzlement schemes totaling more than $3 million and to failing to pay more than $2 million in taxes over the past six years.


News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Take part in the free, week-long, Arts in the Park camp from Monday, June 26, through Friday, June 30 at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s Paul H. Douglas Center. The camp runs from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm each day. Rhonda Cox, director of Artopia and Saudra Goldsby, a retired art teacher, will share the skills and materials needed to complete various nature art themed projects.


Nature Play Days at the National Lakeshore

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Kids of all ages are invited to celebrate and play in the outdoors at the Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Saturday, June 17, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. This program will be spent building forts, hiking in Miller...


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 130,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.


News Release: A woman who used her position as the city clerk for the City of Delhi to steal city funds pled guilty on June 9, 2017, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.



Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 130,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.