News published on Federal Newswire in March 2017

News from March 2017


Eden Man Charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eden, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.



News Release: WASHINGTON - As Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi visits Washington, U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan letter to President Donald J. Trump urging continued U.S. support to foster unity ...


News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - A three-count indictment was unsealed this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Xiaodong Wu, the founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Medical Technologies, Inc. (China Medical), and Tak Yung Samson Tsang, also known as “Sam...


House Republicans Announce Updates to Strengthen American Health Care Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week the House is expected to vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA)-legislation to repeal Obamacare and lay the foundation for a 21st century health care system based on what Americans want and need, not what Washington thinks is best.


News Release: Randy A. Hummel, Executive Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida; Nadine Gurley, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General (HUD-OIG); and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal...


News Release: WESTON, Fla. - Hugo Margenat-Castro, 25, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, 100 grams or more of heroin and distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the death of another. He faces a mandatory minimum term of 20 years and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office plans to conduct an approximately 300 acre prescribed fire within the Ignacio Chavez and Chamisa Wilderness Study Areas from March 23 through April 7, weather permitting. The area, known as Mesa Chivato, is west of Highway 550 and approximately...


News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Hugo Margenat-Castro (25, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the death of another. He faces a mandatory minimum term of 20 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: Hialeah Police Department Officer Raul Castellon was arrested on Friday, March 17, 2017, on corruption and identify fraud charges.


New York Pair Face Federal Charges For Heroin Possession With Intent To Distribute

News Release: MAR 20 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Shawn Alonso of New York, New York, and Tamara Moody of Queens, New York have both been charged by criminal complaint with possession of 100 grams or more of heroin, with intent to distribute the drug in Chittenden County, Vermont. The charges were announced jointly by Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a North Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today on two counts of illegally possessing a firearm, following the court’s finding that he was involved in the murder of an Independence, Mo., man in 2015.


News Release: This week the House is expected to vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA)-legislation to repeal Obamacare and lay the foundation for a 21st century health care system based on what Americans want and need, not what Washington thinks is best.


Virginia Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison on Child Pornography, Firearms Charges

News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A Virginia man, who previously pled guilty to federal charges related to his admitted viewing of depictions of child pornography and the possession of an illegal firearm, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) have agreed to further collaborate to develop and apply robotics to nuclear decommissioning tasks.


Wanted by the FBI: Applicants for the Denver Teen Academy

News Release: Wanted by the FBI: Applicants for the Denver Teen Academy.


Albuquerque Resident Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge

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


Orlando Man Sentenced To Over 15 Years For Drug And Firearm Offenses

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Eric C. Falkowski (35, Orlando) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Falkowski pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, 2016.


News Release: This week the House is expected to vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA)-legislation to repeal Obamacare and lay the foundation for a 21st century health care system based on what Americans want and need, not what Washington thinks is best.