News published on Federal Newswire in March 2017

News from March 2017


News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement regarding a report that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip next month’s NATO ministerial meeting and later in April will travel to Russia...


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va - Three local men who allegedly participated in several recent burglaries of local firearms dealers made their initial appearances here today in federal court.


NKC Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Illegal Firearm, Implicated in Murder

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: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to four years and three months in federal prison for a gun crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. William Cody McClung, 31, previously pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony.


Meridian Man Guilty of Unlicensed Gun Dealing and Making False Statements to Acquire Handguns

News Release: BOISE - Steven W. Clyne, 70, of Meridian, Idaho, was convicted on Friday evening by


Rapid City Man Charged with Firearm Offense

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with two counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


Boise River Flows Increase, Continue to be above Flood Stage

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue to increase flows from Lucky Peak Dam beginning Tuesday due to lower elevation precipitation and above-normal winter precipitation in the Boise River drainage.


News Release: BOISE - Mathew Grover, 28, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Grover was indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 13, 2016.


Scammers Spoofing FBI Denver Phone Numbers to Fool Victims

News Release: Scammers Spoofing FBI Denver Phone Numbers to Fool Victims.


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: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Michael Kimball, age 29, of Plattsburgh, New York, was sentenced today to 10 years and 1 month in prison for distributing, transporting, and possessing child pornography.


Santa Ana Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Rape Charges

News Release: Prosecution Part of Federal Initiative to Address Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


Murray Blasts Decision By Trump Administration to Roll Back Data Collection on LGBTQ Seniors, LGBTQ Individuals with Disabilities

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement following reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under the leadership of Secretary Tom Price, has eliminated...


Austin Man Arrested/Charged After Landing Plane Containing Marijuana in Llano Early This Morning

News Release: In Austin this afternoon, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against 64-year-old Wayne Douglas Brunet for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Earlier this morning, state authorities arrested Brunet at the Llano (TX) Municipal Airport after discovering approximately 230 pounds...


News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement With Suffolk City Virginia School District to Desegregate Its Schools.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Birmingham man pleaded guilty today in federal court to distributing fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid painkiller, that caused the death of a 20-year-old Pelham woman, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton.


News Release: Officer Charged With Federal Civil Rights Violation and Filing False Reports.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Bluefield man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Marvin Gillespie, 65, entered his guilty plea to distribution of hydromorphone.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Jefferson County Schools’ human resources director and former Hueytown Middle School principal pleaded guilty today to federal charges of enticing a minor and receiving and possessing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger Stanton, Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steven D. Anderson and Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler.


News Release: Early this morning, a search began for a 39-year-old man from Thornton, Colorado in the Longs Peak area. His body was discovered by Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team members at noon, half way up The Loft.