News published on Federal Newswire in March 2017

News from March 2017


FBI Seeking Public Assistance in Identifying Credit Card Fraud Ring

News Release: FBI Seeking Public Assistance in Identifying Credit Card Fraud Ring.


News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Prince George's County and Forest Heights Police Officers.


Manchester Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Robbing Credit Union

News Release: Concord, N.H.- Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Derek Potocki, 32, previously of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced yesterday to 72 months in prison for his role in the robbery of a credit union in March 2015.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Odere Suleitopa, age 33, a Nigerian national residing in Brooklyn, New York, today to 63 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for 18 counts of wire fraud and five counts of aggravated identity theft arising...


Woodbridge Resident Convicted of Robbery and Murder

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Bernardo Eugene Ford, Jr., 26, of Woodbridge, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury on charges related to his robbery and murder of a drug dealer in Falls Church.


Lubbock Woman Sentenced to 87 Months in Federal Prison for Her Role in Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas -Arleen Theres Keithley, 36, was sentenced this morning before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings for her role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


BLM Completes Environmental Analysis to Drill Oil Wells near Lake Sakakawea

News Release: (DICKINSON, N. D.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has completed its environmental analysis on a proposal to drill oil wells on private land within the Fort Berthold Reservation near Lake Sakakawea. With completion of this environmental analysis, the BLM will approve a permit for the Slawson Exploration Company to drill the first 8 of 11 wells from a single well pad.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Correctional Officer Thomas Leimbach, age 32, of Pocomoke City, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2017, to his participation in a racketeering conspiracy operating at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Diego Rojas, age 42, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on March 7, 2017, before United States District Court Judge James M. Munley to making false claims against the government.


Convicted Felon Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Robbing Fast Food Restaurant

News Release: This case is one of many brought as a result of the United States Attorney’s Office.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -A New York man was charged today with robbing a bank in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The owner of KLA International Inc., Quad Trade Services Inc., and TCI Technologies Inc., today admitted his role in a conspiracy to defraud approximately 40 businesses out of more than $1 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha Stepping Down

News Release: PROVIDENCE - At the direction of the President, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha today announced his resignation, effective at midnight. Mr. Neronha joins all of the other United States Attorneys appointed by President Obama in stepping down today.


Wyden Statement on Senate Floor on Seema Verma Nomination and Trumpcare

News Release: Today the Senate turns to consider the nomination of Seema Verma to be the administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. Now I’ll admit, people in coffee shops across America probably aren’t atwitter with the latest buzz out of CMS. But the fact is, this is an agency that controls more...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Eileen M. Decker today resigned from the position of United States Attorney for the Central District of California at the request of the President.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Aurora, Colorado, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Contact by Force, Sexual Contact with a Minor, and Sexual Contact.


McHenry County Man Pleads Guilty to Four Robberies

News Release: ROCKFORD - A McHenry County man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to four charges of robbery.


Federal Jury Finds Fort Worth Man Guilty of Bank Robberies

News Release: FORT WORTH - Following a five-day trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means, a federal jury convicted Waymon Scott McLaughlin, 57, of Fort Worth, Texas, on four counts of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: As the National Park Service enters its second century of service, volunteers across the country will again answer their nation’s call to service. On Saturday, April 1, 2017, history enthusiasts, community leaders, and preservationists will team up with the Civil War Trust at more than 130 historic sites in 30 states to participate in the 21st annual Park Day.


Reclamation Issues Snowmelt Forecast for Bighorn River Basin

News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's March forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...