News published on Federal Newswire in May 2017

News from May 2017


Cummings Requests Documents on President’s Effort to Press NSA Director and DNI to Counter FBI’s Russia Probe

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and a letter to National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers requesting “all documents, communications, memoranda, ...


FBI Releases Details from a Miami Bank Robbery

News Release: FBI Releases Details from a Miami Bank Robbery.


News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - With the summer months approaching, the Bureau of Land Management is reminding the public of use guidelines at the Scab Creek Recreation Area and Campgrounds. The Scab Creek area receives sizable amounts of visitation and the guidelines are in place to accommodate the large number of diverse user groups.


BLM Begins Wild Horse Water Bait Trap Gather near Gerlach on Thursday, June 1

News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District (WD) will begin an emergency wild horse gather on Thursday, June 1 north of Gerlach, Nevada. Due to reported safety concerns of horses crossing the highway and creating near misses with vehicles, the WD will be gathering approximately 15 horses from the area near the highway.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - The editor of a newspaper that covers the Sunland/Tujunga area has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms.


Find Your Trail at Anacostia Park

News Release: WASHINGTON - Skate, bike, run or hike your way into Anacostia Park along the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail in celebration of National Trails Day. On June 3, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Anacostia Park will host a National Trails Day event that is fun for the whole family.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Belenda Sandy (56, Buckhannon, West Virginia) has pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane today announced that on May 26, a jury in Bridgeport convicted RONNETTE...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Eric J. Thompson, 29, of Jacksonville, N.C., was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay $19,200 in restitution after pleading guilty on November 9, 2016, to one count of interstate transportation for prostitution and one count of using an interstate facility to promote...


News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $435,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in an airworthy condition.


News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DEBORAH KELLEY, a former managing director of institutional fixed income sales at a New York-based broker-dealer (the “Broker-Dealer"), pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken for participating in a “pay-to-play" bribery scheme involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund (“NYSCRF"), the nation’s third largest public pension fund.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Jaskula, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment previously filed against him. Specifically, Jaskula pled guilty to the crime of willfully depriving another of their constitutional rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury before U.S. District Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


East Hartford Man Charged with Sex Trafficking of a Minor

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging ALEXANDER PEDRAZA, 26, of East Hartford, with one count of sex trafficking of a minor.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Juan Rivera-Gutierrez, 35, and Pedro Pabon, Jr., 42, both of Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty today to their respective roles in a three-year conspiracy to distribute cocaine.


FBI Releases Details of a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale

News Release: FBI Releases Details of a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Cory Jean Gainey, 24, of Reedsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 10 months incarceration for unlawfully purchasing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense with an Email Fortress

News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense with an Email Fortress.


News Release: Orlando, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found John David Stahlman (35, Longwood) guilty of one count of attempting to persuade, induce, and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 10, 2017.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Danielle Nicole Burroughs, age 35, of Duncan, was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. She received 14 months incarceration and was ordered to...


Buffalo Woman Sentenced On Drug Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rose Smith, 66, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fetanyl, oxymorphone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone, was sentenced to 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.