News published on Federal Newswire in May 2017

News from May 2017


News Release: SANTA ANA - A robbery crew member was sentenced Monday to serve 11 years in prison, followed by a five-year period of supervised release, and payment of $2,459,350 in restitution to his victims.


News Release: Big Bend National Park is planning on conducting deferred maintenance projects in Rio Grande Village this summer. The park will be replacing a water tank and waste water lagoon liners at Rio Grande Village, which will affect water availability and sewage treatment. During this time of limited water availability, temporary closures will be enacted.


Notice of Tundra Closure National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

News Release: FAIRBANKS, AK - The Bureau of Land Management’s Arctic District Office today announced the closure of winter overland tundra travel for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska effective at 12:01 a.m., Friday, May 5, 2017.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William Dombrow, of Darby, PA, pled guilty to four counts of wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Dombrow, a Monsignor in the Archdiocese who is currently on administrative leave, is charged with fraudulently diverting more than $535,000 in Archdiocese funds for his own personal use.


Monsignor Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William Dombrow, of Darby, PA, pled guilty to four counts of wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Dombrow, a Monsignor in the Archdiocese who is currently on administrative leave, is charged with fraudulently diverting more than $535,000 in Archdiocese funds for his own personal use.


Four Chinese Nationals Arrested and Charged in Connection with College Admissions Exam Scam

News Release: Students Arrested Today in Massachusetts, Arizona and New Jersey on Immigration-Related Charges.


News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) will host an open house at the Campbell Creek Science Center on Thursday, May 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. to provide information on the realignment of the entrance to the Campbell Tract.


Neal Statement on House Passage of Trumpcare

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the House passed the Trumpcare bill...


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Southeast Texas man was sentenced Thursday to 17 ½ years in prison following his two convictions for producing child pornography by sexually abusing two female victims.


News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Corey Buddle, 25, of Brooklyn, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, was sentenced to 60 months by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


News Release: BOSTON - A former NHL player was sentenced in federal court in Boston today for an oxycodone conspiracy.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Mizener, 49, Palmyra, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 11 years in federal prison for the armed robbery of a Jefferson, Wis. business.


News Release: Hialeah Police Department Officer Raul Castellon pled guilty today to corruption and identify fraud charges.


Federal Prisoner and His Fiancée Indicted for Running an Inmate Taxi Service

News Release: ATLANTA - Federal inmate Deldrick D. Jackson and Kelly M. Bass have been arraigned on charges of conspiring to assist inmates to escape from the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta and for escaping and assisting in the escape from prison.


Former Military Sealift Command Contractor Charged with Bribery

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a former contractor at the Military Sealift Command for his role in a bribery and fraud conspiracy through which he received nearly $3 million in bribes.


NEW—Senate Dems Introduce Urgent Legislation to Safeguard Key Women’s Preventive Health Care Services from Administration Attacks on Birth Control Mandate

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jon Tester (D-MT), and 44 other Senate Democrats today introduced new legislation, the Save Women’s Preventive Care Act, to ensure that coverage for preventive health care services, like breast cancer screenings, birth control, ...


Three San Antonio Men Arrested and Charged in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: In San Antonio, three men, including a member of the Bloods street gang, are in federal custody charged for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.


Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Edward Kriglstein, 50, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 120 months in prison for a methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Kriglstein will be on supervised release for eight years following his prison sentence.


News Release: Dear Inspector General Roth: According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the number of assaults on law enforcement personnel, including Border Patrol Agents, has increased substantially between fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017. Given this increase and the potential consequences for the safety...


News Release: Erwin Keith Bell, age 36, from Clinton, Iowa, has been charged with one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.­ The charge is contained in an Indictment filed yesterday in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.