News published on Federal Newswire in May 2017

News from May 2017


Registered Broker Sentenced To 24 Months In Prison For Securities Fraud In A $131 Million Market Manipulation Scheme

News Release: Defendant Sold Investors Worthless Stock Of Company That Purported To Be Worldwide Distributor of LED Lighting Products.


Former Mailman Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Mail

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Wadsworth, 26, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to theft of mail, before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


New York Man Sentenced to 110 Months in Federal Prison for Selling Oxycodone and Laundering Money in Vermont Over a Six-Year Period

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on May 22, 2017, The Honorable William K. Sessions III, sitting in Burlington, sentenced Michael J. Foreste, aka “Beast," of Valley Stream, New York to 110 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Foreste...


Yosemite National Park Anticipates Extremely Busy Memorial Day Weekend

News Release: Visitors are encouraged to arrive early and plan to expect traffic delays.


Four Armed Drug Traffickers Ordered to Prison

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - The final two of four men involved in stealing 246 kilograms of marijuana, some of whom also conspired to carry and use a firearm during and in relation to that crime, have been ordered to prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.


East Stroudsburg Man Indicted For Drug Trafficking

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Naaje Torres, age 24, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on May 9, 2017, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges. The indictment was unsealed May 22, 2017, following Torres’ arrest.


California Firm Posts $275,000 Employment Bond

News Release: Washington - Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc., operating out of Monterey, Calif., posted a $275,000 surety bond.


Beach Closures for the Threatened Snowy Plover at Point Reyes National Seashore from Memorial Day to Labor Day 2017

News Release: To assure success occurs this nesting season, a closure each Saturday, Sunday, and holiday from May 27 through Labor Day, September 4, of a small stretch of the Point Reyes Beach will be enforced. The closure will be established between the North Beach parking lot and just south of the mouth of Abbotts...


East Stroudsburg Man Indicted for Drug Trafficking

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Naaje Torres, age 24, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on May 9, 2017, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges. The indictment was unsealed May 22, 2017, following Torres’ arrest.


Elmira Man Charged With Threatening Witness

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Isaiah L. McLaurin, 27, of Elmira, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with witness tampering. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


Pomona Woman Arrested on Federal Charges that Allege Scheme to Smuggle Restricted Space Communications Technology to China

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pomona woman was arrested this morning on federal charges that accuse her of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications technology to her native China.


Standing Tall in Bartlett Cove: Eagle and Raven Totem Raising

News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - The serene shores of Glacier Bay have become even more meaningful with the raising of two spectacular Tlingit totem poles in Bartlett Cove. In a heartwarming day of friendship and collaboration, the Hoonah Indian Association (HIA), and the National Park Service (NPS) joined together...


Crips Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy in Nebraska

News Release: Crips Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy in Nebraska.


East Wareham Man Pleads Guilty to His Role in Drug and Money Laundering Ring

News Release: BOSTON - An East Wareham man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug charges.


Engel Statement on Trump's International Affairs Budget

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal, which would slash by nearly a third lifesaving investments in American development and diplomacy...


BLM Seeks Volunteers for Trail Improvement Project on National Trails Day

News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is looking for volunteers on National Trails Day, Saturday, June 3, to help repair winter trail damage and to build a new trail at the new Bald Mountain trail network east of Susanville.


Murray Slams President Trump’s Proposed Budget Attacking Women's Health, Planned Parenthood

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on President Trump’s budget proposal released this morning...


Former Government Employee Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Illegal Gratuities and Impersonation of A United States Immigration Officer

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - John Theis, age 40, of Sparrows Point, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to receipt of illegal gratuities and impersonation of a United States officer.


After Pressure from McCaskill, Administration Backs Off Proposal to Eliminate Office of National Drug Control Policy

News Release: WASHINGTON - Days after U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill released data showing that resources around Missouri could be dangerously impacted if the national office charged with combatting drug addiction and the opioid epidemic was virtually eliminated-as a draft of the Administration budget had reportedly proposed -the Administration today reversed the vast majority of those cuts in its formal 2018 budget.


Omaha Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Child Pornography

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Randy Arnold, 51, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for receiving child pornography. Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Arnold to 84 months imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from...