News published on Federal Newswire in October 2017

News from October 2017


Akron man with history of violence indicted on firearms charges

News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Delamon A. Marshall, 38, of Akron, with two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition as an armed career criminal and two counts of possessing of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.


Parks Postpone Lost Grove Prescribed Burn and Plan Smaller Project in Cedar Grove

News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Oct. 13, 2017 - Park officials have decided to postpone the Lost Grove Prescribed Burn, which was scheduled to begin on Sunday Oct. 15, and instead will complete a final segment on the Cedar East Prescribed Burn, which was begun in Cedar Grove in April 2017. Ignitions on this segment of the Cedar East Prescribed Burn are expected to begin on Tuesday, Oct. 17, if conditions are favorable.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in the Atlantic County, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.


Founder And Ceo Of Wright Time Capital Group Pleads Guilty To Commodities Fraud

News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL S. WRIGHT pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer to commodities fraud in connection with WRIGHT’s operation of an investment fund, Wright Time Capital Group (“WTCG").


Albany Felon Sentenced for Possession of Semi-Automatic Rifle and Handgun

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jason Twiss, 29, of Albany, New York, was sentenced today to serve 80 months in prison for illegally possessing a loaded semi-automatic rifle and a loaded 9-milimeter handgun as a convicted felon, carrying firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and attempted possession...


Pleasants County woman admits to charges involving the theft of social security benefits

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A St. Marys, West Virginia woman has admitted to a theft charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


News Release: He Admitted to Driving Mexican Citizen Who Entered the USA Illegally.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Detroit, Michigan man has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


Scott Tucker and Timothy Muir Convicted at Trial for $3.5 Billion Unlawful Internet Payday Lending Enterprise

News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SCOTT TUCKER and TIMOTHY MUIR were convicted after a five-week jury trial on all fourteen counts against them, for operating a nationwide internet payday lending enterprise that systematically evaded state laws in order to charge illegal interest rates as high as 1000% on loans.


West Texas Methamphetamine Distributors Given Lengthy Prison Sentences

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Arnoldo Mendoza Lepez, 45, of Littlefield, Texas, was sentenced this morning before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 405 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former settlement agent from Wyckoff, New Jersey, was convicted at trial today on charges related to the refinancing of properties in Bergen and Morris Counties, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Briani Gomez, age 21, of New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Oct. 12, 2017, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that stretched from Stroudsburg to New York to the state of Maine.


FBI Seeking Grimace Bandit

News Release: FBI Seeking Grimace Bandit. The FBI is releasing new video and information as we ask for the public’s help in identifying the Grimace Bandit. The Grimace Bandit is suspected of robbing three banks in nine days, the most recent bank robbery happening in Goodyear on Monday, October 9. The Grimace Bandit...


News Release: STRONG CITY, Kansas: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is pleased to announce the upcoming annual Prairie Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.


Public input sought on proposal to install new elevated water tank on Ocracoke Island

News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore is seeking public input regarding a plan to relocate a water tank that is operated by the Ocracoke Sanitary District (OSD) on Ocracoke Island.


Acoma Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Assault Charge

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


News Release: Tennessee Dentist Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion.


Murray Statement on Trump’s “Reckless” Decision to Cut Off Payments Helping Lower Health Care Costs for Families

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to unilaterally cut off the cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).


Atlantic County, New Jersey, Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in the Atlantic County, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.


2017 Halloween Open House & Candlelight Tours

News Release: Join us at William Howard Taft National Historic Site to celebrate our Halloween Open House event. The house where William Howard Taft was born and grew up will be decorated to reflect the mid-Victorian period during our annual Halloween Celebration.