News published on Federal Newswire in October 2017

News from October 2017


Niagara Falls Man Convicted Of Gun Charges

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura A. Higgins, who is handling the case, stated that on Jan. 12, 2012, law enforcement officers observed the defendant and co-defendant, Guy Lightfoot, conduct a suspicious transaction outside of 1953 Falls Street in Niagara Falls, NY. Brown, who was in his vehicle when...


News Release: BOSTON - Charles Samuel Ali, 31, was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with one count of resisting and assaulting a federal officer.


Leader of Drug Gang That Operated in the Lackawanna Housing Project Pleads Guilty

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael P. Felicetta, who is handling the case, stated that between early 2014, and December 5, 2014, Graham conspired with several co-defendants to purchase and sell various amounts of crack cocaine from and to one another and to further distribute the crack cocaine on to various...


Sioux Falls Man Charged with Interstate Communications with Threat to Injury

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Interstate Communications with Threat to Injury.


Reclamation releases draft results on the Central Valley Project Cost Allocation Study

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region today released draft preliminary results for the Central Valley Project Cost Allocation Study.


News Release: SAN DIEGO - Major Mexican drug cartel leader Sajid Emilio Quintero Navidad, aka Cadete, was arraigned in federal court on Oct. 11, 2017, following his arrest by United States law enforcement at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on charges arising out of the Southern District of California. Quintero Navidad...


News Release: Gibson Buckley Condie, 57, of Powell, Wyoming, pled guilty in federal court on Oct. 27, 2017, to health care fraud involving mental health services falsely billed to Wyoming Medicaid, announced Acting United States Attorney John R. Green. Condie, who is a licensed psychologist, had been indicted by...


Pallone Pans Pai’s Lifeline Proposal

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai’s announcement that he intends to dramatically downsize the Lifeline program...


Broward County Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

News Release: A Broward county man pled guilty today to production and possession of child pornography.


American Sentenced to 20 Years for Joining ISIS

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) settlement with the North Canaan School District to ensure equal access for children with disabilities at the North Canaan Elementary School playground.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai’s announcement that he intends to dramatically downsize the Lifeline program...


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Arthur Nunes, III, 41, formerly of Dover, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty today in federal court to making a false statement in order to obtain Social Security benefits, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.


Person of interest sought in kidnap and assault in Olympic National Park

News Release: Detectives with the Port Angeles Police Department (WA) and Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) are investigating a possible kidnapping and sexual assault that occurred in early October.


News Release: Due to conservation concerns about wild fall Chinook salmon and current harvest levels, Olympic National Park is closing the Quillayute and Dickey River mouths to fishing from October 29 to November 6. This closure also includes portions of each river within the boundaries of the park.


Baltimore Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Federal Prison For Failing To Register As A Sex Offender

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Dennis Morgan, age 52, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 18 months in prison, 6 months of which are to be served in a halfway house, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for Failure to Register as a Convicted Sex Offender.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Morgan City man pleaded guilty Thursday to using the internet to download and possess child pornography.


News Release: Moved $900,000 to Offshore Account in Cook Islands to Thwart IRS Collection.


News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Justin Crandall, age 28, of Sidney, New York, pled guilty today in federal court in Binghamton, New York, to three counts of sexual exploitation of a child, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Vadim Thomas, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office...


News Release: Connecticut Resident Pleads Guilty to Failing to Report Foreign Financial Accounts.