News published on Federal Newswire in April 2018

News from April 2018


Takoma Park Man Sentenced to 14 and a Half Years in Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Stanley Eugene Green, Jr., age 42, of Takoma Park, Maryland, to fourteen and a half years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for Distribution of Heroin and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.


Outlaws Gang Members Plead Guilty to Long Island Murder and Shooting

News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Pedro Merchant and Alton Gore, members of the Outlaws street gang, pleaded guilty to a firearm-related murder and assault in-aid-of racketeering charge and using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, respectively. The charges...


Outlaws Gang Members Plead Guilty to Long Island Murder and Shooting

News Release: Pedro Merchant Murdered an Associate of a Rival Gang and Alton Gore Shot Two Rival Gang Members.


News Release: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATES JOIN TO COMMEMORATE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK.


News Release: Christopher McGowan is Charged with One Count of Making a Threatening Communication Through Interstate Commerce.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the arrest and unsealing of a Complaint charging KASHAWN LYONS with distributing the fentanyl that resulted in the death...


News Release: David J. Miller, 45, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to 124 months in prison for stealing over $3.5 million from the City of Miami Beach’s bank account through unauthorized electronic transfers.


NATIONAL PARK WEEK EVENTS, DISCOUNTS PLANNED AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The National Park Service is celebrating National Park Week April 21-29 to encourage everyone to find their own connections to the more than 400 national park units that protect and preserve America’s natural and cultural history.


Federal jury finds former Pollock detention facility corrections officer guilty of bribery

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a federal jury found a former corrections officer at the Federal Correctional Complex in Pollock, Louisiana, guilty of accepting bribes to smuggle contraband.


News Release: Recruited Others to Pick Up Methamphetamine and Drug Proceeds.


News Release: SANTA FE, NM - The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a two-week public scoping period for input on 197 parcels of Federal minerals proposed for the September 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The public scoping period will begin April 9, 2018, and conclude on April 20, 2018. The lease sale is tentatively scheduled for September 6, 2018.


Farmington Felon Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gerald Soliz, 42, of Farmington, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to drug trafficking and firearms charges in three separate criminal cases. Soliz’s plea agreement recommends a sentence within the range of 100 to 125 months of imprisonment.


News Release: Chicago, IL - Celebrate National Park Week at your neighborhood national park April 19 - 28, 2018. Learn about the lasting contributions of A. Philip Randolph on his birthday April 15, as well as enjoy the spring reopening of the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum on April 19. On Earth...


Jefferson County, Ohio man admits to firearm charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Shaheim Price, of Wintersville, Ohio, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


William M. McSwain Sworn in as United States Attorney

News Release: William M. McSwain, who served as a federal prosecutor in Philadelphia before entering private law practice, returned to government service today as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Military veterans will prepare to transfer the skills and teamwork they honed in the military to the field of wildland firefighting, as they participate in an intensive training event hosted April 6-9 by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department of the Interior, and Team Rubicon, a veteran-led disaster response nonprofit.


New Mexico Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Federal Charges in Connection with Bank Fraud Scheme

News Release: In El Paso today, 39-year-old Michael Nedal Annabi and his wife, 34-year-old Perla Maldonado Annabi of Santa Teresa, NM, pleaded guilty to federal charges associated with a scheme to defraud multiple local banks and credit unions through applications for over $900,000 in personal loans and lines of credit, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s intent to nominate Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).


HSI and local partners travel to El Salvador to talk MS-13 enforcement across borders

News Release: NEW YORK - ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York and HSI Baltimore travelled to El Salvador this week with their local law enforcement partners and federal and state prosecutors to attend an MS-13 gang enforcement coordination meeting, hosted by the Acting Executive Associate Director (EAD) ...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s intent to nominate Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).