News published on Federal Newswire in August 2018

News from August 2018


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, David Allen Markillie, 67, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 60 months’ imprisonment. Markillie had previously pleaded guilty to one count of armed bank robbery and one count of false information and hoax.


News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant DAVID MICHAEL SARE, was sentenced on August 16 in the District Court of Guam to ten years and one month imprisonment. SARE, age 42, from Corona, California, was convicted of...


Former U.S. Navy Captain and Two Chief Petty Officers Latest to be Indicted in International Navy Bribery and Fraud Scandal

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714 and Patrick Hovakimian (619) 546-9718.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jared Robert Faulkner, age 30, of Krebs, Oklahoma, was found guilty by a federal jury of Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The jury trial began with testimony on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 and concluded on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 with the guilty verdict.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for forcibly sex trafficking a minor.


KC, Independence Men Plead Guilty to Drug Trafficking that led to Kidnapping, Torture

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man and an Independence, Mo., man have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that involved the kidnapping and torture of an Independence, Mo., man.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Eight men and one woman were indicted by a federal grand jury this week for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Greene County, Mo.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL ANGEL ARCOS-VASQUEZ, also known as “Dimas Fernando Herrarte," 26, pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported. ARCOS-VASQUEZ, a citizen of either Mexico or Guatemala, last resided in Norwalk.


News Release: MIAMI, FL - Esteban Santiago-Ruiz (Santiago) was sentenced today to life in prison by United States District Judge Beth Bloom, after previously pleading guilty to charges of committing acts of violence at an international airport resulting in five deaths and serious injuries, in connection with the mass-shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 6, 2017.


News Release: BOISE - On Wednesday, Eric Courtney Hunter, 39, of Victorville, California, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms by a felon, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Hunter was indicted by a grand jury on Feb. 15, 2017. The case went to trial on Jan. 31, 2018, and ended with the jury finding Hunter guilty of all counts on February 5, 2018.



Two Sentenced To Federal Prison For Investment Fraud

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II today sentenced Leone Alfano La Cava (59, Orlando) and Viktoriya Johnson (36, Orlando) to 8 years and 1 month in federal prison, and 3 years and 10 months’ imprisonment, respectively, for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Court also ordered La Cava and Johnson to forfeit four properties and two luxury vehicles, which are traceable to proceeds of the offenses.


News Release: United States Attorney Erica MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of PAUL R. HANSMEIER, 37, for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from extortion victims to settle sham copyright infringement lawsuits by lying to state and federal courts throughout the country.