News published on Federal Newswire in August 2018

News from August 2018


News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...


Columbia Man Pleads to Federal Firearm Charge

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Corey F. Kitt, age 38, of Columbia, plead guilty in federal court to knowingly using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of...


News Release: The National Park Service is excited to announce that the Wright Brothers National Memorial visitor center will reopen on Saturday, September 29. Details for a grand reopening event will be announced later this month.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Bank Robbery.


News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Senior Judge Callie V. S. Granade sentenced Harlan Bradley, Jr. on Aug. 1, 2018 to the maximum sentence allowed, 10 years in prison, for his possession of 4 firearms.


Lincoln Man Sentenced on Methamphetamine Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Aug. 1, 2018, Rodney P. Mazzulla, 58, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced to 26 years (312 months) in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine and two counts...


Guatemalan National Detained on Child Pornography Charges

News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI -A Guatemalan national who was prevented from entering the United States illegally as he attempted to cross the U.S. border from Mexico in 2002 has been arrested in Rhode Island and ordered detained in federal custody on child pornography charges.


News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Senior Judge Callie V. S. Granade sentenced Harlan Bradley, Jr. on Aug. 1, 2018 to the maximum sentence allowed, 10 years in prison, for his possession of 4 firearms.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho - With the threat of wildfire danger increasing rapidly, state and federal land management agencies will implement Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on all lands within southwest Idaho effective Aug. 3, 2018beginning at 12:01 a.m. Fire restrictions limit certain activities in the outdoors to decrease the chance of any preventable fires in the designated areas.


News Release: New York Man Charged With Theft of Trade Secrets.


Boston Gang Member Charged with Federal Firearm Offense

News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man affiliated with the Vine/Forest Street and Orchard Park gangs was charged today in federal court in Boston with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.


Hatch Opening Statement at Treasury Nominations Markup

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a markup of the nominations of Justin Muzinich to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Michael Desmond to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury...


Second Postal Carrier Sentenced Prison for Delivering Marijuana Packages to Drug Dealers

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that a second U.S. Postal carrier was sentenced to prison today for taking bribes in exchange for delivering packages containing marijuana to drug dealers. Steven C. Williams, 43, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 15 months’ imprisonment.


Mission Man Charged With Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Aggravated Sexual Abuse, and Abusive Sexual Contact.


News Release: ELIZABETH CITY - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that "Operation Nor’easter," a heroin and opioid centered Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Operation headed up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation resulted in the indictment of twelve (12) defendants for ...


News Release: HAMMOND - Jason Jay Cheek, 41 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was charged in U.S. District Court in a Criminal Complaint with Bank Robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


Lawrence Man Sentenced To 37 Months In Federal Prison For Oxycodone Trafficking

News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that John Jacome, 35, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison for oxycodone trafficking.


Alachua County Man Sentenced to 360 Months in Prison for Federal Child Pornography and Firearm Charges

News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Joshua Hansen, 35, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Gainesville to 360 months in prison for production of child pornography, 240 months for possession of child pornography, and 120 months for possession of an unregistered silencer.


Astronomy Party

News Release: On Saturday Oct. 20, 2018, Thomas Stone National Historic Site will host a nighttime stargazing event from 6:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. Visitors can come out to view stars, planets and constellations through the powerful telescopes of the Southern Maryland Astronomical Society. There is no admission cost to either event.