News published on Federal Newswire in August 2018

News from August 2018


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.



News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A jury has convicted Kevin R. Foster, 42, of Montclair, N.J., of 16 charges related to a fraud scheme. He was found guilty of wire fraud, money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion and filing false tax returns.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Michigan resident has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months of incarceration and four years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiring to possess and distribute opiate pain killers, oxycodone and oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Sureno Gang Member Sentenced to 172 Months in Federal Prison for His Involvement in Discharge of a Firearm During Crime of Violence and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Angel Abel Campos, age 24, of Toppenish, Washington, a documented Sureno gang member, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty in May 2018, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and...


Williamson County Man Lands 5-Year Prison Sentence for Federal Firearm Violation

News Release: Bobby A. Commons, a/k/a "Blood," 44, of Herrin, Illinois, was sentenced this week to a 60-month term in federal prison for a firearm offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today. Commons previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.


News Release: A Eugene Church Music Ministry Leader Arrested on Child Pornography Charge.


News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK -Roland Kyzer, Jr., age 49, of Binghamton, was sentenced to serve a total of 32 years in federal prison following his conviction for child pornography offenses, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


Karen Knight named as Director of Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement for the Bureau of Reclamation

News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation's Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Karen Knight, P.E., was selected as the Director of Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement for the Bureau of Reclamation.


News Release: CINCINNATI - Damion Dean, 29, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.


Prominent Southwest Washington Fishing Guide Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Disability Fraud Scheme

News Release: Defendant Claimed he was Disabled and Unemployed at the Same Time he Ran a Successful Business Featured in Magazines, Online and on the Radio.


Ukrainian Sentenced for Trafficking in Hacked Financial Information

News Release: Ukrainian Sentenced for Trafficking in Hacked Financial Information.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RUFUS HOWELL, 40, last residing in Manchester, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to gun possession and heroin distribution offenses.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Benjamin Abraham, 60, of Charlotte, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 41 months in prison in connection with a $3.5 million investment scheme involving jewelry, precious metals and gemstones, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina. Abraham was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release and to pay $2,034,537 in restitution.


Queens Man Sentenced for Distributing Heroin, Crack Cocaine

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Darnell D. Devaughn, age 33, of Long Island City, New York, was sentenced today to a year and a day in jail for distributing heroin and crack cocaine in Albany County.


News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Aug. 23, 2018, United States District John M. Gerrard sentenced Rita K. Scott to probation for a term of 1 year with special conditions for making false statements to a federal agent in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).


Waterloo Man Indicted for Child Pornography

News Release: Mark Brueggemann, 60, of Waterloo, Illinois, has been charged with knowingly receiving a video depicting child pornography, Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. The one-count indictment alleges that the offense occurred in Waterloo on or about Feb. 15, 2017.


News Release: Correctional officer Victor Casado conspired to take bribes from a federal inmate in his custody in exchange for smuggling contraband into the jail.


News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Parker Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.