News published on Federal Newswire in February 2018

News from February 2018


News Release: U.S./Israeli Man Indicted for Hate Crime and Threats to Jewish Community Centers, Israeli Embassy, Anti-Defamation League, Conveying False Information, and Cyberstalking.


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


News Release: United States Attorney Richard Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Richard Allen Canterbury, of Valley Grande, entered a guilty plea in federal court to three charges involving weapons stolen from the evidence room at the Selma Police Department. Court documents reflect that Canterbury...


Baldwin County Man Receives 36 Month Sentence for Possession of a Firearm After Felony Conviction

News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Bobby Amos, a 39 year old, resident of Foley, Alabama was sentenced to 36 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possessing a firearm after four felony convictions for robberies committed when he was a juvenile.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Luscious Latrice Neal a/k/a Luscious Neal Harris, 43, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to her role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Thomas M. Annello, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 29-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


Port Arthur Convicted Felon Sentenced for Gun Violations

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JACOB FREEMAN, 22, of Ansonia, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, cocaine base (“crack cocaine").


Gregg County Man Sentenced for Three East Texas Bank Robberies

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 48-year-old Kilgore, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robberies in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


Fort Dodge Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Possessing Methamphetamine

News Release: Close to a pound of methamphetamine discovered in defendant’s car.


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Combating the Opioid Crisis

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety:"


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Combating the Opioid Crisis

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety:"


Former Norwood Man Sentenced for Coercing a Minor for Sex While on Home Monitoring

News Release: CINCINNATI - Cody Lee Jackson, 22, formerly of Norwood, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 165 months in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor.


Akron man previously convicted of attempted murder with a firearm indicted for having two firearms

News Release: An Akron man previously convicted of attempted murder with a firearms specification was indicted for illegally having a firearm, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Naquan Eley, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to six years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." He pleaded guilty on Oct. 11, 2017.


NEXT WEEK: #SubEnvironment to Examine the Future of Transportation Fuels

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Future of Transportation Fuels and Vehicles."


Pittsburgh Man Sentenced in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Scheme

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release on his convictions for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, as well as heroin and fentanyl, and possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Cortney Vogt, 38, of Ontario, NY, who was convicted of two counts of bank fraud was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will deliver keynote remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as part of a forum examining solutions to combat the opioid crisis.


News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management and the California Native Plant Society will be co-hosting a free wildflower tour on Sunday, March 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Fort Ord National Monument. Participants will carpool from the parking lot on Lightfighter Drive, near the intersection of California State Route 1, in Seaside.