News published on Federal Newswire in February 2018

News from February 2018


News Release: SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Larry D. Cole, age 46, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime


Former Dallas County Supervision Officer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bribery Charges

News Release: DALLAS - David Delgado, 35, of Dallas, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 37 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $2,900.00 in restitution, following his guilty plea in May 2017 to one count of use of interstate facility to commit travel act. U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.


News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - LUIS ENRIQUE DAMAZO, also known as Luis Enrique Cassinelli, 54, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Texas company of more than $400,000 through fraudulent invoices, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Illinois Man Charged with Operating Unemployment Benefits Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment yesterday charging RICHARD M. LACH, 31, of Richton Park, Illinois, with six counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft stemming from a scheme to defraud state unemployment insurance programs in Connecticut and several other states.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced William B. Pringle, III to three years in federal prison for tax evasion. He also was ordered to pay $1,650,744 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.


News Release: Three Co-defendants Also Sentenced. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Independence, Mo., man was among four area residents sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.


Alabama Hills film, geology and natural history hikes offered this February

News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office, Alabama Hills Stewardship Group and Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association will be hosting two-hour, guided hikes about the film, geology and natural history of Alabama Hills. Hikes will begin at 10 a.m., leaving from the Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitor Center, at the intersection of U.S. Route 395 and State Route 136, Lone Pine.


Reclamation requests comments on Draft Feasibility Report for Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project Phase 2; public meeting announced

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft Feasibility Report documenting draft findings of the potential costs, benefits and impacts of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir (LVE) Expansion Project. As part of a continuing effort to increase storage capability throughout California, ...


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT EPPS, 25, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.


OSHA and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals Form Alliance to Provide Safety and Health Information to Certification Holders

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) recently formed an alliance to provide BCSP certification holders and other practitioners with information and guidance to protect workers’ safety and health.


Seven Sentenced in Money Laundering Scheme Involving Proceeds from Multiple Foreign Scams that Targeted U.S. Victims

News Release: One Additional Extradited Co-conspirator Pleaded Guilty in Federal Court Yesterday in Austin.


Fort Wayne Man Sentenced To 120 Months Imprisonment

News Release: For Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana. FORT WAYNE - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Samuel J. Gemple, age 49, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before Chief Judge Theresa Springmann on his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute...


News Release: Good Morning. Thank you to Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Downing for the introduction and thank you to Attorney General Sessions and Associate Attorney General Brand for hosting this Summit. As noted, I am Greg Brooker, the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota. I am...


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ...


Santa Fe Cardiologist Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Justice While Awaiting Sentencing on Health Care Fraud Charge

News Release: Roy G. Heilbron Charged with Attempting to Obstruct Pending Criminal Case by Submitting Fraudulent Documents to U.S. Probation Officer.


Lake Wales Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud Charges

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Tedderick Fields (40, Lake Wales) has pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each count.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Richard Allen Evans (50), of Arvada, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday to 240 months in federal prison for bank robbery, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. In addition to 20 years in prison, Evans is subject to 3 years of supervised release once he completes his sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: FBI Seeks Public's Help Identifying Violent Armed Robbery Crew.


Former Kentucky River Regional Jail Deputy Jailer Pleads Guilty To Civil Rights Violation For Using Excessive Force Against An Inmate

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former deputy jailer at an Eastern Kentucky jail has entered a guilty plea to a federal criminal civil rights charge related to his role in an unprovoked assault of a pretrial detainee.


Repeat Investment Fraudster Convicted of Wire Fraud, Securities Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: A federal jury convicted RICHARD THOMAS ZIESKE, a Renton man who presented himself as an investment advisor, of eight federal felonies late yesterday, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ZIESKE was previously convicted of federal fraud charges for defrauding members of his church and others out...