News published on Federal Newswire in February 2018

News from February 2018


Jefferson County Woman Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 29-year-old Beaumont, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


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



Jury Convicts Woman of Defrauding Federal Program Intended to Improve Air Quality

News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old woman has been convicted of charges related to defrauding the Federal Highway Administration Congestion mitigation Air Quality and Surface Transportation Program (FHWA-CMAQ), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge Joseph Zschiesche of the Department...


News Release: Saturday March 10th at 1:00 pm enjoy a free screening of Docudrama Film's production Half the Sky honoring women that turn oppression into opportunity for women worldwide.


White Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Charges

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, age 30, of Conway, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, South Carolina. McDowell pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, a violation...


Information Sought About Female Bank Robber and Get-a-Way Driver

News Release: Information Sought About Female Bank Robber and Get-a-Way Driver.


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.


New Orleans Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of a Firearm and False Statements to Federal Agents

News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DARRION YOUNG, age 32, from New Orleans, was sentenced to serve forty months imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for making false statements to federal agents. DARRION YOUNG pleaded guilty in June 2017.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged four Franklin County men in a 13-count indictment alleging that they conspired to distribute heroin and sell guns illegally.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced the indictment of Michael Ron David Kadar, 19, who holds dual United States and Israeli citizenship, in three jurisdictions for hate crimes and other offenses.


Fire Crews Prepare for 2018 Prescribed Fire Season

News Release: During the next few weeks, fire crews will be preparing for upcoming prescribed burns and the spring fire season.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 96 months in prison on his guilty plea to violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Wyden Statement on Republican Tax Law, Record-Breaking Corporate Stock Buybacks

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., delivered remarks on the Senate floor following a report that corporate stock buybacks have reached $200 billion since the passage of Republicans’ tax law.


Overdose Investigation Results in 7-Year Sentence for Waterbury Man

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEREMY WAVER, 31, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing controlled substances.


Cocaine And Fentanyl Distributor Indicted

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Luis Matias, of Buffalo, 27, with possessing with intent to distribute; and distributing, butyryl fentanyl and crack cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.


Remarks: Chairman Royce on Women, Peace and Security

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today joined senior government officials for a discussion of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) strategy, which is due to Congress later this year. The WPS strategy is a requirement of the bipartisan Women, Peace and Security Act, which became law last year and recognizes the critical role women play in achieving peace and national security.


Man Pleads Guilty in Selma Police Evidence Room Gun Theft Case

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 ...


News Release: George Ronzell Fyke, 40, of Woodbury, Tenn., was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison for stealing the identities of others and using them to file false income tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced the indictment of Michael Ron David Kadar, 19, who holds dual United States and Israeli citizenship, in three jurisdictions for hate crimes and other offenses.