News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

News from January 2018


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Baltimore, Maryland woman has admitted today to money laundering, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville, South Carolina, returned Indictments against the following.


Illinois Man Sentenced to Prison for Using Stolen IDs of U.S. Air Force Members to File Fraudulent Tax Returns

News Release: Illinois Man Sentenced to Prison for Using Stolen IDs of U.S. Air Force Members to File Fraudulent Tax Returns.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California man who swallowed plastic bags containing approximately 600 grams of heroin and later admitted that he possessed the drug with intent to distribute it was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced the leader of a fraudulent identification document conspiracy to 39 months in prison, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Juan Diego Gonzalez-Campos, 30, of Mexico, will also be...


Mobile Man Sentenced to Prison for Email Threats

News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Lamarcus Moore, 32, of Mobile, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for emailing threats to kidnap and kill a woman in Mobile. United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose imposed the sentence.


NEW E&C Report Examines the 340B Drug Pricing Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a new report detailing the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which was first established by Congress in 1992. The report entitled, “Review of the 340B Drug Pricing Program," was released following the committee’s broad review of the 340B program.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Whitaker, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 126 months imprisonment followed by six years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jared R. Hudson, age 39, formerly of Plattsburgh, New York, was sentenced today to 79 months in prison and 3 years of post-imprisonment supervised release for fraud and identity theft.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts are teaming up with law enforcement, service providers, and non-profit organizations to shed light on human trafficking as part of Human Trafficking Prevention Month.


News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was charged in federal court in Boston with bank robbery.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a new report detailing the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which was first established by Congress in 1992. The report entitled, “Review of the 340B Drug Pricing Program," was released following the committee’s broad review of the 340B program.


News Release: Akayed Ullah Indicted on Terrorism and Explosives Charges in Connection With the Detonation of a Bomb in New York City.


News Release: FBI Recruits at February 5th Invitational Hiring Event in Fort Lauderdale.


Eagle Butte Man Sentenced for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Jan. 2, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: National Park Service Announces Change to Camping Fees in Marin Headlands.


Sen. Murray Demands Congress Act to Help Patients and Families Across the Country and Extend Funding for Children’s Health Insurance Program and Critical Community Health Center Programs

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke from the Senate floor about the urgent need to provide security and peace of mind to patients and families across the country by restoring funding to the Children’s...


Sinaloa Cartel Cell Leader Convicted

News Release: Director of Media Relations Kelly Thornton.


Eagle Butte Man Indicted on Methamphetamine and Firearm Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


Charleston man sentenced to federal prison for escape

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man who walked away from a halfway house without permission was sentenced today to six months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jalin McArn, 23, previously pleaded guilty to escape.