News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

News from January 2018


Grand Jury Returns Indictments

News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


News Release: Many communities in rural Alaska are taking steps to lower energy costs, increase resilience, and reduce reliance on imported fuel. To advance these efforts, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy provides on-the-ground support to equip Alaska Native Corporations and their partners with relevant resources, skills, and analytical tools to develop sustainable energy solutions.


Pair found guilty of racketeer influenced corrupt organization conspiracy in federal court

News Release: Ten members of Elite Enterprise convicted, two at trial with eight pleading guilty to participating in a RICO conspiracy or related fraud counts for defrauding financial institutions and insurance companies across the country.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - In response to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) inability to provide concrete details about DOI’s five-year oil and gas leasing plan, leading Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee sent a letter to Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) today requesting a full oversight hearing...


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


Citizen of Mexico Sentenced to Time Served for Entering the United States after Removal

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Eliud Lopez-Baez, 32, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to time served (about two months) in prison for illegally entering and being found in the United States after having been removed. The defendant pleaded guilty to the crime on Dec. 11, 2017.


News Release: Beginning Feb. 1, 2018, park visitors will have a choice of driving into the park or taking a new shuttle bus service. Joshua Tree National Park has partnered with Morongo Basin Transit Authority and will be offering shuttle service to designated stops in and around the park. Shuttles will leave...


Brian Carlstrom Chosen as Superintendent of Cape Cod National Seashore

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Brian Carlstrom as the new superintendent of Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) in Massachusetts. Carlstrom currently serves as Deputy Associate Director for the Natural Resource Stewardship and Science (NRSS)...


News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was indicted Tuesday in federal court on multiple counts of drug trafficking and firearm offenses.


News Release: ROCKFORD - A Machesney Park man was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Rockford for the armed robberies of a convenience store and a bank.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Marlboro, New Jersey, man was charged today for his role in a conspiracy to falsely bill public and private insurance providers for medications that were never dispensed to patients, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: Joseph Massimino, Jr., of the 700 block of Mountain Street in Philadelphia, was charged today by Indictment with one count of possession with the intent to distribution an array of controlled substances - methamphetamine (actual), fentanyl, heroin, marijuana, and methadone - in violation of 21 U.S.C.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Maria Santa, 41, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for failing to surrender for service of her sentence, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller ordered today’s sentence to be served consecutive to Santa’s original sentence.


Member of Taunton Drug Conspiracy Sentenced for Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl

News Release: BOSTON - A former resident of Providence, R.I., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization that operated in Taunton and Boston.


Machesney Park Man Charged in Federal Court with Armed Robberies

News Release: ROCKFORD - A Machesney Park man was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Rockford for the armed robberies of a convenience store and a bank.


Hatch: Longest CHIP Extension Ever Provides Certainty for Families and States

News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today highlighted the recent six-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the longest extension in the program’s history, on the Senate floor. Hatch created the bipartisan CHIP program with former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) in the 1990s.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COREY SENIOR, 26, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin.


South Jersey Man Admits Stealing Car, Robbing Three Banks

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Vineland, New Jersey, man today admitted stealing a car and using it as part of a South Jersey bank robbery spree in September and October 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery

News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LESTER MALAVA, age 57, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Kurt D. Engelhardt, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with bank robbery.


Brooklyn Gang Leader Convicted of Murder for Hire and Marijuana Trafficking

News Release: Earlier today, following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned guilty verdicts against Ronald Williams on five counts, including murder-for-hire conspiracy, conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice murder, and conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Williams, a leader of a street gang...