News published on Federal Newswire in June 2018

News from June 2018


Russian and Syrian Nationals Charged With Laundering Millions of U.S. Dollars for Designated Russian Company That Shipped Jet Fuel to Syria in Violation of U.S. Sanctions

News Release: Russian and Syrian Nationals Charged With Laundering Millions of U.S. Dollars for Designated Russian Company That Shipped Jet Fuel to Syria in Violation of U.S. Sanctions.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - EM is on pace to complete cleanup at one Tonopah Test Range (TTR) site and begin work at another this summer.


Columbus Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun and Drug Offenses

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man who sold heroin and an illegal firearm in Huntington in 2016 was sentenced yesterday to 64 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jamal Marsalas Glass, 20, previously pled guilty to distributing heroin and carrying a firearm during...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The leader of one of Newark’s most violent street gangs was sentenced today to 540 months in prison for his admitted role in five murders, an armed carjacking, an armed robbery of a drug dealer, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and drug conspiracy as part of a racketeering conspiracy involving the South Side Cartel, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.



News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A retired soldier pleaded guilty today to receiving and selling stolen government property that had been initially delivered to at Fort Eustis.


Fairfield Man Sentenced to Prison for Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Brandon Anderson-Lacy, 30, of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to three years and five months in prison for a tax refund fraud conspiracy, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: SHOSHONE, Idaho - The Twin Falls District Fire Management program is conducting wildland fire preparedness drills at Devil’s Corral, north of Twin Falls. The purpose of these drills is to prepare fire crews for the upcoming fire season. Members of the media are invited to attend the field exercise, Thursday, June 14, starting at 10:00 a.m.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Two Pawtucket residents have pleaded guilty to federal charges and a third person is awaiting trial for their alleged participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy which operated out of a Pawtucket residence, announced United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves and Mickey Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of ATF.


MS-13 Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Racketeering Related Charges

News Release: MS-13 Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Racketeering Related Charges.


News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On June 11, 2018, Shawn Michael Manning, age 45, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 63 months in prison for conspiracy to manufacture marijuana announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Manning was ordered to serve four years of supervised release following his prison sentence and to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama -Former Tuskegee Police Department Lieutenant Alex Huntley, 54, was convicted Friday for beating a handcuffed and compliant arrestee, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., of the Middle District of Alabama, FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell, and Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.


Federal Judge Sentences Philadelphia Heroin Dealer to Eight Years in Prison

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 96 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Former Chemours Employee Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Trade Secrets Conspiracy In Bid To Lure Chinese Investors Into Sodium Cyanide Market

News Release: Former Employee Intended to Infringe on Chemours’ Lucrative Sodium Cyanide Business.


Hatch Opening Statement at Trade, Tax Nominations Hearing

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to consider pending trade and tax nominations...


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman was sentenced yesterday to six months in federal prison, followed by three years of federal supervised release with the first six months to be served on home confinement, for her role in a pain pill conspiracy interrupted by police, announced United States Attorney...


FBI, Albuquerque Police Still Looking for Pinstripe Suit Bandit

News Release: FBI, Albuquerque Police Still Looking for Pinstripe Suit Bandit.


New Jersey, Florida residents arrested in Lake Charles sentenced for possessing 4 pounds of methamphetamine packaged as Mexican candy

News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that two defendants, one from New Jersey and one from Florida, who were arrested during a Lake Charles traffic stop were sentenced Monday for possession of 4 pounds of methamphetamine packaged as Mexican candy.


Fort Polk soldier pleads guilty to illegally manufacturing, using a chemical weapon

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Fort Polk soldier pleaded guilty Monday to manufacturing and detonating a chemical weapon in the Kisatchie National Forest adjacent to the Fort Polk Army installation.


Fruitland Park Man Arrested for Mailing Anthrax Hoax Letter

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest and charging by a criminal complaint of Jerry Nelson Stinchcomb (50, Fruitland Park) with sending an anthrax hoax letter to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, and for mailing a threatening communication. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. Stinchcomb made his initial appearance in federal court today. A detention hearing has been scheduled for June 15, 2018.