News published on Federal Newswire in June 2018

News from June 2018


Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison for Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: Concord - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Eric Treantos, 38, of Lynn, Massachusetts was sentenced today to serve 210 months in prison for child pornography offenses.


News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday-Building a Digital Defense Against Medical ID Theft.


United States Recovers $600,000 in Federal Natural Gas Royalty False Claims Act Settlement

News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Bob Troyer, today announces the recovery of $600,000 as settlement of allegations that Great Western Drilling Corporation ("GWD") violated the federal False Claims Act by failing to pay money owed on natural gas produced from federal leases located in New Mexico.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marjorie Sue Webster, of Maidsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for her role in distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raymond Gachupin, 24, an enrolled member and resident of Jemez Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 78 months in prison for his conviction on a voluntary manslaughter charge. Gachupin will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.


NEPA Doctor Found Guilty Of Drug Distribution Resulting In Death, Money Laundering And Tax Charges

News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Dr. Fuhai Li, age 53, of Milford, was found guilty of unlawfully prescribing oxycodone and other opioids to 23 former patients, including a Honesdale woman who died as a result of using the pills. Dr. Li faces a mandatory 20-year prison sentence for causing the woman’s death.


Photos Highlight Utah’s Sweeping Landscapes Surrounding Moab Project Sites

News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project recently commissioned new aerial photography of its project sites. The photos show the landscapes of southeastern Utah from about 5,500 feet above sea level, with a focus on EM’s cleanup at a former uranium-ore processing facility.


Hacker Known as 'Vigilance' Arrested and Charged for Series of Cyber-Attacks on Minnesota State Government Databases

News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced a five-count indictment charging CAMERON THOMAS CROWLEY, a/k/a “Vigilance," 19, with intentional access to a protected computer, intentional damage to a protected computer, and aggravated identity theft. CROWLEY made his initial appearance earlier this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson in Saint Paul, Minnesota. CROWLEY will remain in federal custody pending his detention hearing.


FBI Announces Results of Operation Safe Summer

News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Safe Summer.


News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.


Cabell County Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography

News Release: CABELL COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.


Vallejo Man Indicted for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On May 17, 2018, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Danny Lee Rhines, 34, of Vallejo, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. The indictment was unsealed on June 1, and Rhines was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on June 4.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A mother who was arrested and charged along with her son for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy appeared in Camden federal court today for a detention hearing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing a firearm.


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Three indictments were unsealed today alleging massage parlors in Topeka and Lawrence were fronts for prostitution, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


Holly Springs Man Sentenced for Drug and Firearms Offenses

News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge, Louise W. Flanagan sentenced TONY RAY HOLDER, 34, of Holly Springs, North Carolina, to 84 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.


Caldwell Man Sentenced to Prison on Federal Drug Charge

News Release: BOISE - Leeroy Salazar, 39, of Nampa, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Salazar on Dec. 13, 2017.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Ohio County Magistrate Harry A. Radcliffe, III, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges involving wire fraud, bribery, and tax fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were indicted and another pleaded guilty for their roles in the assaults of two fellow CBP officers at Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.


News Release: A 20-year-old member of the Lummi Tribe was sentenced Monday June 4, 2018 to six years in prison and 20 years of supervised release for sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. JASON LITTLE SKY JAMES JR, of Bellingham, Washington, was indicted in November 2017, and pleaded guilty...