News published on Federal Newswire in March 2018

News from March 2018


Long Island Man Charged With Possession with Intent to Distribute Over Two Kilograms of Heroin

News Release: A complaint was filed earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Juan Jimenez, also known as “Jason," with possession with intent to distribute over two kilograms of heroin in Brentwood. Jiminez was arrested Wednesday night and ordered detained after his initial appearance this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown.


MS-13 Member Pleads Guilty to RICO Conspiracy and Drug Trafficking

News Release: BOSTON - A member of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges of racketeering conspiracy and drug conspiracy.


Alien Found in Richland County Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Oscar Santiago-Bello, age 34, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Reentry of Removed Aliens, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. United States District Judge Mary Geiger...


Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement to a Firearms Dealer

News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KIMBERLY TREMBLAY, age 31, of Florida, pled guilty today to a one-count bill of information with making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(1)(A).


Pasco Drug Dealer Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Miles Barton Nichols, age 59, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced after having been convicted after two separate jury trials in October, 2017, of one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute...


News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Elma Denise Sizelove (40, Silver Springs) to 57 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. She pleaded guilty to the offenses on Dec. 18, 2017.


Professional Development Opportunity

News Release: Professional Development Opportunity. Do you know anyone who always wanted to be a Park Ranger? The Teacher Ranger Teacher program is a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to spend the summer acquiring new skills in experiential learning through a program provided by a partnership between...


Pro Poker Player Indicted on Fraud Charges Alleging Theft of over $6 Million Dollars in Super Bowl and World Cup Ticket-Flipping Scam

News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man has been indicted on wire fraud charges that allege a $6 million scheme that bilked investors who were promised large profits from the resale of tickets to high-profile sporting events.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources received testimony from Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke on the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget request and DOI’s policy priorities.


News Release: Op SAFE Targets Violence, Narcotics Trafficking in City’s East District.


News Release: BILLINGS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Emmanuel Arce-Gaxiola., a 29 year-old resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and a $300 special assessment. Arce-Gaxiola was convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).


Five more people indicted for role in drug conspiracy in which $2.1 million and five firearms were seized

News Release: Five people were added to a now 39-count indictment for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute at least 220 pounds of marijuana and 345 pills of Oxycodone in Northeast Ohio, law enforcement officials said.


Individual Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS

News Release: Individual Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARVIN OYUELA LOPEZ, age 31, a citizen of Honduras, pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).


News Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an agreement with the government of South Korea that significantly reduces negative impacts on trade should another detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) occur in the United States. The agreement will allow for trade restrictions at the state level instead of the country level during any future HPAI detections.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the administration announced sanctions designations against five entities and 19 individuals connected to Russian cyber-attacks on the U.S. and its allies...


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Sedalia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm.


Five Individuals Charged with Operating Interstate Prostitution Ring

News Release: BOSTON - Five individuals were arrested in three states today and charged in connection with operating a long-running interstate prostitution ring.


All Hail the Whole Grain!

News Release: A human nutrition study reaffirmed the health benefits of substituting whole-grain foods like whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, barley, rye, and brown or wild rice for refined-grain products like white bread in the diet.


Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person

News Release: Council Bluffs, IA- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on March 13, 2018, 33 year old Jesus Everardo Medina of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced to 37 months in prison, and ordered to serve three years of Supervised Release at the conclusion of his imprisonment, by Senior District Court Judge Robert Pratt for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon.