News published on Federal Newswire in March 2018

News from March 2018


News Release: Brady Talks Tax Reform Phase Two and Tariffs on Fox Business.


Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on U.S. Trade Policy Agenda

News Release: Ambassador Lighthizer, I want to welcome you on behalf of the Committee Democrats. Today’s hearing is an opportunity for us to hear from you and for you to hear from us about all the activity happening in U.S. trade policy.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sherri Polster Chappell has sentenced Jose Nunez (66) and Sila Nunez (62), both of Fort Myers, to 11 years and 7 years in federal prison, respectively, for conspiracy to distribute more than 17 kilograms of cocaine. The couple pleaded guilty in November 2017.


News Release: MARCH 21, 2018 - The Annual Retail Trade Survey: 2016 provides national estimates of annual sales, e-commerce sales, end-of-year inventories, purchases, operating expenses, inventories held outside of the United States, gross margins, and end-of-year accounts receivable for retail businesses.


Bakersfield Trucking School Owner and Former DMV Employee Charged in Scheme to Fraudulently Issue Commercial Driver’s Licenses

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two Bakersfield residents were arrested today for their for their roles in a conspiracy to sell California driver’s licenses to unqualified drivers, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Federal Jury Convicts Rochester Man Of Illegally Possessing A Handgun

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Emmanuel Feaster, 21, of Rochester, NY, of being a felon in possession of a loaded handgun. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA); announced today that Archie Phillips, 45, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.


News Release: W&M Republicans Host Roundtable With Medical Providers.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the Fiduciary Rule regulation issued by the Department of Labor during the Obama Administration...


News Release: CONCORD - Ryan Faulconer, 25, of Nashua, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for illegal possessing firearms, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


News Release: Steven M. Boice Also Charged with Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.


Former Senior UAW Official Charged with Accepting Prohibited Payments from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

News Release: A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging former UAW official Nancy A. Johnson, 57, of Macomb, Michigan, with criminal violations of the Labor Management Relations Act, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider. Between 2014 and 2016, Johnson held the second most senior position in...


Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Conspiracy

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Archie Phillips, 45, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.


Child Sexual Exploitation Defendant Still on the Run

News Release: Federal fugitive charged one year ago, asking for the public’s help capturing him.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Former life insurance agents Mohammed Kakooza, 44, Margret Birabwa, 35, Michael Chibueze Monday, 43, and Denis Osikol, 36 - all from the Los Angeles area - were arrested Tuesday on multiple felony counts for their role in an alleged $1.9 million scam involving the submission of fraudulent life insurance applications to score advance commissions from insurance companies.


California Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Federal Prison for Laundering $350,000 in Drug Proceeds

News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Julio Cesar Rosales Saucedo, age 25, of Paramount, California, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2017, to conspiracy to commit money laundering of drug proceeds. Senior...


News Release: Federal fugitive charged one year ago, asking for the public’s help capturing him.


News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced WILLIAM MARTIN LAWSON, 42, of Lumberton to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.


Assistant Tuskegee Football Coach Arrested On Federal Drug And Gun Charge

News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, Ramone Jardon Nickerson, 33, of Phenix City, Alabama, was arrested on two charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and one charge of possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special...