News published on Federal Newswire in March 2018

News from March 2018


News Release: CONCORD - Timothy Raxter, 53, of Laconia, was sentenced in federal court to serve 57 months in prison for methamphetamine trafficking and firearm offenses, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


Lynn Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Role in Counterfeit Steroid Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a conspiracy to traffic counterfeit steroids, including testosterone and trenbolone, to customers across the country.


Thomas T. Cullen Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia

News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - In a private ceremony Friday morning, Thomas T. Cullen was sworn in as United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. The Honorable Michael F. Urbanski, Chief Judge for the Western District of Virginia, administered the oath of office at the U.S. District Courthouse in Roanoke in front of small group of family and friends.


News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is proposing to replace the current septic system serving the park housing units near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, NC. This system includes a lift station, septic drain fields, wastewater systems, and all associated electrical facilities.


News Release: AMARILLO - U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced Jose Santillan, 25, of Amarillo, Texas, earlier this week to 212 months’ in federal prison. Santillan was convicted in December 2017, following a three-day trial, on one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Nikulin Was Indicted In 2016 For Hacking Into, Damaging, and Stealing Data From Computer Systems At Linkedin, Dropbox, And Formspring.


News Release: Plea Agreement Recommends Sentence of 120 to 204 Months of Imprisonment.


Local Minister Sentenced To Ten Years for Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: United States Attorney Bobby L. Christine announces the sentence of local minister Cedric Manior (44) of Rincon, Georgia, who was sentenced today to 10 years of incarceration by United States District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood. Manior was convicted last August of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Crack Cocaine and to being a Felon in Possession of Firearms.


Isleta Pueblo Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Robbery Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gilbert J. Zuni, 31, an enrolled member of the Isleta Pueblo who resides in Bosque Farms, N.M., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 33 months of imprisonment for his conviction on a robbery charge. Zuni will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.


News Release: United States Attorney John F. Bash has announced changes to his supervisory staff within the District.


News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Willie James Johnson, age 57, of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 28, 2018, by a federal grand jury for sex trafficking of a minor and drug trafficking.


NOAA statement on today's broadcast of the SpaceX Iridium-5 launch

News Release: The National and Commercial Space Program Act requires a commercial remote sensing license for companies having the capacity to take an image of Earth while on orbit.


News Release: BOSTON - Four men pleaded guilty this week in federal court in Boston to their roles in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida.


Previously deported Mexican man sentenced in Dallas to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine distribution conspiracy

News Release: DALLAS - A previously deported illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.


News Release: Accomplice to Fugitive Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Escape.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new final determination as part of the Mid-Term Evaluation process for model year 2022-2025 vehicle standards.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that multiple defendants entered pleas of guilty today. The defendants were charged in a single indictment on Feb. 14, 2018 as a result of an investigation lead by the Drug Enforcement Administration into the distribution of methamphetamine in and around McAlester. A copy of the full indictment can be found online at.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FEI YAN, who works as a post-doctoral associate at a major research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 15 months in prison by U.S. District...


Californian Man Indicted for Fraudulent Bank Accounts Opened with Stolen Identities

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a California man for stealing other peoples’ identities and using them to open accounts at the Birmingham-based BBVA Compass Bank, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.


News Release: Defendants Submitted Fraudulent Reimbursement Claims for School Meals That Were Never Served.