News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


News Release: FBI Announces Changes to Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2017 and Releases 2017 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DANIEL DELVALLE, a/k/a “BD," a/k/a “Danny," 31, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald to a term of 156 months in prison for his participation in the murder of Kenya Miller...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement during a hearing on modernizing U.S. international development finance at no expected cost to taxpayers. Earlier this year, Corker introduced S.2463, the Better Utilization ...


Indictment: Mexican Nationals Possessed Hundreds of False IDs

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Mexican nationals were indicted Wednesday on charges of possessing hundreds of false identification documents, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for selling a mixture of fentanyl and heroin that resulted in the death of a Cleveland Heights man.


News Release: MILWAUKEE-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro event providing wild horses and possibly a few yearling and burros, June 15 -16, 2018, at National Cattle Congress, 275 Ansborough Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa. Yearling and burros may not always be available at the event. The animals...


U.S. Department of Labor Recognizes Pennsylvania Brick Manufacturer For Excellence in Workplace Safety

News Release: SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has certified Glen-Gery Brick’s Mid-Atlantic Plant as a “Star" worksite in the Agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), the highest level of recognition for workplace safety and health excellence.


Federal Prison for Three Men Involved in Pelham Gun Store Smash-and-Grab

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Three Birmingham men involved in a 2017 crime spree that included an armed carjacking and the smash-and-grab theft of 16 guns from a Pelham store were sentenced to prison this week in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Jay T. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.


Nampa Man Sentenced to Prison on Federal Drug Charge

News Release: BOISE - Adamsely Mendoza Mercado, 41, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Mercado on Sept. 14, 2017.


News Release: FBI, KPD Investigate Attempted North Knox Bank Robbery.


News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Joseph Thompson, 68, of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent...


News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Scott Grenninger, age 36, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, was indicted today on one count of possession of child pornography, two counts of production of child pornography, two counts of the attempted enticement of minors to engage in prostitution, and one count of transmitting obscene materials to a minor.


Waterloo Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing a Gun and Ammunition

News Release: A Waterloo man was sentenced on May 9, 2018, to serve 43 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a gun and ammunition.


Navajo Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Involuntary Manslaughter Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Shannon Allen, 32, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Mariano Lake, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge. Allen’s plea agreement recommends a 34-month prison sentence followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced in federal court to 63 months in prison on his conviction of money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Florida - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a man to China May 8 and turned him over to proper authorities there after he was arrested during a joint investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the University of Central Florida Police Department (UCFPD) for being a security concern on campus.



News Release: BOSTON - A man dubbed the “Incognito Bandit" was charged in federal court in Boston today with an additional count of armed bank robbery.


Cleveland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding Investors of More Than $1 Million

News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Elmer Swain Stewart was sentenced to federal prison on charges that he defrauded 18 individuals of more than $1 million after he persuaded them to invest their retirement savings in tracts of timber land.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - One employee of an Essex County, New Jersey, tax preparation business pleaded guilty and three others were arraigned in federal court for their roles in a false income tax return conspiracy that caused tax losses of over $900,000, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.