News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


Pecos NHP Offers Free Lecture  Archaeology of Pecos: Myth, Mystery, and Cultural Continuity

News Release: Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park Archaeologist Jeremy Moss will offer a presentation on the history of archaeology at the park, future avenues of research and the many cultural connections that bind modern Pueblo groups to Pecos Pueblo on Saturday, June 9th at 1:00 p.m. at the Vista Grande Public Library.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Steven Andrew Bush, 56, a former Nikiski resident, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to serve 45 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Bush previously pleaded guilty on Jan. 3, 2018, to one count of felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Scott Nestor, of Shinnston, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 70 months incarceration for unlawfully possessing a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


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.


McCaskill, Wyden Push for Greater Transparency on Companies’ Enforcement Records for Waste, Fraud, or Abuse of Federal Healthcare Dollars

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon are pushing for greater transparency after an investigation they requested showed that the Department of Health and Human...


BREAKING: McCaskill Releases Report Showing Dramatic Increase in Illicit Fentanyl Seized At Ports of Entry into United States

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released a report showing that the amount of illicit opioid fentanyl seized by the Department of Homeland Security has increased dramatically, and that the overwhelming majority of fentanyl seizures are occurring at ports of entry.


Texas men arrested for transporting 10 kilograms of fentanyl

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that two Texas men were arrested today for transporting more than 10 kilograms of fentanyl.


News Release: Contact: Alexandra Picavet, Midwest Region Chief of Communications Phone: 402-661-1840 Email: apicavet@nps.gov.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A former corporate officer of a produce vendor in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Scott C. Blader for the Western District of Wisconsin.


Baltimore Police Commissioner Charged With Failure To File Taxes

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Darryl De Sousa, age 53, of Baltimore, Maryland was charged by federal criminal information today with three misdemeanor counts of failure to file a U.S. Individual Tax Return.


News Release: FAIRBANKS, AK - The Bureau of Land Management’s Arctic District Office today announced the closure of winter overland tundra travel for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska effective at 12:01 a.m., Friday, May 11, 2018.


Former Bank Manager Charged with Theft of $122,000

News Release: SCOTT BREAUX (“BREAUX"), age 39, of Marrero, Louisiana, was charged in an Indictment today for bank theft, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.


Jamaican National Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: BOSTON - A Jamaican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to misuse of a Social Security number and aggravated identity theft.


Seafood Company Pleads Guilty to Illegal Sale of Blue Crabs

News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SHELL BEACH SEAFOOD CO., LLC (“SHELL BEACH SEAFOOD"), a company based in St. Bernard, Louisiana, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for the illegal sale of blue crabs, in violation of the Lacey Act.


Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking

News Release: HELENA - Nathan Eli Johnson, a 34-year-old resident of Saint Paul Minnesota, entered a plea of guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. U.S. Senior District Judge Sam Haddon presided over the hearing.


News Release: YUMA, Ariz.-The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD), in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), propose the Mittry Lake North Shore Access Project. Mittry Lake Wildlife Area is managed in partnership between the three agencies: AGFD, BLM, and Reclamation for the diverse wildlife species and their habitats, recreational opportunities, water management, and associated opportunities.


Indictment Charges Hartford Man with Gun and Drug Offenses

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a grand jury in Hartford has returned a four-count superseding indictment charging RAHEEN THOMPSON, 38, of Hartford, with firearm and drug offenses.


RSK Gang Members Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Conspiracy to Commit Acts of Racketeering, Including Murder, Kidnapping, Drug Trafficking, and Other Offenses

News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday afternoon, Devan Edward Leonard, 28, Kyle Filbert Gray, 26, and Lucille Jean Leonard, 48, members of the Navajo Nation, of Lukachukai, Ariz., were sentenced by United States District Judge David G. Campbell following their respective guilty pleas to RICO conspiracy for their participation...


News Release: Conviction Arises out of 148-Pound Cocaine and 10.5-Pound Fentanyl Seizure at Lordsburg Port of Entry on Sept. 9, 2016 by HSI and New Mexico State Police.


Previously convicted felon sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm.