News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


News Release: RIVERTON, Wyo. - In the spirit of shared conservation stewardship on public land, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) collaborated for the second year with Lander Middle School and other partners to plant sagebrush seedlings in a reclaimed mine site in the Gas Hills Uranium Mining District east of Riverton.


News Release: George Patton and Henry Patton both pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina. George Patton also pleaded guilty to evading payment of his individual income taxes.


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted Wednesday on charges of eight robberies at area businesses, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


VWR International, LLC Agrees To Settlement Of Federal Civil Matter

News Release: HARRISBURG, The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that VWR International, LLC, a global laboratory supplier and distributor of chemicals, has agreed to pay the United States $430,194.25 to settle allegations from a self-disclosure by VWR to the Department of Navy.


Nassau County Man Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For Producing Child Pornography Using Hidden Bathroom Cameras

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Charles Cory Thornton (38, Yulee) to 23 years in federal prison for using hidden cameras to produce pornographic images and videos of four children. Thornton was also sentenced to serve a lifetime term of supervised release, and ordered to pay $7,500 in restitution to the victims of his offenses.


News Release: BOSTON - A former senior managing director of State Street Corporation was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with engaging in a scheme to defraud at least six of the bank’s clients through secret commissions applied to billions of dollars of securities trades.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, woman today admitted making and using phony money orders, cashier’s checks, receipts and other fabricated documents to fraudulently discharge $2 million in mortgages, student loans, and other financial obligations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ulises Medina, 25, of Earlimart, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Union County, New Jersey Woman Admits Role in $2 Million Debt Payoff Scheme

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, woman today admitted making and using phony money orders, cashier’s checks, receipts and other fabricated documents to fraudulently discharge $2 million in mortgages, student loans, and other financial obligations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: Annapolis - Today, the National Park Service and its principal non-profit partner Chesapeake Conservancy make available the short film, “Werowocomoco: Protecting a Powhatan Place of Power." The film was made in cooperation with tribal community members. The short film premiered at the Virginia Film Festival...


Lawrence Man Sentenced to 12+ Years For Soliciting a Minor Online

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Lawrence man was sentenced Wednesday to 151 months in federal prison for soliciting a 16-year-old girl to send him child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.



Jury Convicts Man of Sex Trafficking Children, Producing Child Pornography

News Release: CINCINNATI - A jury has convicted Ismail Salaam, 36, of Cincinnati, of sex trafficking children and producing child pornography.


DOE Releases Request for Information/Sources Sought for Environmental Management (EM) Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) - Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) Closure and Other Mission Objectives...

News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought for the Environmental Management (EM) Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) - Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) Closure and Other Mission Objectives acquisition at the DOE Idaho National Lab (INL) Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Site in southeast Idaho. The EM ICP mission objectives is currently being performed by Fluor Idaho, LLC and expires on May 31, 2021.


Kansas City, Kansas Man Sentenced After DNA Found on Gun

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man whose DNA was found on a handgun was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


College Student In Ithaca Pleads Guilty To Federal Weapons Charges

News Release: Maximilien Reynolds Possessed Sawed-Off Rifle, Bomb, Silencer, And Bought Firearm Through A Straw Purchase.


Former State Street Executive Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Clients Through Secret Trading Commissions

News Release: BOSTON - A former senior managing director of State Street Corporation was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with engaging in a scheme to defraud at least six of the bank’s clients through secret commissions applied to billions of dollars of securities trades.


Wetzel County man sentenced for firearms charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Harrison, of Pine Grove, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


Rochester Felon Sentenced on Gun Charge

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Erick Arroyo Cruz, 34, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 63 months in prison by U.S. Chief District Judge Frank P. Geraci.