News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A New York resident has been sentenced in federal court to 7 years’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


West Memphis Men Sent to Prison for More Than a Decade for Illegal Gun and Drug Possession

News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Two West Memphis men recently convicted of gun and drug crimes have each sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and William McCrary, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...


New Castle Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of Cocaine, a Gun and Ammunition

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearm and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Two men from Lorain were indicted for selling fentanyl.


BLM seeks public comment on mine plan modification

News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comments on an environmental assessment analyzing proposed modifications at the Lisbon Valley Copper Mine in San Juan County, Utah. Comments will be accepted through Dec. 10, 2018.


Mexican National Sentenced To 6 Months Imprisonment For Passport Fraud

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Leticia Corona-Salazar, age 40, of Tlaxcala, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge James M. Munley to a time-served sentence of approximately 6 months imprisonment for committing passport fraud.


Former Philadelphia Police Officer Indicted

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Thomas O’Neill, 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged yesterday by indictment with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.


News Release: Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Frank Pallone, Jr., and Adam Schiff, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, respectively, sent seven letters requesting information ...


News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new solicitation under the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Initiative. The new funding opportunity will be a joint solicitation between the High Performance Computing for Materials (HPC4Mtls) Program and the High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Program. It will be the second solicitation for the HPC4Mtls Program and the seventh for the HPC4Mfg Program.


News Release: Dante Starks, an influential figure in Opa Locka and close associate of former City Commissioner Luis Santiago, was sentenced today to five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez for his participation in the long-running Opa Locka municipal corruption conspiracy and his failure to file federal income tax returns.


Monroe County Man Charged With Distribution Of Fentanyl Resulting In Two Deaths

News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that a Grand Jury in Scranton returned a two-count Indictment yesterday charging a Monroe County man with drug distribution resulting in the death of two individuals.


News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Law Enforcement Officers of the Bureau of Land Management are conducting a driving under the influence (DUI) and registration checkpoint between the hours of noon to 2 a.m., from November 21-25, on BLM public lands in Imperial County, including the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area.


Career Offender Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Tony Washington, age 33, of Baltimore, today to 14 years in prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, for combining, conspiring, confederating, and agreeing to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.


Anchorage Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine intended for distribution.


Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Jewish Community Center

News Release: WASHINGTON - Chadwick Grubbs, who is currently in state custody on separate cases, pleaded guilty today to federal charges related to threatening letters he wrote on three separate dates in May to the Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Whitefish Bay. Assistant Attorney General...


News Release: A Norwalk man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for fraudulently inducing teen girls into engaging in sexually explicit conduct and recording the conduct under the false promise that he was producing a pornographic film.


KC Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Armed Robberies

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for a series of armed robberies following his arrest after a head-on collision with a police vehicle in a Quik Trip parking lot.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - David Laughton, 53, of Merrimack, was sentenced on Tuesday to twelve months of home detention and three years of probation for theft of public money, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


Topeka Man Charged With Eight Store Robberies

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