News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Dallas felon was sentenced Wednesday to 84 months in prison for possessing a pistol found during a traffic stop in northeast Louisiana.


News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Patrick Bruce Reachard, age 53, a resident of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane to 200 months’ imprisonment in a child pornography case. On...


Pecos NHP Honors Veterans Day and Those Who Fought in  the Battle of Glorieta Pass

News Release: Pecos, NM: Did you know that the Union and Confederate armies fought a Civil War battle on what is now the grounds of Pecos National Historical Park? The 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass helped to decide much of the fate of the American West in the Civil War. Confederates sought to control large portions...


Former Company Executive Sentenced to Federal Prison in $9 Million Tax Evasion Scheme

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina - United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Bryan S. Bower, 51, formerly of Lake Wylie, South Carolina, was sentenced to over three years in federal prison for tax evasion.


News Release: Devils Tower National Monument, Crook County Wyoming, is proposing an Accessibility Improvement Project to address accessibility, safety, and operational issues within the main visitor use areas at Devils Tower National Monument (the Monument). The Monument received nearly 500,000 visitors in 2017, with...


Former El Paso C.B.P. Inspector Pleads Guilty to Federal Wire Fraud Charge

News Release: In El Paso, a 44-year-old former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Inspector faces up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a wire fraud charge in relation to schemes to defraud numerous legal and illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Jack P. Staton.


Release: U.S. Ag Trade Mission to South Korea Showing Sales Results.


News Release: A 34-year old man has entered a guilty plea to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


Keshena Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Sexual Abuse of a Child on Menominee Indian Reservation

News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Mario Escalante, Sr. (age: 42), of Keshena, was sentenced on Nov. 2, 2018 to 36 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release after convictions for two counts of Attempted Abusive Sexual Contact on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The sentence was the result of a April 11, 2018, guilty plea before Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach.


Mexican national released from local custody facing murder charges

News Release: NEWARK, NJ - A 23 year-old Mexican national who is illegally present in the United States is facing murder charges in Missouri. He was released from the custody of the Middlesex County Jail earlier this year after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detainer was declined.


News Release: Seven Syracuse Residents Face Charges. SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Seven Syracuse residents face drug charges and other offenses following a joint federal, state, and local law enforcement operation aimed at area drug dealers, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler...


Indianapolis man sentenced for downtown shooting incident

News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Indianapolis-United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that an Indianapolis man was sentenced in federal court to 126 months (over 10 years) for his role in a 2015 shooting near the federal courthouse. Marcus Fennell, 26, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton...


Cowlitz County Man Convicted of Illegal Weapons Possession

News Release: Felon Illegally Possessed Firearms; Following State Arrest and Release on Bail he Killed Three People in Vancouver, Washington.


Camden Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Tarkim Shavell Melendez, 30, of Camden, South Carolina, was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


BLM to prepare Borderlands Wind Project Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan Amendment

News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management will be processing an application to locate the proposed Borderlands Wind Project on public lands in western New Mexico with an environmental impact statement and an associated Amendment to the Socorro Field Office Resource Management Plan. Publication of...


Office of Electricity to Host Electric Transmission Issues Workshop on November 15, 2018

News Release: On Nov. 15, the Office of Electricity (OE) will host a public workshop on electric transmission development and siting issues to solicit input regarding DOE’s 2019 electric transmission congestion study and foster dialogue on key issues affecting today’s electric transmission systems. The workshop...


L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy, two other men arrested on federal charges for stealing 600 pounds of marijuana and $100,000 during bogus search

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy and two alleged cohorts are scheduled to make their first court appearances this afternoon after they were arrested Thursday on federal drug distribution charges that allege they stole 600 pounds of marijuana and $100,000 in cash during an armed robbery at a downtown Los Angeles warehouse by falsely portraying themselves as law enforcement officers executing a search warrant.


Las Vegas Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Armed Robbery Of A Jewelry Store

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who was convicted of stealing more than $470,000 in cash and jewelry during an armed robbery was sentenced Thursday to 204 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.


News Release: DETROIT - The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federation State of Medical Boards today hosted the Michigan Practitioner Diversion Awareness Training at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.


News Release: Defendant took a bus and then was caught at local movie theater.