News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


Additional Candy-Machine Drug Trafficker Sentenced In Multi-State Cocaine, Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man will spend more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in a cross-country drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed cocaine and marijuana throughout coastal Georgia.


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Mario Aguilar-Lopez, a member of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside (Sailors) clique of the La Mara Salvatrucha street gang, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to murder and assault charges relating to his participation in the Jan. 30, 2017...


Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and Shasta State Historic Park Partner for the Annual “Old Time Holiday” Celebration 2018

News Release: The National Park Service and California State Parks invite you to attend the annual “Old Time Holiday" celebration to be held on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event will take place at Shasta State Historic Park located along Highway 299, just west of Redding, California.


News Release: Additional Law Enforcement Agencies Join in Search for Missing Teenager in Lumberton.


News Release: Fort Scott, Ks -Fort Scott National Historic Site (NHS) salutes all veterans with flags surrounding the Parade Ground, The Meanings of Freedom program Saturday at 11:00 am, and a 1840s color guard in the Veterans Parade.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today issued the following statement after the administration announced Russia has not complied with requirements of the Chemical and Biological Weapons and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991...


U.S. Attorney Names District Election Officer to Oversee the Handling of Complaints of Election Fraud and Voting Rights Abuses

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Segal will serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Eastern District of California in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the November 6, 2018...


Colorado Springs Chiropractor Guilty Of Conspiracy And Filing False Income Tax Returns

News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne announce that a Denver jury found Thomas Forster Gehrmann, Jr., age 45, of Colorado Springs, Colorado guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States and guilty of filing three false...


Victoria Man Imprisoned for Defrauding Employer

News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 48-year-old Victoria man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions on 10 counts of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Murray Wade Carson pleaded guilty July 2, 2018.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Webster County woman was sentenced to 103 months in prison for her role in a methamphetamine conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. In June after a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted Jaclyn Burkholder, 30, of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine between...


News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense for Veterans.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Cole, 47, of England, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: A Port St. Lucie, Florida, man was convicted by a federal jury yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida of ten counts of aiding and assisting in the filing of false income tax returns and three counts of filing false income tax returns announced U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.


Three Defendants Charged in Two Separate Cases With Attempting To Smuggle Marijuana Into the United States

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Cindy Huang, 23, of Brooklyn, NY, Charles Shu, 25, of Buffalo, NY, and Isaac Danso Ofori, 26, of Columbus, OH, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession and importation of a controlled substance, and smuggling goods into the United States. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and the Savannah River Site (SRS) management and operations contractor saved nearly $9 million after consolidating more than 430,000 cubic yards of coal ash and associated soil that workers had excavated from 90 acres of land.


Windsor Man Pleads Guilty to Enticing Minor to Engage in Sex

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDREW CUNNINGHAM, 38, formerly of Windsor, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of count of enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.


Two Leaders In The Black Guerilla Family Gang Plead Guilty To Federal Racketeering Conspiracy Charge, Including Authorizing Murders

News Release: Ricky Evans, a Former East Baltimore Safe Streets Employee, Admitted Using the Safe Streets Office to Hold BGF Meetings, and to Store and Distribute Drugs and Firearms.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Ricky Evans, a/k/a Dorsey, and Shawn Thomas, a/k/a Bucky, both age 38, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty on November 5, 2018, to the federal charge of participating in a racketeering conspiracy, as leaders in the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang.


News Release: The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) is soliciting project applications for potential 2019 funding. Project application information and materials can be found on the JIO/PAPO website at.