News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


BLM announces SEIS/RMP amendment scoping period

News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period as part of the process to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan amendment for the 2015 Miles City Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan in response to a United States Montana District court opinion and order pertinent to “Western Organization of Resource Councils, et al vs BLM."


Cincinnati Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Distributing Cocaine in Boone County, Kentucky

News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Richard Crawford, Jr., 54, of Cincinnati, was sentenced Tuesday, to 18 years in federal prison for Distribution and Possession of Cocaine in Boone County, Kentucky. Crawford was sentenced by United States District Judge David Bunning.


Maryland Man Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison on Federal Gun Possession Charge

News Release: Defendant Was Previously Convicted of Violent Gun Offense on the Same Block.


Rosebud Man Sentenced for Firearm Conviction

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: A convicted felon who illegally possessed a gun after previous felony drug convictions was sentenced today to two months in federal prison.


News Release: Body Found in Robeson County Preliminarily Identified as Missing Lumberton Teen.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man convicted of Felony Child Abuse and Neglect and of Simple Assault was sentenced on Nov. 27, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Member of U.S. Air Force Pleads Guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Mitchell Oren Smith, age 28, an Airman in the U.S. Air Force, pleaded guilty today to abusive sexual contact with a child, which occurred while he resided at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland.


News Release: FBI and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Find Missing Girl Alive.


North Carolina Man Indicted on a Federal Charge

News Release: Danville, VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville has indicted a North Carolina man on a federal charge of violating a protective order. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Special Agent in Charge Adam S. Lee of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement today.


News Release: PITTBURGH, PA - One resident of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Teton Park Road Converts to Over-Snow Access

News Release: MOOSE, WY- Due to recent snow accumulation and anticipated snowfall, the status of Teton Park Road, Moose-Wilson Road, and Signal Mountain Summit Road within Grand Teton National Park has been changed from wheeled access to over-snow access. The designated portions of these roads are now ready to accommodate winter recreation, and use of the roads by wheeled vehicles is prohibited for the season.


Release: ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Monroe County, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) on Monday, Nov. 26 when they detected a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag. The Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, resident was stopped at the checkpoint with the.40 caliber handgun, which was accompanied by two magazines loaded with 16 more bullets.


Pittsburgh Resident Sentenced to 3+ Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years and three months in prison, followed by three years supervised release, and was ordered to pay $16,000 in restitution after being convicted on wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Nov. 28, 2018, Lucas Anthony Nichols, 40, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 262 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. Following his release from prison, Nichols will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for 10 years and be required to register with the sex offender registry in any state in which he resides, works, or attends school.


Jamie Connell named director of BLM’s Colorado State Office

News Release: DENVER -- Bureau of Land Management (BLM) veteran Jamie Connell has been named the new Director of the BLM’s Colorado State Office in Denver.


East Hartford Doctor Charged with Selling Oxycodone Prescriptions, Medical Marijuana Cards

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that Dr. SHEIKH AHMED, 55, of Orange, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with offenses related to the illegal prescribing of oxycodone, and illegal certification of patients for state medical marijuana cards.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An indictment returned by a federal grand jury was unsealed today in Newark, charging Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, both of Iran, in a 34-month-long international computer hacking and extortion scheme involving the deployment of sophisticated ransomware...


Mexican National Man Pleads Guilty to Immigration Crime

News Release: Defendant had one prior deportation to Mexico.


News Release: SAN JOSE - U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila signed a warrant for the arrest of Christian Reimer Stukenbrock (also spelled as Stuckenbrock), the defendant in a 9-count wire fraud case who failed to appear yesterday at what was supposed to be the first day of a jury trial, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.