News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Antoinette Suzanne Arangua, 34, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Arangua’s co-defendant, Dewayne Frederick Johnson, 37, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced in September to...


Pascagoula Drug User Sentenced to 33 Months in Federal Prison  for Illegally Possessing a Firearm as an Unlawful User of Controlled Substances

News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Cornelius Javon Massey, 20, of Pascagoula, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 33 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm as an unlawful user of controlled substances, announced U. S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Former Richwood correctional officer pleads guilty to covering up physical assault of inmates

News Release: MONROE, La. - The Justice Department and U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that former Richwood Correctional Center officer Demario Shaffer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to cover up the physical assault of five inmates by himself and other correctional officers in violation of the Constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: BOSTON - Six members of the violent, transnational organization known as “La Mara Salvatrucha" or “MS-13" were indicted today in federal court in Boston with racketeering.


News Release: Kevin Pinnock Posted Advertisements Online for Women He Forced to Engage in Commercial Sex.


News Release: ATLANTA - Jhonnita L. Williams, a former department administrator at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), pleaded guilty to participating in a false-invoice scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $520,000 for maintenance projects where no worked was actually performed.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Florida woman was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for her role in an oxycodone distribution conspiracy in Flemington, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


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: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Eddie Viera, age 44, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Nov. 27, 2018, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 84 months’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.


Nineteen People Charged in Takedown of Camden Drug Trafficking Organization

News Release: 10 Arrests Made in Coordinated Takedown by Federal and State Law Enforcement; Eight Defendants At Large, One in Custody on State Charges.


Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park Close for the Winter Season

News Release: The Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park are closed for the winter season. There have been several storm systems that have moved through the park over the past two weeks.


Tennessee Man Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Retaliatory Lien and Making a False Tax Refund Claim

News Release: Tennessee Man Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Retaliatory Lien and Making a False Tax Refund Claim.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: ATLANTA - Jhonnita L. Williams, a former department administrator at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), pleaded guilty to participating in a false-invoice scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $520,000 for maintenance projects where no worked was actually performed.


U.S. District Judge Issues Warrant For Arrest Of Fugitive In Wire Fraud Case

News Release: Defendant Asked His Lawyer To Tell Court He Will Not Appear At Trial.


News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Helen Hankins was named as Volunteer of the Year at the California Trail Interpretive Center for 2018 during their recent volunteer appreciation event.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Larceny and Failure to Appear was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Saguaro National Park News Release 19-05.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was charged today in federal court in Boston with drug distribution.