News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


News Release: The Graph Paper Bandit Bank Robberies.



MS-13 Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Gang Murders of Two Teenagers

News Release: Defendant used social media to lure and violently murder two teenage boys.


Drug Dealer Sent to Prison as a Result of Operation Alpha Arrest

News Release: A Tulsa man, identified by law enforcement and prosecutors as being a “Top Ten" Alpha criminal, was sentenced today for participating in a methamphetamine and heroin distribution conspiracy and for possession of methamphetamine and heroin with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is lifting its emergency fire restrictions on Nov. 30, on approximately 300,000-acres of public land, due to reduced wildland fire potential. This action also reopens target shooting at Panoche, Tumey and Griswold hills, as well as on public lands from the Pacific Coast to the San Joaquin Valley.


Jackson Woman Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Drug Trafficking Proceeds

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Erika Shanta Kelly, 42, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to laundering proceeds from drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.


News Release: A former Venezuelan national treasurer was sentenced today for his role in a billion-dollar currency exchange and money laundering scheme.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Adam Sadlowski, 40, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 51 months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Sadlowski will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.


Possessing Guns Leads to More than Five Years in Federal Prison for Two Convicted Felons

News Release: Traffic Stop in Waterloo Led to Discovery of Two Guns.


Lawrence Man Sentenced to 41 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

News Release: CONCORD - David Alexander Arias, 31, a Lawrence, Massachusetts resident, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Manhattan man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for robbing banks in Jackson Township, Fort Lee, and Hasbrouck Heights, as well as attempting to burglarize a fourth bank in Englewood between December 2013 and February 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Two Men Charged with Four Robberies of Convenience Stores in Queens

News Release: A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Scott Brack and Elgin Brack with the armed robberies of four convenience stores in Queens. Elgin Brack was also charged with brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and discharging a firearm in furtherance ...


U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Florida Roofing Contractors For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards

News Release: ST. AUGUSTINE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Derek Williams (operating as Elo Restoration Inc.) and Travis Slaughter (operating as Florida Roofing Experts Inc.) for exposing employees to fall hazards at a St. Augustine, Florida, worksite. Each company faces the maximum allowable penalty of $129,336.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MANUEL ASHLEY, also known as “Fresh," 27, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to firearm and drug offenses.


Two International Cybercriminal Rings Dismantled and Eight Defendants Indicted for Causing Tens of Millions of Dollars in Losses in Digital Advertising Fraud

News Release: A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Aleksandr Zhukov, Boris Timokhin, Mikhail Andreev, Denis Avdeev, Dmitry Novikov, Sergey Ovsyannikov, Aleksandr Isaev and Yevgeniy Timchenko with criminal violations for their involvement in perpetrating widespread digital...


Mishawaka Man  Sentenced To Over 19 Years in Prison For Possessing With The Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: SOUTH BEND - Shane Inghels, 36 years old, of Mishawaka, IN, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., after pleading guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


Former Las Cruces U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Obstruction of Justice

News Release: Former Las Cruces U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Obstruction of Justice.


Engel Remarks on U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership Act

News Release: WASHINGTON-Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in support of the U.S. Mexico-Economic Partnership Act, which passed the House by a voice vote.


House Sends Bill to Support U.S. Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation to the President

News Release: The House of Representatives today voted unanimously to send to the President’s desk a bipartisan, bicameral bill to reauthorize, support, and strengthen the U.S. Coast Guard and to reauthorize and update the authorities of the Federal Maritime Commission.


Bhutan Citizen Pleads Guilty to Receiving Sexually Explicit Images of a Minor Under 12

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.