News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


Ponchatoula Turtle Farmer Sentenced for Lacey Act Violation

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - KEITH D. BOUDREAUX, age 56, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana was sentenced today for illegally shipping false map turtles in violation of Title 16, United States Code, Sections 3372(d)(2) and 3373(d)(3)(A).


Big Bend Announces Entrance Fee-Free Days for 2019

News Release: Big Bend National Park will waive its entrance fee on five days in 2019. The five entrance fee-free days will be.


Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun and Drug Charges

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.


News Release: BATON ROUGE - U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that GERSON GARCIA-VILLANEUVA, age 19, of Honduras, pled guilty for his role in transporting illegal aliens.


News Release: Defendant stole over $100,000 in public assistance benefits.


News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the release of the Replace Big Oak Flat Welcome Center Complex Environmental Assessment (EA). The public comment period for the EA is open until Dec. 20, 2018. The EA describes and analyzes one action alternative to improve visitor experience, address deferred maintenance, improve safety, and increase operational efficiency at the Big Oak Flat Welcome Center Complex. The preferred alternative would.


Father And Son Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Selling Fentanyl And Oxycodone On The Dark Web

News Release: The Defendants Also Distributed Fentanyl That Substantially Contributed to a Non-Fatal Overdose in 2015.


Four Sentenced for Involvement in Local Pill Mill

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that AMANDA JEPPE, age 34, ALAN GREGOIRE, age 36, CHANTELL EVERS, age 28, and JESSIE EVERS, age 28, were sentenced today after previously pleading guilty for their roles in an oxycodone conspiracy stemming from a pill mill that operated out of Gulf South Physician’s Group in Metairie.


Photonic Radiation Sensors Survive Huge Doses Undamaged

News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published landmark test results that suggest a promising class of sensors can be used in high-radiation environments and to advance important medical, industrial and research applications.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Great Bend man was sentenced today to 165 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


Time for Free and Fair Elections in DRC

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In advance of next month’s scheduled elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the House of Representatives today passed the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act (H.R. 6207), which promotes free and fair elections in the DRC and holds accountable those who impede the democratic process.


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.


APHIS Administrator Shares New Strategic Plan

Release: On any given day, APHIS employees are working on many fronts to respond to pest and disease outbreaks, review important trade documents, prevent damage to crops and livestock by invasive species and predators, inspect field trials of genetically engineered plants, and protect certain animals, such as ...


Former Biscayne Park Police Chief Sentenced for Conspiracy to Deprive Persons of Civil Rights by Ordering Officers to Make False Arrests

News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade State Attorney, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation...


News Release: On Nov. 20, 2018, Jason Ford, a former teaching assistant and travel softball coach, pled guilty in South Florida to attempting to produce child pornography.


Capitol Reef National Park Announces Entrance Fee-Free Days for 2019

News Release: Capitol Reef National Park will waive its entrance fee on five days in 2019. The five entrance fee-free days for 2019 will be.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston-area investment adviser was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for using his clients’ funds to make his own investments and to pay personal expenses.


News Release: BOSTON - A New York woman and Charlton woman were sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for their roles in an oxycodone trafficking conspiracy.


Moosic Man Sentenced To 15 Months’ Imprisonment For Stalking

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Anthony Frank Angeli, Jr, age 55, of Moosic, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on Nov. 26, 2018, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for stalking.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that AMANDA JEPPE, age 34, ALAN GREGOIRE, age 36, CHANTELL EVERS, age 28, and JESSIE EVERS, age 28, were sentenced today after previously pleading guilty for their roles in an oxycodone conspiracy stemming from a pill mill that operated out of Gulf South Physician’s Group in Metairie.