News published on Federal Newswire in October 2018

News from October 2018


Morgantown woman sentenced for heroin distribution

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lori Murphy, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for heroin trafficking, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Derik Wayne Frazier, age 35, of Durant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title...


Valdosta Man Convicted On Charge Related To Major Cocaine Ring, Hundreds Of Kilograms Distributed Across Region

News Release: VALDOSTA-- United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announced that Henry Austin, II a/k/a “Poochie," age 49, of Valdosta, Georgia was convicted Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Cocaine base following a three...


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two men have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to charges related to the illegal manufacturing and possession of machine guns.


Turkey Feather Blanket and Yucca Processing  Demonstrations at Pecos NHP

News Release: Pecos, NM: Come see for yourselves how the ancestral Puebloans stayed warm as archaeologist Mary Weahkee demonstrates the traditional art of making turkey feather blankets on Wednesday November 14th at 10:00 a.m. at the Pecos National Historical Park Visitor Center. She will showcase the creation, materials...


Two Men Plead Guilty To Identity And Mail Theft In Sacramento, San Joaquin, And Stanislaus Counties

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Derek Hillgert, 29, of Carmichael, and Jeffrey Wilhite, 31, of Linden, pleaded guilty today to committing access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of stolen mail, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


McKean, Pa. Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Relating to the Sexual Exploitation of Children

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of McKean, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Grover Allen White, of Romney, West Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Roswell Man Sentenced to Five Years for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric J.D. Contreras, 33, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith today announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 14 men with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) from 2012 until now. According to the indictment, the 110 Gang uses murder, robberies, assaults...


News Release: Guilty Pleas Relate to a Murder in 2016, Three Attempted Murders, Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses.


Candlelight Tour 2018

News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site Announces Its 37th Annual Candlelight Tour.


News Release: ASHFORD, Wash. - The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the potential impacts and benefits of a proposal submitted by Pierce County Planning and Public Works (Pierce County) to retrofit the upper Nisqually River levee with deflectors in Mount Rainier...


Man Who Brought Ice Methamphetamine to Iowa from California Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Federal Prison

News Release: A man who got ice methamphetamine from California and then resold it in Iowa was sentenced on Oct. 25, 2018, to more than seven years in federal prison.


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Springhill man pleaded guilty last week to supplying more than a kilogram of methamphetamine to a Bossier City woman.


News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Ronald Catalan, a former leader of the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas (BLS) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, and Jerlin Villalta, a member of the Freeport Locos Salvatruchas (FLS) clique of the...


Investment Adviser Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Stealing Investors’ Money While on Pre-Trial Release for Another Fraud Scheme

News Release: Defendant Misappropriated Over $1.1 Million of Investor Funds to Buy a Luxury Car, Renovate His Home and Pay His Defense Counsel in a Related Criminal Case.


Marshall County Woman Indicted for Producing Child Pornography

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Marshall County woman for producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and ICE Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Alabama James G. Hernandez.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Georgia man for organizing and operating an interstate jury-duty scam out of his state prison cell in Georgia, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. and U.S. Marshal Martin Keely.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), George P. Beach II, the Superintendent of the New York State Police (“NYSP"), Robert...