News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


Paterson, New Jersey Man Admits Distributing Fake Percocet Pills Containing Heroin

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing thousands of pills containing heroin in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Manchester Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Illegal Possession of Firearms

News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Daniel Sullivan, 35, of Manchester, was sentenced to 168 months (14 years) in federal prison for the illegal possession of firearms.


News Release: Centers Plan for Healthy Living (“Centers Plan"), a Staten Island-based company that provides services to people who are chronically ill or who need long-term health care services, has agreed to pay $1,650,000 to settle civil fraud allegations that Centers Plan billed the Medicaid Program for services...


New Jersey Broker Charged in “Cherry-Picking” Scheme

News Release: BOSTON - A former New Jersey broker was arrested and charged today with defrauding his clients by engaging in a multi-year “cherry-picking" scheme.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Oversight of U.S. Sanctions Policy.".


News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Terry L. Magee, 38, of Bassfield, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to threatening to bomb the Veterans Administration Nursing Home in Collins, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge James Ross with the Veterans Administration - Office of Inspector General.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gilroy Stewart, age 48, of Cleveland, Ohio, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.


News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sept. 12, 2018 - Gary Ola, 54, a sergeant at the Cheatham County Jail in Ashland City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty late yesterday in U.S. District Court to two counts of making false statements to FBI agents, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: CONCORD - Yuriy Khalabuda, 37, of Ukraine, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


Fayetteville Woman Sentenced After Conviction of Human Trafficking Offenses

News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that, DAQUANJRA TASHA WHITE, 29, of Fayetteville, was sentenced by United States Senior District Judge Malcolm J. Howard for sex trafficking of children. Judge Howard sentenced WHITE to 144 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Salvadoran fugitive Wednesday who was wanted in his home country on charges of trafficking illegal persons.


FBI and Cranberry Police Seek the Public’s Assistance in Identifying Bank Robber

News Release: FBI and Cranberry Police Seek the Public’s Assistance in Identifying Bank Robber.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Anthony Wayne Tavoloni, Jr., 45, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced today to three years’ probation including three months of home detention for assaulting two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Transportation Security Officers (TSO) at Portland International Airport (PDX).


Brother and Sister Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempting to Steal $3.7 Million with Phony Invoice Scheme

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A brother and sister from New Jersey were sentenced today to federal prison terms for their respective roles in running a multi-million dollar fraudulent invoice scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) spotlighted the introduction of three bills that collectively build on the growing economic successes of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. These bills constitute Republicans’ Tax Reform 2.0 package and will lock in the individual...


Pittsburgh Felon Illegally Possessed A Pistol and Ammunition

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Rock Hill Man Sentenced to 150 Months on Federal Firearm and Drug Charges

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Zadgery Collins McNeil, age 32, of Rock Hill, was sentenced in federal court to a total of 150 months imprisonment, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release. McNeil plead guilty earlier this year to felon in possession...


Indictment Charges Waterbury Man with Crack Cocaine Offenses

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging MIGUEL TORRES, 38, of Waterbury, with various offenses related to his alleged trafficking of crack cocaine.


News Release: The Renoir Painting, Titled “Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin," Was Looted by the Nazis During the Occupation of Paris in 1941.


Bank Manager Admits Embezzling $879,000 from CD Accounts

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHEN CARBONELLA, 59, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to embezzling funds from his employer, Webster Bank Corporation, where he served as bank manager of the Orange branch office.