News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


Former Director of Rosebud Tribal Ranch Sentenced for Embezzlement

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project.


BLM to host clean-up event at Dinosaur Flats

News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office will host a public clean-up event at Dinosaur Flats, north of Cañon City, on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 8 a.m. until noon.


Convicted Sex Offender Ordered To Pay More Than $13,000 In Restitution To Child Victim Of Sexual Exploitation

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has ordered Stanley Hagan, Jr. (34, Jacksonville) to pay $13,619.52 in restitution to the custodian of a child who was molested in 2015 by Darren Dozier, a convicted sex offender from Philadelphia. According to court records, in late...


Berkeley County woman sentenced for cocaine charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jessica Marie Shifflett, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to four years of probation for distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 7, 2018, a federal jury convicted Levian D. Pacheco, 25, of Phoenix, Ariz., of seven counts of abusive sexual contact with a ward and three counts of sexual abuse of a ward. U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan presided over the seven-day trial. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 3, 2018.


Sand Donation at Spring Creek

News Release: Queens, N.Y. - The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to announce a donation of sand for the restoration of Spring Creek Park at the Gateway National Recreation Area (Gateway). This donation will provide approximately 77,000 cubic yards of clean sand for the Spring Creek South Storm Resilience and...


Craig Fine Sentenced to 153 Months in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of First Tennessee Bank

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 10, 2018, Craig, Fine, 48, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas Phillips, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 153 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery and brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for three years. Fine was also ordered to pay $10,417.44 in restitution.


News Release: House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) released the following statement on the filing of the conference committee report on the fiscal year 2019 Energy and Water Development, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Minibus.


News Release: CONCORD - Jose Rivera-Morales, 31, of Dover, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


News Release: Park rangers arrived and provided CPR without success. Maryville, Tennessee-area resident Monte McDonough, was as pronounced dead at the scene. His body was recovered and transported to Pickett County Coroner with the assistance of personnel from Fentress County Rescue Squad, Frozen Head State Park, and Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian Mellott, age 45, of Cumberland, Maryland, was indicted by a federal grand jury with conspiring to impede the lawful functions of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of...


News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Charles Moran, Jr., 44, of Grant County, Kentucky, was sentenced, last Thursday, to 14 years in federal prison, by United States District Judge David Bunning, for distributing and possessing child pornography.


News Release: Honolulu - Due to the tropical storm warning now in effect for Oahu, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument will close the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center at 2:00pm on Tuesday, Sept. 11, to allow staff time to prepare for heavy winds and rain. The park will remain closed until further notice.


News Release: A 31-year-old Illegal alien residing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacan, Mexico, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of assaulting a Border Patrol (BP) agent during his attempt to illegally enter the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Edgar Garrido-Miranda pleaded guilty Dec. 5, 2017.


New Richmond, Indiana Man Faces Sexual Exploitation of a Child Charges

News Release: Public encouraged to notify law enforcement if they have any further information.


Sex Offender Sentenced to 18 More Months in Prison for Fleeing Pennsylvania to Avoid Serving a 10-Year Prison Sentence

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months of imprisonment, to run consecutive to his prior 10-year sentence, and three years of supervised release, to run concurrently to his prior term of supervised release on his conviction of Failure of to Register as a Sex Offender and Failure to Surrender for Service of Sentence, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A Seattle, Washington man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington for conducting cyberstalking and threat campaigns against multiple Washington residents. The victims’ names are being withheld to protect their privacy.


News Release: The Three Hundred and Eighth meeting of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission will take place on Monday, Sept. 24, at 1:00 P.M., in the meeting room at Headquarters, 99 Marconi Station Road, in Wellfleet, Massachusetts to discuss the following.


Baltimore County Tax Preparer Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Filing False Tax Returns and for Identity Theft

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Dawn Chapelle Cottman, age 45, of Owings Mills, Maryland today to seven years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for fourteen counts of filing false tax returns, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Cottman owned a tax preparation business called 40 AM Tax Service, which she operated from her residence in Owings Mills. A federal jury convicted Cottman on May 22, 2018.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a White River, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.