News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


Sentencings for September 4 & 5, 2018

News Release: SPENCER RICH, 28, of Vernal, Utah was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on September 5, 2018 for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Rich was arrested in Lander, Wyoming. He received one hundred months of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $9,645.95 and a $100.00 special assessment. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated this case.


Kropaczek Named Director of Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors

News Release: The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named David J. Kropaczek its director.


News Release: U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno sentenced a Miami area man to four years in prison, three years’ supervised release, and $1,800 in restitution for obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by threatening, in a phone message, to detonate a bomb at a mosque in Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S...


Tulsa Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery

News Release: TULSA, Okla. - United States District Court Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Tracy Allen Crawford, 32, of Tulsa, Wednesday, to a term of 30 years imprisonment for robbing a local fast food restaurant.


North Korean Regime-Backed Programmer Charged With Conspiracy to Conduct Multiple Cyber Attacks and Intrusions

News Release: North Korean Regime-Backed Programmer Charged With Conspiracy to Conduct Multiple Cyber Attacks and Intrusions.


News Release: The “Bushwick Crew" Allegedly Committed Multiple Acts of Violence to Further Their Drug Distribution Operations in Brooklyn and Queens.


Park Reopens After Tropical Storm Gordon

News Release: Vicksburg, MS: Effective immediately, Vicksburg National Military Park has reopened to all public use. The military park was closed on September 5th in anticipation of impacts from Tropical Storm Gordon. A condition assessment of the park during the morning of September 6th showed no major effects from the rain event.


MS-13 Member Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Role in 2015 Murder

News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on charges of racketeering conspiracy involving murder.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Kenterius Dyshae Hinton, age 24, of Rock Hill, plead guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Chief...


Woman Pleads Guilty to Hoax Bomb Threat Against Claremore Schools

News Release: TULSA, Okla. - United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Stephanie Louise Montgomery pleaded guilty Thursday to providing False Information about Bombs in Schools, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: SAN DIEGO - Two defendants, Gregory Amos and Christopher Hernandez, were charged this week in connection with a March 2018 explosion and fire resulting from their operation of a butane hash oil lab in a residential Vista neighborhood. Amos and Hernandez are scheduled to be arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jan M. Adler on Friday, Sept. 7 at 2:00 p.m.


Murkowski, Booker, and Colleagues Introduce the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act

News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Cory Booker, D-N.J., James Risch, R-Idaho, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Chris Coons, D-Del., today introduced bipartisan legislation to boost nuclear energy innovation and ensure advanced reactors can provide clean, safe, affordable, and reliable power to meet national and global energy needs.


New York Attorney Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud Related To Multimillion-Dollar Embezzlement From Deceased Client’s Estate

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Richard E. Zuckerman, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of Justice, announced that STEVEN M. ETKIND, a New York-licensed attorney and a Certified Public Accountant...


Albuquerque Felon Sentenced to Eight Years for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm and Ammunition

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Morris Mora, 30, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 96 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Mora was ordered to serve his federal sentence consecutive to a seven-year sentence previously imposed on a related state conviction in the 2nd Judicial District Court for the State of New Mexico.


News Release: HONOLULU - Guillermo Dahilig, of Waialua, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false tax returns in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(2). Following his incarceration, Dahilig will be on supervised release...


News Release: The unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park will be temporarily closed for seasonal dust abatement beginning 4 a.m. Tuesday, September 11 and will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, September 13. This routine dust abatement application happens several times during the summer on the approximately one-mile of unpaved section of the seven-mile road.


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Volunteers are welcome to help spruce up the Susanville Trailhead at the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail, in an event to observe National Public Lands Day, Saturday, Sept. 22.


Chairman Royce Announces Hearing on U.S. Sanctions Policy

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 13, entitled “Oversight of U.S. Sanctions Policy." The hearing will begin at 10 a.m.


Baltimore Man Charged With Running Tax Refund Scam In Central New York

News Release: Arkmallah Hilliard Allegedly Received More than $400,000 in Fraudulent Tax Refunds from the IRS.


Nashville Woman Sentenced to 42 Months for Drug Conspiracy

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced sade shana holland, also known as “SHARDE RICHARDSON," 27, of Nashville, North Carolina to 42 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.