News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


Two Men Sentenced to 18 and 19 Year Prison Terms for Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Minor

News Release: On Sept. 20, 2018, Palm Beach County resident Charles Edward Smith, 63, was sentenced to 235 months in prison by United States District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks following his jury trial conviction for participating in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor (Case No. 18-CR-80062). Co-defendant...


News Release: Former Chief Financial Officer of Bankrate Inc. Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Orchestrating a Complex Accounting and Securities Fraud Scheme.


Three Armed Drug Traffickers Are Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Terms

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Three Gaston County drug trafficker were sentenced in federal court yesterday to prison terms ranging from nine to 17.5 years, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Quinton Lavar Brown, 34, of Gastonia, was sentenced to 210 months in prison...


Chief Financial Officer of Marlborough Business Sentenced for Bank Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - The chief financial officer of a Marlborough business was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with a scheme to commit bank fraud.


TSA discovers loaded firearm at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport checkpoint

Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) checkpoint this morning.


Fort Polk Soldier Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Illegally Manufacturing, Using a Chemical Weapon

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced that a Fort Polk soldier was sentenced Monday to 135 months in prison for manufacturing and detonating a chemical weapon in the Kisatchie National Forest adjacent to the Fort Polk Army installation.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Nghia Hoang Pho, age 68, of Ellicott City, Maryland, today to 66 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for willful retention of classified national defense information. According to court documents, Pho removed massive troves of highly classified national defense information without authorization, which he kept at his residence.


Two Men Sentenced to 18 and 19 Year Prison Terms for Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Minor

News Release: On Sept. 20, 2018, Palm Beach County resident Charles Edward Smith, 63, was sentenced to 235 months in prison by United States District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks following his jury trial conviction for participating in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor (Case No. 18-CR-80062). Co-defendant...


News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States District Court Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III has sentenced Louisville, Kentucky, man, Dennis A. L. Booker to 65 months in federal prison today, followed by 3 years of supervised release for six counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced...


News Release: Defendant also works for Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.


News Release: BOSTON - The chief financial officer of a Marlborough business was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with a scheme to commit bank fraud.


News Release: A superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Queens-based criminal defense attorney John Scarpa, Jr., and Charles Gallman, also known as “T.A.," with violating the Travel Act by bribing a witness who testified in a double-homicide trial in Suffolk County Supreme Court.


Bangor Man Sentenced to 2 Years of Probation for Marijuana Conspiracy

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jeremy Duguay, 35 of Bangor was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to two years of probation with six months of home confinement and 240 hours of community service for conspiring to make and distribute marijuana.


BLM hosts National Public Lands Day event with partnering organizations September 28-30

News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Black Rock Field Office and their partner groups are hosting the annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD) event September 28-30 in the Soldier Meadows area, about 60 miles north of Gerlach, Nevada. BLM staff are working in conjunction with Friends...


News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An indictment unsealed today charges four prison inmates with first-degree murder in the beating death of another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution II in Victorville, an offense that carries a potential death sentence.


Two Charlotte Area Hospitals Among $260 Million Global Settlement Between Hospital Chain And The United States

News Release: Settlement to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations against Lake Norman Regional Medical Center and Davis Regional Medical Center.


El Dorado Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Firearms Violation

News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Tommie Roshaun Glosson, age 23, of El Dorado, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine and two counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.


Murkowski: Quantum Technologies Can Change the World

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the Department of Energy’s (DOE) efforts for quantum information science (QIS) - working with the National Labs, universities, and private industry - which could transform the future of computing. Expert witnesses discussed the challenges and opportunities that currently exist with the technology.


News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that on Oct. 17, 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), as part of Project CeaseFire, is sponsoring South Carolina’s participation in the annual National Day of Concern and Student Pledge Against Gun Violence.


Winnebago Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Christopher Littlebeaver, 24, was sentenced today in Omaha, Nebraska, by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp, for sexually abusing a minor. Judge Smith Camp sentenced Littlebeaver to 40 months’ imprisonment. After completing his term of imprisonment, Littlebeaver will begin a five-year term of supervised release.