News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


Border Patrol Agent Arrested For Firearms Offenses

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 25, 2018, Ramon Antonio Monreal-Rodriguez, 37, of Vail, Ariz., a U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Three Points, Ariz. station, was arrested for conspiracy to make false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms and aiding and abetting the commission of such offenses.


FAA and NASA celebrate the transfer of new technology

News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is optimistic about a National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) -developed technology that promises to increase capacity and reduce delays, fuel burn and emissions.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Peer-to-peer lending company LendingClub Corporation of San Francisco, Calif., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), announced United States Attorney Alex...


News Release: BOSTON - Two Lynn men were arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with drug and firearm charges.


News Release: BOSTON - Two MCI-Cedar Junction inmates, and the wife and mother of one of the inmates, were charged in federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin D. Waczkowski, 34, of Elma, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


Guilty Jury Verdict For Kouts Man

News Release: SOUTH BEND - Michael Thomas, 41 years old, of Kouts, Indiana, was found guilty after a four-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, announced U. S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.


News Release: Activities Planned at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in October.


Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty To Starting 2017 Sawmill Fire and Agrees To Pay More Than $8 Million in Restitution

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Dennis Dickey, 37, of Tucson, Ariz., pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of U.S. Forest Service regulations for igniting the Sawmill Fire, which caused more than $8 million worth of damage in April 2017. The Court scheduled a sentencing hearing for October 9, 2018.


Inmate Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling Heroin Into Goose Creek Correctional Center

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an inmate has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a scheme to smuggle heroin into the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC) for distribution to inmates in April 2016.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDALL BARNES, age 22, of Chalmette, was charged in a five-count indictment on Sept. 27, 2018 by a federal grand jury.


Pallone Floor Remarks in Support of H.R. 6

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDALL BARNES, age 22, of Chalmette, was charged in a five-count indictment on Sept. 27, 2018 by a federal grand jury.


Federal, State, and Local Authorities Charge 28 Individuals on Federal Drug Charges as part of  Operation California Dreamin’

News Release: Alleged Conspiracy Trafficked Methamphetamine between California and Southwest Virginia/Northeast Tennessee/Georgia.


Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

News Release: FORT WAYNE - Charles McCreary, age 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa Springmann after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


St. George Woman Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Collecting over $93,000 in Deceased Mother’s Social Security Benefits

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Carol Philbin, 66, of St. George, Vermont, appeared today in federal district court in Burlington to answer to charges that, following her mother’s death in July 2009, Philbin unlawfully collected $93,345 in Social Security...


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that three New Haven men have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to various charges related to their roles in a violent street gang.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two Nicholasville, Ky., men were sentenced today for using social media to harass and intimidate an acquaintance, with threats of a prospective shooting at a Jessamine County school.


Bipartisan Opioids Legislation Nearly to POTUS’ Desk

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today, the House passed sweeping, bipartisan legislation to combat the opioid crisis. H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), now heads to the Senate for a final vote and then to the President’s desk to be signed into law.


News Release: Dominican National Sentenced to Prison for his Involvement in National Conspiracy to Sell Identity Documents to Illegal Aliens.