News published on Federal Newswire in April 2019

News from April 2019


Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Child Sex Abuse Photos Over The Internet

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Marc Lionel Lewis (51, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he distributed images depicting the sexual abuse of children over the internet. Lewis faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. He must also register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.


Steuben County Man Arrested, Charged with Threatening to Kill a U.S. Congresswoman

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Patrick W. Carlineo, Jr., 55, of Addison, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with threatening to assault and murder a United States official. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.


Lady Lake Man Indicted For Producing Child Pornography

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Brian Alan Jones (36, Lady Lake) with producing child pornography. If convicted, Jones faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison.


News Release: NEW ALBANY -United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that a Madison, Indiana man was sentenced March 22, 2019, following his guilty plea to two counts of possession of unregistered destructive devices and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. David Theiring, 40, was sentenced to 87 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.


Mass. Men Sentenced for Transporting Illegal Alien

News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Mohan S. Saini, age 63, of Arlington, Massachusetts, and Melvin Claudio, age 22, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, were sentenced yesterday for transporting an illegal alien within the United States. Saini was sentenced to time served (3 days in jail), followed by 3 years of supervised release...


Greensboro daycare employee arrested on child exploitation charges

News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Winston-Salem and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation arrested Alyson Brooke Saunders Friday morning. Saunders faces the following state charges: four counts of indecent liberties with a minor, six counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, two counts of sexual offense with a child by an adult, and two counts of crime against nature.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Donte Porter, 33, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on April 3, 2019, Salvatore Lawrence Bruno, age 68, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Possession of Child Pornography. Bruno was sentenced to 97 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release for ten years. Bruno was ordered to pay $500 to each victim seeking restitution.


Florida Fugitive Arrested on Roof Top in Brattleboro

News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshal Service, Vermont Violent Offender Task Force (VVOTF), in conjunction with the Vermont State Police, arrested a fugitive wanted by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office (Sarasota, FL) for failure to appear.


Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment to Hold Hearing on the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and Investment in Nation’s Waterways

News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Full Utilization...


News Release: Located far from sources of urban light pollution, visitors can take advantage of the extraordinary opportunities for both close up and panoramic views of the night sky in the National Lakeshore during the astronomy events held in the park. The 2019 monthly astronomy programs hosted by the National Lakeshore...


ICE ERO removes Canadian national with long history of criminal convictions

News Release: NEWARK - A Canadian national, with a long history of criminal convictions in the U.S., was removed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) for immigration violations and turned over to Canadian authorities where he is wanted on a narcotics conviction.


Two Honolulu Police Officers Charged with Federal Civil Rights Offenses

News Release: HONOLULU - Two Honolulu Police Department officers were arrested today pursuant to a federal indictment charging them with one count of conspiring to deprive a person of his civil rights, and one count of acting under color of law to deprive the same individual of his civil rights. The indictment alleges...


Celebrate Earth Day & National Park Week in Death Valley National Park

News Release: Celebrate Earth Day & National Park Week in Death Valley National Park.


Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was arrested on Thursday evening, April 4, after Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport caught him trying to bring a loaded gun past a security checkpoint in Terminal B.


News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers Reward After Man Tries to Rob Santa Fe Bank.


Department of Energy Announces $20 Million to Develop Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Tools

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $20 million in funding to accelerate the incorporation of machine learning and artificial intelligence into energy technology and product design processes.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Comprehensive Legislative Proposals to Enhance Social Security" on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at 9:00 AM, in room 2020 Rayburn House Office Building. This will be the third hearing in a series on “Protecting and Improving Social Security.



Providence Gang Member Sentenced on Firearm Charge

News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation and prosecution culminated today with the sentencing of a member of the Hanover Boyz street gang to 51 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.