News published on Federal Newswire in April 2019

News from April 2019


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Muskogee residents Christopher Michael Whitaker Sr. a/k/a “Unc", age 44; Devin Trevon Whitaker, age 19; Torrell Dshaun Bogar a/k/a “T Real", age 21; Aaron Oneal Bogar a/k/a Aaron Oneal Wilson...


Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey.


Release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Food and Drug Administration budget request for fiscal year 2020.


Neal Statement on Requesting President Trump’s Tax Returns

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after sending a written request to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig for six years of President Donald J. Trump’s personal and business tax returns...


National Park Service Announces Projects to Renew Cuyahoga River

News Release: National Park Service Announces Projects to Renew Cuyahoga River.


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on April 2, 2019, Carol S. Jennings, age 57, of Riverton, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose for bank fraud. Jennings was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $77,247.47 in restitution. As part of her sentence, Jennings will serve six months of home confinement.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Demetrios Stavrakis, a/k/a Jimmy, age 53, of Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, for an arson conspiracy to allegedly damage his business by setting it on fire in order to obtain insurance proceeds. The indictment was returned on March 28, 2019 and ...


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Scott Washington, a/k/a Body, a/k/a Addy, 31, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Washington was also ordered to forfeit a.40 caliber handgun and rounds of ammunition.


Dunbar Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Crimes

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Tajae Dasjuan Mosley, 27, of Dunbar was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms. Stuart commended the efforts of the FBI, the West Virginia State Police, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department, and the United States Postal Inspection Service.



President Of National Treasury Employees Union Chapter Indicted For Failing To Report Loans And Disbursements

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury handed down a three-count felony indictment charging Jonathon Ortino with making false statements to a government agency, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) Special Agent in Charge Amanda Thandi, and U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards (DOL OLMS) Supervisory Investigator Kenric Michel.


New Food and Nutrient Data System for Researchers, Consumers Launches Today

News Release: USDA 's Agricultural Research Service released an integrated food and nutrient data system today that provides online access to nutrient profile information about a wide variety of foods and food products.


Brockton Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution

News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl distribution.


Illegal alien from Honduras sentenced to 15 months in prison for re-entering the United States five times

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Selvin Ponce-Hernandez, 28, of Honduras was sentenced to a year and three months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for illegally re-entering the country for a fifth time.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, woman convicted of Theft of Government Property was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Leader Of ‘Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods’ Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Narcotics Offenses In Manhattan Federal Court

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMEL JONES, a/k/a “Mel Murda," pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to racketeering and narcotics offenses as part of his participation in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods (“Nine Trey"). U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer presided over the defendant’s guilty plea.


News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Phoenix District will conduct a prescribed burn of cut and piled juniper within 120-acres of the Agua Fria National Monument, in the Sycamore Mesa area - approximately five miles northeast of Cordes Junction. The burn is planned for one to three days between April 6 and 13.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - PHILIP JAMES HEATH, 51, of Lawton, has been charged in a two-count indictment with being a felon in possession of both explosives and firearms, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.


Chairman Price Statement at Hearing on FY 2020 HUD Budget Request

Release: Congressman David Price (D-NC), Chair of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Tajae Dasjuan Mosley, 27, of Dunbar was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms. Stuart commended the efforts of the FBI, the West Virginia State Police, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department, and the United States Postal Inspection Service.