News published on Federal Newswire in April 2019

News from April 2019


News Release: Beginning April 15 to May 23, four-hour delays are scheduled on Highway 101 at Lake Crescent from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, Mondays through Thursdays.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alexander Green, 33, of San Francisco, CA, and his brother Charles Green, 30, of Long Island City, NY, who were convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 kilograms or more of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering, were sentenced to serve 48 months and 27 months respectively in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.


Dallas-Area Home Health Care Employee Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for His Role in a $3.7 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: A Collin County, Texas man was sentenced to 60 months in prison today following his trial conviction for conspiracy to commit health care fraud.


News Release: A federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict today against Cornell Bozier, the former Chairman of the Board of Commissioners at the Village of Hempstead Housing Authority (VHHA) on four counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and federal...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three people accused of being part of an international drug trafficking ring are in custody on federal charges alleging they used the Darknet to obtain drugs and offer narcotics for sale, and then shipped pound quantities of methamphetamine to buyers in the Philippines, New Zealand, Poland and other foreign destinations.


News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas; announced that on April 2, 2019, the final of fifteen (15) individuals were sentenced by the United States District Court for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking ring which operated in Benton...


News Release: Former Alabama Correctional Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Inmates.



Revere Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Counterfeit Goods

News Release: BOSTON - A Revere man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with importing and selling counterfeit apparel.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer was sentenced today to six months in prison for concealing the assault of an attempted suicide victim by another police officer at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public scoping comments on approximately 78,692 acres of public lands proposed for the upcoming September 2019 competitive oil and gas lease sale in Routt, Moffat, Garfield, Rio Blanco, Jackson, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Weld counties.


Chair Grijalva Will Introduce Colo. River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act Today – Vows Swift Committee Movement, Urges Senate to Act Fast

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today will introduce the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act, a bill to approve the water management agreement recently reached by the seven states in the Colorado River Basin to reduce to impacts of drought and climate change-induced...


Bronx Man Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 20 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that ADAM RAISHANI, a/k/a “Saddam Mohamed Raishani," was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to provide and conspiring to...


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging MARIANO IRIZARRY, 35, of New Haven, with one count of possession of a firearm a by a convicted felon.


News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for allegedly committing five armed robberies in December 2018.


Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Scott Wilbert, 47, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan W. Feldman to possession of child pornography. According to the plea agreement, the defendant will be sentenced to serve 15 years in prison.


Para-Educator Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Bradley Smith, 66, of Jericho, Vermont, was charged by criminal complaint in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, with one count of possession of child pornography. Smith was arrested and made his initial...


Crawford Statement from Hearing to Review Pipeline Safety Mandates & Needs

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “Pipeline Safety: Reviewing Mandates and Examining Additional Safety Needs":


News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Larondo James Stash, 39, of Window Rock, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 15 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release with sex offender registration, treatment, and testing. Stash had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact of a child.


Arraignments Held for 14 Defendants on Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Charges

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Arraignments were held Monday in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., for some of 14 defendants charged with marijuana trafficking and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.