News published on Federal Newswire in April 2019

News from April 2019


News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robert S. Goldman, age 60, of Palm Desert, California, was sentenced today in federal court for Wire Fraud. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Goldman to 27 months’ imprisonment and ordered restitution in the amount of $221,414. There is no parole in the federal system. Goldman will begin a 3-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison.


California Man Arrested in Terror Plot to Detonate Explosive Device Designed to Kill Innocents

News Release: California Man Arrested in Terror Plot to Detonate Explosive Device Designed to Kill Innocents.


Luzerne County Man Guilty Of Drug Distribution Resulting In Death

News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rodney Williams, age 36, of Wilkes-Barre, pleaded guilty on April 26, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, to distributing fentanyl to another person that resulted in the death of that person.


Virginia Online Gamer Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison After He Pleads Guilty to Sending Threatening Messages to Employees of an Online Gaming Company Based in Maryland

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Michael Dunaway, age 59, of Hamilton, Virginia, today to 18 months in federal prison, after Dunaway pleaded guilty to sending messages threatening acts of violence to employees of an online gaming company based in Lutherville, Maryland.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that William Wayne Anderson, a/k/a "Buffalo", age 40, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21...


Munster Doctor Sentenced

News Release: For Dispensing Opioids Outside the Scope of Professional Practice and Not For a Legitimate Medical Purpose.


Russian Citizen Indicted For $1.5 Million Cyber Tax Fraud Scheme

News Release: Defendant and Co-conspirators Hacked into Computer Systems of Tax Preparation Companies and Stole Personal Information of Identity Theft Victims.


News Release: Concord, NH - This past week’s “Fugitive of the Week," Thomas Kent Drake, 27, was arrested after fleeing through the woods from a relative’s house in New Hampton, NH. Drake was wanted on a Grafton County Sheriff’s Office arrest warrant for probation violations stemming from his original narcotics related charges.


News Release: Norfolk, VA - Calvin Eugene Davis, 49, is wanted by the U.S. Marshals and Virginia State Police for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


News Release: Philadelphia, PA - On April, 23rd, at approximately 6:15am, members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, arrested Victor Yan, 26. Yan was wanted by the Philadelphia Police Department on charges of homicide in relation to an October 2018 stabbing which occurred...


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN TRAINING

News Release: EASTHAM, Mass. - On Saturday, May 11 Cape Cod National Seashore will host a severe weather spotter training session by the National Weather Service. The free public program will be held at the Salt Pond Visitor Center, 50 Nauset Road, Eastham, from 10 am to 12:30 pm.


News Release: Luray, Virginia: Clean air is vitally important for Shenandoah National Park ― and now you can learn more about its connection to the park through an interactive “Virtual Field Trip" launched today by the National Park Service in partnership with the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). We like to celebrate the many benefits of clean air every day, but are especially excited to unveil this virtual field trip during Air Quality Awareness Week, April 29 - May 3, 2019.


McCaul Statement on the Passing of Former Senator Richard Lugar

News Release: Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to the passing of late Senator Richard Lugar, an ardent rival of nuclear proliferation and foreign policy leader.


News Release: SAN DIEGO - More than two dozen individuals are facing felony child exploitation charges in San Diego County Superior Court following their arrest by special agents with ICE Homeland Security Investigations child exploitation group in San Diego.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force is seeking the public’s help in locating Marcus Antwain Whitaker, who is charged with second-degree murder in connection with a D.C. homicide on July 27, 2018. The victim was shot multiple times in the 4300 block of 4th Street, SE, Washington.


News Release: WASHINGTON - On April 27, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan released the following statement on the synagogue shooting in Poway, California: “On behalf of the Department of Homeland Security, I am deeply saddened to learn of the tragic shooting in Poway, California. Targeted violence ...


Georgia Man Convicted of $2M Bank Fraud Caught After Two Years

News Release: Atlanta, GA - After more than two years on the run, a Georgia man who was convicted of a $2 million bank fraud conviction in 2016 will begin serving his nearly 10-year sentence after he was arrested on April 23rd at his girlfriend’s house in East Point.


News Release: Atlanta, GA - The U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, in coordination with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and metro Atlanta area law enforcement officers, recently wrapped up an operation dubbed Empty Nest to recover highly endangered missing children throughout the Northern District of Georgia.


Cummings Schedules Interview with White House Security Director

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to former White House Personnel Security Director Carl Kline scheduling a transcribed interview for this coming Wednesday as part of the Committee’s investigation into White House security clearances. Kline failed to show up last week for a deposition pursuant to a subpoena issued by the Committee.


News Release: Springfield, MO - U.S. Marshal Mark S. James, Western District of Missouri, announces the arrest of fugitive Leslie Sean Stevens, on April 24, 2019.