News published on Federal Newswire in April 2019

News from April 2019


Fake Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Members of Immigrant Communities in Northern Virginia

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man pleaded guilty today to posing as a lawyer in order to defraud numerous car accident victims who were members of immigrant communities in Northern Virginia.


Huntington Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Charge

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced today to 10 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Henry Davis, also known as “Hen", 36, previously pled guilty to distributing heroin.


Operator of McAllen Area DME Company Sentenced for Health Care Fraud

News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The owner of a durable medical equipment (DME) company has been ordered to federal prison for defrauding Medicaid of more than $3 million, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Anna Ramirez-Ambriz, 57, of McAllen, pleaded guilty March 31, 2017.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Branden Ashley Rowell, age 37, of Ada, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was arrested and charged today for allegedly robbing a New Jersey business owner at gunpoint in February 2019, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced on April 29, 2019, to more than five years in federal prison.


Pedro Cortez-Gomez Sentenced to Serve 15 Years in Prison For Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: Conspiracy centered in Greene County. GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On April 29, 2019, Pedro Cortez-Gomez, 36, of Greeneville, Tennessee, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 15 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine...


Owner of Florida Medical Clinic Sentenced to Prison

News Release: Owner of Florida Medical Clinic Sentenced to Prison.


Moab Site Recognizes Employees for 10 Years of Waste Removal

News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project recently marked 10 years of shipping uranium mill tailings to a disposal site. On April 20, 2009, the first train carrying mill tailings departed the Moab Site in southern Utah. Ten years later, more than 9.5 million tons of...


News Release: CONCORD - Mark T. Moore, 38, of Loudon, New Hampshire, was sentenced in federal court 50 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, methamphetamine, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding His Employer

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JIMMY WAYNE SMITH, 37, of Oklahoma City, has pleaded guilty to using interstate wire communications to defraud his employer of hundreds of thousands of dollars, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.


Dominican National Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Identity Theft

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN TORRES RODRIGUEZ, 39, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment for identity theft.


North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park to Open May 15 for 2019 Season

News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ -The gate at the entrance to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will open on Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 a.m. to mark the official opening of the North Rim for the 2019 season. Grand Canyon Lodge and Grand Canyon Trail Rides will also commence their 2019 seasonal operations. Other businesses on the Kaibab Plateau, from Jacob Lake to the park boundary, are expected to be open by May 15.


Bipartisan Senate Coalition Reintroduces Comprehensive Nuclear Waste Legislation

News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to safeguard and permanently dispose of the nation’s stockpiles of spent nuclear fuel from sites across the country.


Illegal Alien Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing a Gun While Being a Meth User

News Release: Serna had a lengthy criminal history, and had illegally entered the United States seven times.


FBI Seeking Information from Armed Bank Robbery in Chickasha, Oklahoma

News Release: FBI Seeking Information from Armed Bank Robbery in Chickasha, Oklahoma.


Providence Man Sentenced for Possessing Images and Videos of Child Pornography

News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI -A Providence man who admitted to possessing dozens of videos and images of child pornography was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Peter C. Fitzhugh, and Rhode Island State Police Superintendent Colonel James M. Manni.


NIST Research Sparks New Insights on Laser Welding

News Release: On its surface, the work is deceptively simple: Shoot a high-power laser beam onto a piece of metal for a fraction of a second and see what happens. But researchers say the physics of laser welding is surprisingly complex. A better understanding of the interaction between laser and metal could give industry more control over laser welding, a technology that is becoming increasingly popular in manufacturing.


News Release: Downloadable file: PORTLAND, Ore.-Shawn Terrell Crane, 39, of Portland, was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and laundering drug proceeds. The case against Crane is the result of a lengthy FBI and Portland Police...


Miami Man Sentenced to 78 Months In Prison for Possessing Over 5,000 Images of Child Pornography

News Release: A Miami man was sentenced to six and one-half years in prison for maintaining two separate storage units that contained over 5,000 images of child pornography.