News published on Federal Newswire in April 2019

News from April 2019


Guatemalan National Living in Massachusetts Sentenced to 26 Months in Prison for Trafficking Heroin

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAYCOL CAMPOS, 37, a citizen of Guatemala last residing in Attleboro, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 26 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised, release, for trafficking heroin.


News Release: FBI Chicago Announces Recipient of Director’s Community Leadership Award.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL KMEC, 40, of Marlborough, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating various embezzling schemes while employed at Connecticut College in New London.


Waterbury Felon Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Charge

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GLENN JAMISON, 37, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.


Jackson County Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Pipe Bombs

News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Mark Clayton Bosarge, Jr., 29, of D’Iberville, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearms and Transfer Record, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Bosarge was also ordered to pay an $8,000 fine.


Former Deputy Chief of Staff in N.J. Governor’s Office Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison

News Release: Misused Government Property to Punish Fort Lee Mayor for Not Endorsing Gov. Christie’s Re-election.


DEA Prepares for Prescription Drug Take Back Day

News Release: St. Louis - The United States Attorney’s Office is proud to support the DEA on Saturday, April 27, 2019, for its 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The bi-annual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at thousands of collection sites around the country. Over 90 locations will be open and participating within the Eastern District of Missouri. The event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.


News Release: Defendants allegedly exploited the USPS Informed Delivery system and exposed victims to losses of $1.2 million along East Coast.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Xiaoying Xu, age 34, a Chinese citizen, and Yiwen Zhu, age 34, a Chinese citizen and legal permanent resident of the United States, both residing in Covina, California, on a federal conspiracy charge, mail fraud, and trafficking in counterfeit goods. The indictment was returned on April 23, 2019, and the defendants were arrested today.


Former contract security guard at ATF facility admits to stealing firearms

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Lee Yates, a former contract security guard at a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) facility, has admitted to stealing firearms from the government, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to express our serious concern over the Administration’s recent announcement that it will drastically cut U.S. assistance to the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This assistance supports efforts to address the challenging economic and...


News Release: BOSTON - A former MCI-Cedar Junction nurse was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.


News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 24, 2019 - David Wallace of Boca Raton, Florida and Timothy Stocksdale, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, two former executives of Arriva Medical, LLC (Arriva), agreed to pay $500,000 each to settle the United States’ allegations that they had violated the False Claims Act, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.


Mineral County man admits to methamphetamine distribution

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Dwayne Cosner, of Elk Garden, West Virginia, has admitted to drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Former Captain of the Rosebud Tribal Police Pleads Not Guilty to Wire Fraud

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for 22 counts of Wire Fraud.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, woman convicted of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine was sentenced on April 22, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Advisory Commission to Meet 4 30 2019

News Release: The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 1:00pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and Hwy. US-41 in Calumet.


Child predator in Utah pleaded guilty to using Facebook to entice minor

News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - A Utah man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to enticing a minor and possessing child pornography.


News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa is looking for additional potential victims of a Tampa woman indicted Tuesday on four counts of wire fraud and three counts of wrongfully using government seals in connection with a scheme in which she fraudulently represented herself as an immigration...


News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Antonio Hugger, 30, of Leakesville, Mississippi, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 188 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.