News published on Federal Newswire in December 2019

News from December 2019


North Carolina Man Charged with Committing Three Murders in Connecticut in November 2015

News Release: United States Attorney John H. Durham, New Haven State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin, Special Agent in Charge Brian C. Turner of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hamden Police Chief John Cappiello and New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes today announced that a federal grand...


Senate Commerce, House T&I Leaders Commend DOT’s NETT Council

News Release: Today, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Reps. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and Sam Graves, R-Mo., chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, ...


Rochester Music Teacher Charged With Production Of Child Pornography

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Philip M. Close, 42, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.


Two Men Arrested During Operation Independence Day Plead Guilty

News Release: Two men have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to child sex crimes charges, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


News Release: Glen Jean, WV - The National Park Service at New River Gorge National River is announcing new hours for Sandstone Visitor Center for the coming winter season. Due to reduced winter visitation, Sandstone Visitor Center will be closed from December 9, 2019 through spring of 2020.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Fontanez, age 38, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for stealing, possessing, concealing, and storing firearms stolen from Target Sports, Inc., a federally licensed firearms dealer in Schenectady County.


New York Man Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to Terrorists

News Release: New York Man Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to Terrorists.


Syracuse Man Sentenced to Prison for Sophisticated Fraud Schemes

News Release: Donald Geiss, Jr. to Serve More Than 5 Years in Prison.


Mock-ups Prove Effective in Testing Idaho Waste Treatment Facility

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho have been working with a local small business to create mock-ups of critical equipment needed to treat 900,000 gallons of liquid radioactive waste from underground tanks at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory Site.


Man from Roswell sentenced to 207 months in prison for firearm and drug offenses after shooting at police following high-speed chase in 2017

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jose Manuel Diaz-Montelongo, 32, of Roswell, New Mexico was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 207 months in prison for discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years in prison on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Bend Man Sentenced to Federal Prison After Hash Oil Explosion

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-David Carl Paulsen, 33, of Bend, Oregon, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison and two years’ supervised release for illegally manufacturing and possessing marijuana during a March 2018 butane honey oil (BHO) explosion in Bend.


BLM to remove approximately 25 wild horses from private land in Moffat County

News Release: CRAIG, Colo. -The Bureau of Land Management plans to gather and remove approximately 25 wild horses from private land in Moffat County this month using a bait-trapping technique.


2020 Snowshoe Hikes

News Release: This information pertains to December 2019 and January 2020.


Tech Tuesday—Online Shopping

News Release: Tech Tuesday-Online Shopping. Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. Today we look at building a digital defense as you race to finish your holiday shopping. This just in - a red alert straight from the big guy at the North Pole: we are just two weeks away from Christmas! Are you ready?


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the arrests of LAGARIA SLAUGHTER and TANNER HOWELL, both of whom are service members stationed at a base in New York...


Grassley Statement on USMCA Announcement

News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the announcement of a deal on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Five Bank Robberies, Five Armed Robberies of Liquor Stores, and Related Firearms Charges

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Anthony Eugene Wiggins, age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a string of robberies, including five bank robberies and five armed robberies at liquor stores, committed between Sept. 24, 2018 and Nov. 15, 2018, as well as an attempted...


Menominee Man Receives Four-Year Prison Sentence for Aggravated Assault and Illegal Firearms Possession on Menominee Indian Reservation

News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremy Nunway (age: 40), a former resident of the Menominee Indian Reservation, received a sentence in separate cases in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Green Bay. Nunway, an...