News published on Federal Newswire in December 2019

News from December 2019


St. Johnsbury Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Offense

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Tony Cuthbertson, 50, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, was sentenced on December 4, 2019, in United States District Court in Rutland, Vermont, to serve 96 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of knowingly producing...


News Release: Agents and Partners Seize More Than 111 Pounds of Meth, 8 Pounds of Heroin, and 34 Firearms.


News Release: On Aug. 28, 2019, KEVIN E. CREED, of Litchfield, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to wire fraud related to a scheme in which he stole approximately $1.4 million from the Friends of Fisher House Connecticut, a charity he established with the purported purpose to raise funds to support the building and maintenance of a veterans comfort home in West Haven.


U.S. Attorney Recognizes Law Enforcement For Their Contributions To The Mission Of The U.S. Attorney's Office And Department Of Justice

News Release: Forty-Five Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement Officers Recognized for Public Safety Contributions.


12 Charged with Narcotics Trafficking Offenses

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury recently returned a 13-count indictment against 12 individuals for drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. The defendants are.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Thursday against Darrel Kieth Higginbotham, 53, of Fernley, Nevada, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Richmond City Public Schools Teacher Arrested for Child Pornography

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond City Public Schools music teacher made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges of receipt and distribution of images of child sexual abuse.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael Burgess.(R-TX) are pressing top insurance companies for answers as to their role in the rising cost of insulin.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former D.C. government employee with a prior conviction for murder pleaded guilty today to distributing the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, as well as illegally possessing multiple firearms.


News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We believe that the Trump Administration’s counterproductive decision to cut off U.S. assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras has damaged our standing in the Americas while also preventing us from addressing the root causes of child and family migration. We continue to...


ICE arrests 12 foreign fugitives during 5-day operation

News Release: NEW YORK - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York arrested 12 foreign fugitives during a 5-day period, ending Dec. 5, in New York City and Westchester County.


Ohio Man Who Came to PA Seeking Sex with Teen Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Vienna, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to four years’ (48 months’) imprisonment and seven years’ supervised release on his conviction of traveling with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity with a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The defendant was additionally ordered to pay $1,543.89 in restitution and a $5,100.00 special assessment.


Grand Canyon National Park Initiates Water Conservation Measures for Maintenance

News Release: GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park is initiating water conservation measures for the South Rim, including Desert View, from Dec. 9-19, 2019, for scheduled maintenance at the Indian Garden North pump house.



U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests TBI Top Ten

News Release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested Leonard Lamount Porterfield, one of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's (TBI) Most Wanted fugitives.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Three Illinois correctional officers made their initial appearance in federal court this morning following their arrest on charges related to the May 2018 assault of an inmate who later died, at Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Ill. Those charged are Todd Sheffler, 51, of Mendon; Willie Hedden, 41, of Mt. Sterling, and Alex Banta, 28, of Quincy.


News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement in support of the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute...


San Diego, California Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Million Dollar Scheme Targeting Thousands of U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans

News Release: In San Antonio, 32-year-old Trorice Crawford of San Diego, California, admitted his role in an identity-theft and fraud scheme that victimized thousands of U.S. servicemembers and veterans, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Morrell, and Director Gustav Eyler of the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch.


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Construction will begin Wednesday, Dec. 11, on a new office and adoption center at the Bureau of Land Management’s Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corrals near Susanville. The corrals will remain open for horse and burro viewing, but wild horse and burro adoptions will be suspended until Jan. 6.


Los Angeles Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Scheme to Defraud American Express and Account Holders Nationwide

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Ruslan Kirilyuk, 41, of Beverly Hills, to 27 years in prison for his involvement in an international credit card fraud scheme targeting card holders nationwide, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.