News published on Federal Newswire in December 2019

News from December 2019


Lt. Chris Baldridge, Marion County Sheriff's Office, Graduates from FBI National Academy

News Release: Lt. Chris Baldridge, Marion County Sheriff's Office, Graduates from FBI National Academy.


Former Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft

News Release: Stole Mailed Items Worth More Than $50,000.


News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession of a Firearm.


Placer County Woman Sentenced for an Investment Fraud Scheme That Targeted Investors in Failed Folsom Ponzi Scheme

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kari Sonovich, 48, of Meadow Vista, was sentenced today to two years and three months in prison for an investment fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: In San Antonio, a federal grand jury indicted 46-year-old licensed Physician’s Assistant Christopher Felix Montoya and 40-year-old Nancy Almaguer for their roles in a Health Care Fraud, bribery and kickback scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.


BLM accepting comments on environmental assessment for 45 parcels to be offered in the March 2020 oil and gas lease sale in the BLM Battle Mountain District

News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NV - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 44 parcels (73,271 acres) in the Tonopah Field Office and one parcel (320 acres) in the Mount Lewis Field Office on March 24, 2020, all within Battle Mountain...


News Release: BOSTON - A federal jury in Boston convicted an Illinois man yesterday of defrauding insurance companies in relation to a high-priced drug made by Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc., and for using the identities of physicians to carry out the fraud.


Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now offering the use of “blended lanes" at select airports nationwide, to include Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA). Blended lanes provides TSA Pre✓® screening to confirmed TSA Pre✓® individuals and their accessible property...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Varna, Bulgaria, was sentenced on Dec. 16, 2019, in federal court in Pittsburgh to a period of time served after having served more than 39 months in prison following his conviction on charges of criminal conspiracy, computer fraud, and bank fraud for his role as a member of the GozNym malware cybercrime network, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Thirteen Kinston Residents Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Sales

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, before Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, twelve men and one woman were sentenced for their roles in selling heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, and guns to undercover agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF") in 2018.


Kentucky Woman Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for Sex Trafficking Two Victims

News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings of the Western District of Kentucky sentenced Cleoretta Allen, 41, of Louisville, Kentucky, yesterday to serve 180 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Bureau of Reclamation awards $1.6 million to four water reclamation and reuse research studies

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced awards totaling $1.6 million for four Title XVI water reclamation and reuse research studies. The resulting research will lead to increased water management flexibility and more reliable western water supplies. When non-federal cost-share contributions are included, these studies will accomplish more than $7.6 million in water reclamation and reuse research.


Department of Energy Announces $20 Million for Extreme Environment Materials for Power Generation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced up to $20 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Extreme Environment Materials for Power Generation.


News Release: Portland Police Bureau Lt. Jay Bates Graduates from the FBI National Academy.


Committee Chairs to Secretary Azar: Abandon Proposal to Undermine Civil Rights Protections Under Federal Programs

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (MA-01), and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) sent a letter...


News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Ariel Nicole Walker, age 31 of Denver, Colorado was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 180 months (15 years) in federal prison for distribution of heroin resulting in death. Following her prison sentence...


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Aaron Kirk Woolman (58, Hagerman, ID) has been arrested and charged with soliciting child sex abuse images over the internet and via text message. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison. Woolman made his initial appearance in Boise, Idaho on Dec. 13, 2019, and currently remains in custody pending further proceedings in Jacksonville.


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and a quantity of fentanyl.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Worcester for the October 2019 robberies of the TD Bank in Worcester and the East Boston Savings Bank in Revere.