News published on Federal Newswire in February 2019

News from February 2019


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Cedrick Antwain Gant (28, Orlando) to 23 years in federal prison for carjacking and brandishing a semiautomatic assault weapon during an attempted carjacking. Gant had pleaded guilty on June 28, 2018.


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A woman who operated massage parlors in Lawrence and Topeka pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a prostitution business, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


Demolition of ETTP’s Largest Remaining Structure Begins at Oak Ridge

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Demolition of the largest facility still standing at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) is underway. Workers began tearing down Building K-1037 at the former uranium enrichment complex earlier this week. Watch a video about the project here.


News Release: Charges including Solicitation to Commit Murder, Kidnapping, Maiming, and Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Two owners and an employee of for-profit, non-accredited schools were sentenced during the last two days for bribing a public official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in exchange for the public official’s facilitation of over $2 million in payments that were supposed to be dedicated to providing vocational training for military veterans with service-connected disabilities.


News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 11, 2019, Larson Namow Burns, 29, formerly of Parker, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 180 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Burns had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.


Brazilian National Pleads Guilty to ATM Skimming

News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges of ATM skimming in towns north of Boston.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Garden City man with a state prison record was sentenced Tuesday to 87 months in federal prison for carrying a gun, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


Holden Man Sentenced to 20 Months for Marijuana Conspiracy and Structuring

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Christopher Ruhlin, 49, of Holden, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Jon D. Levy to 20 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and structuring financial transactions. He was also ordered to forfeit $115,000. He pled guilty to the charges on June 18, 2018.


Beaver County Man Charged with Possessing Sexual Images and Videos of Children

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Freedom, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Two Colombian nationals were sentenced to 45 and 50 years in prison for their roles in a scheme to smuggle illegal aliens from Colombia into the United States, which resulted in the rape of one and the death of two Cuban nationals.


Ring Leader Pleads Guilty to Drugs and Murder Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Dionne Lamont Gatling, a/k/a “Cuffy," 53, of St. Charles, MO, pled guilty to various drug trafficking charges and the use of firearms resulting in death. Gatling appeared today before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for May 17, 2019.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Jonathan D. Larsen, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MAHER SALIM, age 41, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Jay A. Zainey after previously being charged with trafficking in counterfeit goods, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2320(a)(1).


News Release: The superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined there is adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in areas of the 1980 park additions that are north of the crest of the Alaska Range.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to a charge of structuring transactions to evade currency transaction reporting requirements, and was sentenced in federal court to time served, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Jury Convicts Round Rock Man for Kidnapping Two Sisters in December 2017 and Federal Sex Offenses Involving a Minor

News Release: In Austin today, a federal jury convicted 45-year-old Terry Allen Miles for kidnapping two minors and taking them to Colorado, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division and Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man was sentenced to 12 concurrent life sentences and to 3 concurrent 10-year terms of imprisonment on Feb. 11, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: A Euclid man was arrested after he directed a 13-year-old girl to send him nude photos of herself and threatened to share the photos with her friends if she did not send more.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges involving guns and drugs, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.