News published on Federal Newswire in February 2019

News from February 2019


News Release: For Bank Robbery. FORT WAYNE - Danurell Blair, age 40, of Anderson, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to 2 counts of Bank Robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Blair was sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised...


Release: FORT COLLINS, Colo., Feb. 26, 2019 - The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) recently announced the winners of its annual technology transfer awards.


Former CFO of Manufacturing Company Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud and Tax Charges

News Release: BOSTON - A Hull man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a long-running scheme to defraud the company for which he served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).


Mission Man Charged with Being a Felon in Possession of Ammunition

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the crime of Possession of Ammunition by a Felon.


Forty-Seven-Year-Old Columbia Man Sentenced to Nearly Two Years in Federal Prison for Dog Fighting and Gun Possession

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Tony Shuler, a/k/a “T Rock," age 47, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty in September to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, and to Buying, Possessing, Transporting and Receiving an Animal for Participation in an Animal Fighting Venture.


Ellisville Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - William Glaser, 61, of Ellisville, Missouri, pled guilty to federal charges of wire fraud. He appeared in federal court this afternoon before U.S. District Judge John Ross who accepted his guilty plea and set sentencing for June 7, 2019.


Three Arrested in San Antonio and Charged Federally with Meth Trafficking

News Release: In San Antonio today, authorities filed a federal criminal complaint against three San Antonio residents who were arrested last night while attempting to distribute over four kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John Bash.


Former Deputy Executive Director Of Port Authority Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison

News Release: Misused Government Property to Punish Fort Lee Mayor for Not Endorsing.


U.S. Census Bureau Releases Technical Notes on Select Topics in International Censuses

News Release: Notes Now Available for Measuring Fertility, Measuring Migration and Integrated Data Collection.


Treasury to Americans Facing Unfair Tax Penalties: Go Pound Sand

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Responding today to a letter sent by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and 38 additional Senate Democrats, the Treasury department admitted that its implementation of the new Trump tax law increased the number of taxpayers whose taxes were under-withheld, but it declined to take further steps to waive penalties for all those who underpaid by no fault of their own.


Friday Marks Return of Ocean Beach Recreational Fires

News Release: Visitors to Ocean Beach, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, are welcome to have beach fires starting Friday, March 1.


News Release: ATLANTA - Joseph Orlando Hood, a previously convicted felon, has been convicted by a federal jury of several armed commercial robberies, including three Waffle House Restaurants and a United Inn and Suites Motel.


News Release: United States v. Daniel Edward Johnson.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jack Dewayne Neugin, age 50, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm And Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that four foreign nationals, all previously convicted of Reentry of a Removed Alien, were sentenced in federal court today. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).


Former Fifth Circuit Solicitor Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Fraud

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Daniel Edward Johnson, age 48, former Fifth Circuit Solicitor and resident of Blythewood, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to Wire Fraud. Senior United States District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie accepted the guilty plea and scheduled Johnson’s sentencing for June 4, 2019.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Phoenix, Arizona, woman convicted of Possession of Fifteen or more Unauthorized Access Devices was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A federal grand jury in Greensboro, North Carolina, returned a three count indictment charging Steve Brantley Spence of Norfolk, Virginia, with interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, traveling with the intent to kill, injure, harass, and intimidate in an attempt to commit...


Counterfeit Pill Manufacturer Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Eric Hughes, age 37, of Bluffton, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to drug conspiracy and money laundering. Chief United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten, of Columbia, sentenced Hughes to 168 months in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Aaron Greene, age 27, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 280 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole followed by ten years of supervised release on multiple...