News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


Controller Sentenced for Embezzling $550,000 from Providence Small Business

News Release: PROVIDENCE - The controller for a high-technology electronics manufacturer in Providence that has been in business for nearly 90 years was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay back more than a half-million dollars she embezzled from the small business.


Leader of Baton Rouge-based “FreeBandz” Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that SHANARD ZELRON BANKS, a.k.a. “Nardie," age 30, pled guilty before Judge Brian A. Jackson to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, one count of possession with intent...


Three More Charged with Internet Cafe Robberies Including One that Resulted in Deaths of Owners

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three more Columbus men have been charged in a case involving the murder of a husband and wife in an internet café.


Grassley, Wyden Seek Information on Appraiser Linked to Inflated Valuations and Massive Tax Breaks

News Release: Dear Ms. Brooks: We are writing to you as the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate. The Committee has exclusive jurisdiction within the Senate over matters of Federal taxation, and we are conducting a bipartisan inquiry into syndicated conservation-easement...


News Release: Texas Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison in False Tax Return Scheme.


News Release: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Jose Garcia-Santiago, 61, of Niagara Falls, New York, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Roger Stokes, 36, of Walnut Grove, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to 21 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for escaping from federal custody, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and U.S. Marshal Mark B. Shepherd of the United States Marshals Service.


North Carolina Man Sentenced To Three Years’ Imprisonment For Heroin Trafficking

News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nicolai Varga, age 30, of Leland, North Carolina, who resided in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, at the time of his arrest, was sentenced on July 18, 2019, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to three years’ imprisonment and to serve two years on supervised release for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.


Former Government Contractor Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Willful Retention of National Defense Information

News Release: Former Government Contractor Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Willful Retention of National Defense Information.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing today of an Indictment charging ANTONIO MORA, a/k/a “Chucky," and BRIAN MORA, a/k/a “Dottie," with the September...


ICYMI: Inside The Pharmaceutical Lobby's Campaign For More Government Subsidies Through Medicare Part D

News Release: Senate health care leaders have developed a bipartisan, fiscally responsible way to reduce the cost of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, also known as Medicare Part D. But pharmaceutical companies, in a furious lobbying effort, are trying to blow up the deal by demanding that taxpayers spend tens of billions on drug industry subsidies.


Trial Date Set for Decatur Man Charged with Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: URBANA, Ill. - An initial trial date in September has been scheduled for a Decatur, Ill., man, Emmett J. Rogers, 47, who has been arrested and indicted on federal child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges. Rogers, of the 400 block of South 22nd Street, appeared in federal court on July 18, in Urbana for arraignment.


News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Kazakhstan, with providing and attempting to provide material support, including training, services and personnel, to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)...


Former Government Contractor Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Willful Retention of National Defense Information

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for willful retention of national defense information.


Gun and Meth Charges Lead to 18-Year Sentence for Jersey County Man

News Release: Erickson Deck, 45, of Jerseyville, Illinois, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for.


Jackson Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison under Project EJECT for Armed Carjacking

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Justin Darby, 37, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 156 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for carjacking and using a firearm to facilitate the carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Darby was also ordered to pay a $1,500.00 fine.


Marshall County Woman Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of a Child

News Release: Marshall County Woman Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of a Child.


Litchfield Man to Remain in Custody; Charged with Child Sexual Exploitation

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Litchfield, Ill., man who has volunteered at local community and church youth programs, Cory C. Robinson, 24, has been ordered to remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service on charges of child sexual exploitation.


Coffee Chat on August 1 With the Superintendent

News Release: Superintendent William Shott of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument invites community members to an informal conversation over coffee on Thursday, Aug. 1, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Bring any questions you have and come join the superintendent at the Ranch House Grille, located at 819 North Navajo Drive in Page. No reservations are required, and the restaurant welcomes participants to order their own beverages or breakfast from the menu.


"Need for Seed," Volunteer Event in Denali National Park on August 3

News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve is hosting its annual “Need for Seed" volunteer event on Saturday, August 3 at 9 a.m. to collect and dry seeds for future revegetation projects and learn about native plants in the park.