News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office has begun the process of writing an environmental assessment (EA) titled “Targeted Grazing of Annual Grasses in the Great Basin Ecoregions in Nevada." This EA will fulfill the National Environmental Policy Act requirements associated with...


Mexican Man Charged With Illegal Re-Entry

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Manuel Salinas-Hernandez, age 47, of Mexico, was indicted on July 17, 2019, by a federal grand jury with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.


MEDIA ADVISORY

News Release: WHEN: Monday, July 22, 2019 at 10:00 AM.


News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park is offering numerous special events this summer season. The season concludes with free entrance in celebration of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 28.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, a federal grand jury in Charlotte returned a criminal bill of indictment against Susan Watson, 41, of Gastonia, N.C., charging her with wire fraud, for embezzling at least $200,000 from her employer, the North and South Carolina Division of a Non-Profit Company, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


News Release: BILLINGS-Steven Amundson, a Billings man who admitted selling methamphetamine as part of a larger trafficking conspiracy, was sentenced on Thursday to 48 months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


Individual Arrested For Production Of Child Pornography

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States Magistrate Judge Marcos E. López authorized a criminal complaint against 33 year-old Marcos A. Rivera-Ramos, charging him with production of child pornography, transfer of obscene material to a minor, coercion and enticement, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation that led to the arrest.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -On the evening of December 7 or early morning hours of December 8, 2018, two individuals, Matteo Adan Marroquin and Lacy Lynn Zimmerman, stole 22 firearms from Graafschap Hardware Store in Allegan County. Both pled guilty in federal court to the theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee. Law enforcement officers believe that all of the firearms stolen from Graafschap Hardware have been recovered.


The Art of Phoneography at Morristown National Historical Park

News Release: Morristown National Historical Park News. Release Date: Immediately. Contact: Jude Pfister. e-mail us. 973-539-2016 x 204. The Art of Phoneography. at Morristown National Historical Park. 10 am - 2 pm, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Morristown NHP’;s. 30 Washington Place. Morristown, New Jersey 07960. Free of...


Dalton man pleads guilty to sex trafficking of minors

News Release: ROME, Ga. - Brian Hernandez Acosta, the lead defendant in a child sex trafficking case, has pleaded guilty to charges of conducting a child exploitation enterprise, conspiring to engage, and engaging, in sex trafficking minors by force, fraud, or coercion, sex trafficking of children under 18 years old, interstate transport of a minor for prostitution, producing child pornography, and distributing cocaine to a person under 21 years old.


Bronx Man Charged With 2018 Shooting

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 RAKIM BROWN, a/k/a “Ra," with the Jan. 28, 2018, shooting of a woman in connection...


Rockland County Man Sentenced for His Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Badu, 56, of New City, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud affecting a financial institution, was sentenced to time served and 10 months home detention by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


News Release: CINCINNATI - A U.S. District Court jury here convicted Bruce Lee Felix, 52, of Batavia of using a gun to rob the Cheviot Savings Bank and an earlier robbery of the Cincinnatus Savings and Loan.


News Release: Defendant Admitted To Defrauding U.S. Government Agencies Out Of Over $600,000.


Bonanno Crime Family Captain Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOSEPH SABELLA, a/k/a “Joe Valet," was sentenced to 87 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein for his role as a captain in the Bonanno Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra.


Wood County Man Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison for Throwing Bottles of Chemicals at Law Enforcement Officers

News Release: A Wood County man was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for a chase in which he lit and threw bottles of chemicals at law enforcement officers.


Williams County Man Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Offense

News Release: Timothy S. (“Timmy") Smith, 41, of Johnston City, Illinois, has been sentenced to a term of 235.


News Release: Defendant Was Transferred to the United States from Custody of Syrian Democratic Forces.


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.


Wood County Man Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison for Throwing Bottles of Chemicals at Law Enforcement Officers

News Release: A Wood County man was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for a chase in which he lit and threw bottles of chemicals at law enforcement officers.