News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


News Release: Ryan David Green, age 27 of Midland, faces up to life in federal prison time after pleading guilty this week to firearm and drug trafficking charges in connection with the murder of two Midland residents in July 2015, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Midland Police Chief Seth Herman and DEA Special Agent in Charge Kyle Williamson, El Paso Division.


Arrests By U.S. Marshals Task Force Continue Commitment To "All In Leon"

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Ongoing efforts by the U.S. Marshals Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force (FCRFTF) have produced numerous arrests in Leon County following the recent launch of a multi-agency strike force, including three in the past week of individuals sought in cases that involved stolen...


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tom Laugen, 69, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison, Wisconsin to evading his 2015 federal income taxes.


San Francisco Man Sentenced To 20 Months Of Imprisonment For Conspiring To Launder Money From Illegal Gambling Business

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr., sentenced Bar Shani, 27, of San Francisco, to 20 months in prison for conspiring to launder money, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Atlantic County Man Convicted of Heroin Trafficking, Unlawful Possession of Firearm and Witness Tampering

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man has been convicted on heroin trafficking, firearms and witness tampering charges, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge man was sentenced today to 11 1/2 years in prison for cocaine trafficking and firearms offenses.


Engel-McCaul Statement on Turkey’s Receipt of S-400

News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Michael McCaul, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today made the following statement on Turkey’s acquisition of the Russian S-400 air and missile defense system...


“R. Kelly” Charged with Racketeering, Including Predicate Acts of Coercing and Transporting Minor Girls to Engage in Sex

News Release: Charged Conduct Occurred Over the Course of Two Decades in New York, Connecticut, Illinois and California.


News Release: S&T Releases Two Requests for Proposals through MSRDC

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Office of University Programs announced today the release of two Requests for Proposals (RFP) totaling just over $820,000 in funding through its partnership with the Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Research and Development Consortium (MSRDC).


News Release: Defendant admitted robbing Albany, GA bank, others, after arrest in Florida bank robbery case.


Woodbridge Gang Member Sentenced for Gun and Drug Crimes

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge man was sentenced today to 11 1/2 years in prison for cocaine trafficking and firearms offenses.


Apparent pipe bomb closes Philadelphia International Airport checked baggage room

Release: PHILADELPHIA - A device that had the makings of what appeared to be a pipe bomb was discovered by Transportation Security Administration officers in a checked bag at Philadelphia International Airport yesterday, July 10, resulting in the evacuation of personnel from the checked baggage room.


News Release: Notes Now Available for Census Data Archiving and Preservation and for Counting the Hard to Count in a Census.


News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes a non-competitive, direct sale of 10.53 acres in Big Horn County to resolve an unauthorized use of public lands, and to dispose of property that is and was used as a landfill. An Environmental Assessment was completed for the sale parcel and the Decision Record signed on Nov. 21, 2018.


Attorney, Consultant and Business Owner Indicted for Wire & Bankruptcy Fraud

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Chicago attorney Edward Lee Filer, consultant Robert Joseph Gereg and business owner Paul Michael Kelly have been indicted on wire and bankruptcy fraud charges alleging that they created a sham secured creditor with a senior lien on all of the assets of Kelly’s Chicago company, Barsanti Woodwork Corporation, for the purpose of fraudulently shielding the assets from legitimate creditors.


News Release: Nearly 7,000 Narcotic pills and other medicine taken by the defendant and four others.


Former Army Corps Employee Pleads Guilty to Lying to Law Enforcement

News Release: A former employee of the United States Army Corps of Engineers pled guilty to making false statements to law enforcement agents.


Two Recent Rescue Incidents In Rocky Mountain National Park

News Release: This morning, a park visitor notified park rangers via 911 that a 30-year-old Denver man had taken a 75 foot tumbling fall in The Trough area of Longs Peak. The man received numerous injuries. Park rangers patrolling in the area reached the man at 9:30 a.m. to provide initial advanced medical care.


Former NJDCP&P Employee Charged with Production of Child Pornography

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man who was previously employed by the N.J. Department of Child Protection and Permanency (NJDCP&P) was charged today for allegedly receiving, distributing and producing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Keeping The Lights On: Addressing Cyber Threats to the Grid."