News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


Former Operator Of Bitcoin Investment Platform Sentenced For Securities Fraud And Obstruction Of Justice

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JON E. MONTROLL, a/k/a “Ukyo," was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman to 14 months in prison.


Hartford Gang Member Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Offenses Stemming from Gun Battle

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL CLAUDIO, also known as “Mega," 36, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for firearm offenses related to a shootout in Hartford’s South End in April 2017.


News Release: One of five guns Despenas illegally purchased was found loaded, lying in a yard.


Cell Phone Store Robber Convicted in Federal Court

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS -United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that an Indianapolis man was sentenced to 10 years and 1 day in federal prison for robbing a cell phone store in Indianapolis, Indiana. The sentence was handed down on July 11, 2019, after Andre Hamilton, 24, was found guilty of one...


Man from Shiprock Charged with Murder of Woman in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tavor Tom, 18, of Shiprock, N.M. appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint charging him with murder in Indian Country.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Cody Patrick Cannon, 31, a transient, pleaded guilty yesterday to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of reproduced U.S. Postal Service keys, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Palm Beach County Resident Charged with Export Control Violations for Illegally Exporting Hundreds of Parts for AR-15 Assault Rifles

News Release: A Palm Beach County resident was arrested on July 11, 2019, based on a complaint charging him with conspiracy to violate and attempted violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (18 U.S.C.  371 and 22 U.S.C.  2778).


Pavement Preservation Makes Progress at Glacier National Park

News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park is midway through a parkwide pavement preservation effort. Pavement preservation -- including chip seal, slurry seal, microseal, or fog seal -- extends pavement life and saves in costly rehabilitation efforts.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tavor Tom, 18, of Shiprock, N.M. appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint charging him with murder in Indian Country.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 104,100 metric tons of corn for delivery to Panama during the 2019/2020 marketing year.


Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2019-On June 7, 2019, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it was investigating a detection of genetically engineered (GE) wheat in an unplanted agricultural field in Washington State. The GE wheat plants in question were resistant to the ...


U.S. Extradites Former Colombian Minister of Agriculture Convicted of Embezzlement and Illegal Government Contracting

News Release: The United States today extradited Andres Felipe Arias Leiva, who served as Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2005 to 2009, to face a prison sentence in that country based on a 2014 conviction by the Supreme Court of Colombia for two offenses committed while Arias served in public office.


News Release: Offense Represents Fourth Felony Conviction. WASHINGTON - Artinis Winston, 43, of Northeast, D.C. pled guilty yesterday to his role in a large-scale narcotics conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the U.S. Bureau...


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that former U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah, Sr., 62, of Philadelphia, PA was resentenced to 10 years of incarceration by United States District Judge Harvey Bartle, III.


Eagle Butte Man Sentenced for Assault

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding, and Simple Assault was sentenced on July 8, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Limestone Man Going to Prison for More Than 18 Years for Receipt of Child Pornography

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin James Fox, 63, of Limestone, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 220 months in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


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.


Illinois Resident Indicted On Bank Robbery Charge

News Release: BOSTON - An Illinois man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a bank robbery.


Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking and Firearms Charges

News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Mark Manapsil, 35, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to distribution of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for using a firearm while trafficking fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.