News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


News Release: BILLINGS-Former Miles City high school athletic trainer James E. “Doc" Jensen, Jr., who admitted to sexually abusing numerous boys under the pretense of a program he claimed would improve their physical performance, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison and to three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Trained divers working on behalf of EM recently went underwater to clean and inspect a fire water storage tank at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).


Rochester Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Hundreds Of Images And Videos Of Child Pornography

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Gerard Keller, 83, of Honeoye, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Between July 31 - Aug. 14, the Bureau of Land Management Rio Puerco Field Office plans to conduct a prescribed burn on 40 acres of BLM-managed lands located approximately 13 miles south of Cuba, New Mexico, weather permitting. The burn is expected to take one day, and will be conducted on the east side of Highway 550, with smoke visible from the highway and surrounding areas.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against a 42-year-old Corpus Christi man for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Melissa R. Godbold Named Special Agent in Charge of the Oklahoma City Field Office

News Release: Melissa R. Godbold Named Special Agent in Charge of the Oklahoma City Field Office.


Randolph County man sentenced for drug distribution

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffrey Lynn Woods, of Elkins, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 121 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


ICYMI: Libertarian Cato Institute Supports Finance Committee’s Medicare Part D Reforms

News Release: Libertarian Cato Institute Supports Finance Committee Medicare Part D Reforms.


Former Director of East St. Louis Library Sentenced

News Release: The former director of the East St. Louis public library has been sentenced for embezzling.


News Release: Montgomery, AL - Two people have pleaded guilty for their involvement in an embezzlement scheme involving Auburn Bank in Notasulga, Alabama, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., U.S Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.


U.S. Attorney Charges Monroe Prior Sex Felon With Transporting A Minor To West Virginia For Criminal Sexual Activity And With Possession Of A Gun

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of EDUARDO TALENTINO. TALENTINO is charged with transporting a minor...


Dover Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: CONCORD - Alfonz Vei, 45, of Dover, pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Kelly, 56, of Painted Post, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


Methamphetamine Dealer Convicted for Drug Conspiracy and Firearms Violations

News Release: Following a two-day trial in U.S. District Court, a jury convicted a Tulsa man of methamphetamine distribution and firearms violations, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


News Release: A traditional cattle drive will take place early Saturday morning, Aug. 3, in Grand Teton National Park. While the cattle drive is underway, a two-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 26/89/191 will be temporarily closed to vehicle traffic from Moran Junction to the Elk Ranch Flats area that lies just one...


Massachusetts Man Sentenced to More than Seven Years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl and Cocaine

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Yarlin Garcia, 26, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 87 months in prison and four years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. Garcia pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2018.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of EDUARDO TALENTINO. TALENTINO is charged with transporting a minor...


Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Conspiring to Distribute and Possessing with Intent to Distribute Heroin

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Myron Crosby, Jr., a/k/a “Templer," 56, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 14 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin. Crosby was convicted on Aug. 2, 2018, following a four-day jury trial.


Cold War Patriot Offers Glimpse Into Early Savannah River Site History

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Walt Joseph, one of the few original Savannah River Site (SRS) employees from the early 1950s, continues to preserve the site’s heritage years into his retirement.


Yellowstone announces lottery for 2019-2020  Non-commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program

News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning Thursday, Aug. 1, people may apply to the 2019-2020 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone without a commercial guide. Authorized in 2013, the Non-commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program allows one group of up to five snowmobiles to enter Yellowstone from each of its four winter entrances per day.