News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Kevin Elcock, 33, of Newark, NJ was sentenced to 30 months’ incarceration by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Schmehl.


News Release: Scheme Involved Employees of Kennedy Industrial Electronics in Lebanon, Va. and Their Wives.


Five Perrine residents arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking network

News Release: MIAMI - Tedrick “Ted" King, 45, Wilhemnia Nottage, 35, Corey Evans, 28, Christopher McCollur, a/k/a “Block," 32, Keyon Harris, 37, and Jonis Webster, a/k/a “J.J.," 39, all of Miami-Dade County, were arrested this morning as part of the Southern District of Florida’s Violence Reduction Initiative for their involvement in a drug trafficking network believed to be the largest source of narcotics supply in the neighborhood of Perrine.


Janet White named Engineering & Laboratory Services Division Chief

News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Reclamation announced the selection of Janet White, P.E., as chief of Engineering and Laboratory Services Division for the Technical Service Center, which operates a world-class materials and hydraulic engineering laboratory in Denver, Colorado. White will start her new position on July 7, 2019.


News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill nurse was charged in federal court in Boston with tampering with patients’ morphine.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, 51, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in New York, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 135 months of imprisonment for his role in a kidnapping and extortion scheme.


News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - United States Attorney Ron Parsons is pleased to announce that Tamara Nash, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Sioux Falls Office, has just been named as one of the American Bar Association’s Top 40 young lawyers as recognized by the ABA On The Rise Award.


News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. (“WCS") agreed to pay $537, 904.33 to the United States and the State of Wisconsin to resolve false claims for prescription medications submitted by WCS to Medicare and Medicaid in violation of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3729-3733.


Federal Judge Hands Down Life Sentences to Armored Car Murder Crew

News Release: HOUSTON - Four Houston men will serve the rest of their lives behind bars for the robbery and murder of an armored car guard and attempted robbery and murder of another, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that TODD CAPSER pled guilty this morning before U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken to one count of wire fraud, in connection with a $43 million fraud scheme.


Woman Who Hid Heroin to Appear Pregnant Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A woman who hid heroin around her waist and pretended to be pregnant pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug trafficking.


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney John Parmley (619) 546-7957.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ERNESTO LOPEZ, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and fentanyl over an approximately three-year period, was sentenced today in...


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney John Parmley (619) 546-7957.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ probation and 100 hours’ community service on her conviction of mail theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Scranton Mayor William L. Courtright, age 61, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with three felony public corruption offenses. The guilty pleas were...


News Release: Due to the popularity of Fort Scott National Historic Site’s Trailblazer Program, we are pleased to announce that the program will be repeated for a second week from August 12-16, 2019. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12:00 p.m. each day. The workshop will be the same as the one held the previous week, except that 12 additional children will be able to participate in the program.


News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - The National Park Service will release the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Personal Watercraft (PWC) use at Gulf Islands National Seashore this Friday, July 5. Members of the public can view the FEIS online at.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 29-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Lorenzo Cervantes pleaded guilty Feb. 19, 2019.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- On July 2, 2019, Jaccarlus Montrail Dawsey, 18, of Kinsey, Alabama, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting at officers during an arrest on state charges, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. and U.S. Marshal Jessee Seroyer.