News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


Five Perrine Residents Arrested for Their Involvement in a Drug Trafficking Network

News Release: Five Perrine residents were arrested this morning for their involvement in a drug trafficking network believed to be the largest source of narcotics supply in the neighborhood of Perrine, as part of the Southern District of Florida’s Violence Reduction Partnership (“VRP") initiative.


Louisville Metro Police Officer’s Credit Union Vice President Pleads Guilty to Fraud

News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The former Vice President of the Louisville Metro Police Officer’s Credit Union has been charged and pleaded guilty to a two count Information with fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.


Tukwila, Washington Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: Repeat Offender Caught Using Skype Program to Share Images of Child Rape.


California Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Traveling to Atlanta to Have Sex with a Nine-Year-Old Child

News Release: ATLANTA - Craig Alan Castaneda has been sentenced for traveling from San Diego, California, to Atlanta, Georgia, to have sex with a nine-year-old girl and enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.


Man Who Victimized Immigrants in Kidnapping and Extortion Scheme Sentenced to 135 Months

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.


New Britain Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of Loaded Handgun

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN ANDERSON, 38, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for one possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.


Gates Man Sentenced On Child Pornography Charge

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sean Blackwell, 35, of Gates, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.


Ways and Means Committee Files Complaint in Federal Court

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Ways and Means Committee, filed a complaint in federal court to obtain six years of President Donald J. Trump’s tax returns and the accompanying administrative files.


Former Jackson County Substitute Teacher Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Ernest Leander Shaw has been sentenced for possession of child pornography. Shaw, a former substitute teacher, taught at various schools throughout the county.


Veterans Affairs Nurse Sentenced for Drug Distribution

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced AARON WAYNE PICKRELL, 50, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 3 years’ probation and 90 days house arrest.


Hazelton Inmate admits to indecent exposure

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marco Charles Gilbert, an inmate at Federal Correction Institution Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, has admitted to indecent exposure, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to six months home confinement and four years’ probation for illegally smuggling wildlife into New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Cabot Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Child Pornography

News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Cabot man was sentenced Tuesday on charges of attempted enticement of a minor, attempted production of child pornography, and possession of child pornography. United States District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright sentenced Robert Nathan Hensley, 57, to 420 months in federal prison. Cody...


Saguaro National Park July 2019 Programs

News Release: Saguaro National Park News Release 19-23.


Grassley-Led Bipartisan IRS Reform Bill Becomes Law

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement on the Taxpayer First Act becoming law.


A One of a Kind Collection Reaches a Major Milestone

News Release: When the sample of semen from the Duroc boar-a breed of domestic pig-arrived in Fort Collins, Colorado this spring, it went largely unnoticed. But the scientists and staff at the Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Germplasm Collection knew they had reached a milestone. The boar semen was...


Six Sentenced To Federal Prison In Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: Lengthy Prison Sentences Follow Deadly Overdose Outbreak In Murfreesboro.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN ANDERSON, 38, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release for one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.


CEO, CFO, and Company Sentenced in Massive Pharmaceutical Scheme to Defraud, Launder Money, and Obstruct Justice

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dean Volkes, 55, Donna Fallon, 54, both of Long Island, NY, and Devos Ltd., doing business as Guaranteed Returns, also located in Long Island, were sentenced to five years’ incarceration, one year and one days’ incarceration, and...


Montana Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with $43 Million Fraud Scheme

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.