News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


News Release: The Crew Impersonated Police Officers and Committed Hundreds of Armed Robberies Along the Eastern Seaboard.


News Release: ATLANTA - Mark Antonio Sanders has been sentenced for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Sanders has previous felony convictions related to multiple Atlanta shootings, including a 2004 federal conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kyle Haynes, Bryan Day, Jason Haynes, and David Haynes of the Daytona, Florida area, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford for their involvement in a fraud scheme to defraud Xerox Corporation of more than $20,000,000 worth of toner.


Engel Statement on Hong Kong

News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the situation in Hong Kong...


News Release: Defendant allegedly injected individuals with silicone oil which can cause stroke, death or disfigurement.


Federal Grand Jury in Chicago Indicts Chinese Businesswoman on Charges of Visa Fraud

News Release: CHICAGO - A Chinese businesswoman has been indicted in Chicago on federal fraud charges for allegedly providing false verifications of employment for Chinese nationals seeking to stay in the United States on F-1 or H-1B visas.


Henrietta Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Producing Child Pornography

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mark Buechler, 45, of Henrietta, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography involving two prepubescent minors, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.


Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped two men with loaded guns at the checkpoints on consecutive days this week.


Suspect in Gun Store Burglaries in Two Different Counties Charged in Federal Court

News Release: Defendant Identified as Suspect in Burglaries in Clallam County and Skagit County.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk woman was sentenced today to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay over $390,000 in restitution for embezzling that amount from the company for whom she provided bookkeeping, accounting and payroll services.


Israel Extradites Fugitive Charged with Failure to Appear, Conducting Illegal Gambling Business, and Money Laundering

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Following the successful extradition from Israel, Yaniv Gohar, 36, formerly of Berkeley, will be arraigned today on a superseding indictment that adds the charge of failure to appear to the original charges relating to an illegal gambling business, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Burglary Investigation Leads to Two Sentences of More Than Eight Years Each for Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JAROD BEACH BROOK, 37, and AARON TRACY COLLINS, 40, have been sentenced to 120 and 100 months respectively in federal prison for possessing ammunition and firearms after a felony conviction, announced Timothy J. Downing, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Missing Hiker Found Alive

News Release: At 4:57 pm, park staff and members of Joshua Tree Search and Rescue mobilized along the 49 Palms Oasis trail in response to a report of a lost hiker. He had become separated from his group and had gone off trail.


Bronx Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support for Terrorism

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael McGarrity, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York...


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach woman was sentenced today to more than seven years in prison and ordered to pay a $34,500 forfeiture judgment for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute Oxycodone.


Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park to Temporarily Close Areas Adjacent to the Texas White House

News Release: STONEWALL, TX - The National Park Service is temporarily closing an area adjacent to the Texas White House due to safety concerns arising from a fallen tree limb.


3,640-Acre Fire Burning In Northeast Clark County Across From Echo Bay

News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. WILDLAND FIRE News Release. July 26, 2019. Release No.: 2019-26. Contacts: Bureau of Land Management - Las Vegas Field Office, 702-595-2034. National Park Service- Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 702-283-2344. 3,640-Acre Fire Burning In Northeast...


Release: Tyler, Texas--The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed a new piece of high-tech baggage screening equipment at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (TYR).


Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Robbery of I-81 Travel Plaza in Wythe County

News Release: Christyen Sumpter is Third Florida Resident to be Convicted for May 2018 Robbery.


Union County Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County man has been charged with possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.