News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Dominican man admitted today that he participated in a conspiracy to transport more than 100 grams of heroin from New York to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.


News Release: Suit Alleges Defendants Defrauded Medicare and TennCare of Over $25 Million While Operating More Than 60 Pain Clinics in 12 States.


Local Man Sent to Prison for Aiming Laser Pointer at an Aircraft

News Release: HOUSTON - A 20-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison after admitting to pointing a green laser light at an Airbus AS350 B2 helicopter while it was in the air, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Bryan Aldana pleaded guilty Monday, April 22, 2019.


News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Point protection operations on structures near the Chetaslina Fire.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging three Flint men with conspiring to rob a Sanilac County marijuana grow operation, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider. Joining Schneider in the announcement was Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Timothy R. Slater. Named in the federal indictment are.


National Park Service Requests Public Input on a Telecommunications Plan at Grand Canyon National Park

News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on a proposal to enhance cellular and Internet services and data network capacity within developed areas of Grand Canyon National Park.


Member of Violent “Trained To Go” Gang Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Federal Racketeering and Drug Conspiracies

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Timothy Floyd, a/k/a Tim Rod, age 28, of Baltimore, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise...


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two men, including the lead defendant, have agreed to plead guilty in the MS-13 racketeering case to multiple murders and serve life in prison. Two others have agreed to plead guilty and potentially serve 35-40 years in prison.


Rigby woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing sexually explicit images of minors

News Release: POCATELLO, Idaho - Elizabeth Dawn Evans, 28, of Rigby, Idaho, was sentenced last Friday in U.S. District Court to 15 years in prison for possessing sexually explicit images of minors, Special Agent in Charge Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) ...


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston man was sentenced today to a total of 44 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and violating his federal supervised release conditions, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Antoine Brown was sentenced to 36 months in prison on the...


News Release: Defendant pled guilty to crime involving 2 murders; law enforcement still investigating to determine if he was responsible for multiple others.


News Release: West Glacier, MT - Park staff have had a busy summer responding to bears near campgrounds, trails, roadsides, and other developed areas.


News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - Katrina (Katie) Lynn Danforth, 32, of Post Falls, Idaho, pled guilty this week to two counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire, Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office and U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Danforth was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene Dec. 18, 2018.


News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted two law enforcement officers and a confidential source on drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Local Man Sent to Prison for Aiming Laser Pointer at an Aircraft

News Release: HOUSTON - A 20-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison after admitting to pointing a green laser light at an Airbus AS350 B2 helicopter while it was in the air, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Bryan Aldana pleaded guilty Monday, April 22, 2019.


Akron man indicted for his role in a conspiracy in which he was to receive more than 80 pounds of methamphetamine, as well as firearms and marijuana charges

News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court for his role in a conspiracy in which he was to receive a shipment of more than 80 pounds of methamphetamine, as well as firearms and marijuana charges.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Tibbs, 29, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced on July 18 by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 37 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Tibbs pleaded guilty to this offense on April 19, 2019.


Walden joins Guy Benson on FOX News Radio

News Release: Washington, DC - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) went on the Guy Benson Show - on FOX News Radio - to discuss freedom vs. socialism, the American Dream, the cost of health care - including surprise medical bills, the President’s leadership on bringing down drug costs, and the humanitarian crisis at the border.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the proposed settlement of up to $700 million announced today from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and 50 states and territories over the massive Equifax data breach in 2017...