News published on Federal Newswire in June 2019

News from June 2019


Employee of Federal Contractor Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charge for Accepting Cash to Falsify Urinalysis Results to U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Michael Andre Brown, age 47, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal bribery charge, in connection with his employment with a federal contractor in which he administered urinalysis tests to individuals on federal probation, supervised release and pre-trial supervision.


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Children in grades 4 - 6 are invited to participate in Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 2019 summer day camp at Chickamauga Battlefield and/or at Lookout Mountain Battlefield. This year the park will conduct its Chickamauga Battlefield camp from Tuesday, July...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An initial trial date has been set for Aug. 6, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough for Jason Fulmer, 33, of the 1200 block of Lake View Dr., Lincoln, Ill., who has been indicted on child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges. Fulmer was ordered detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending his release on conditions.


Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics on the Dark Web and Illegally Possessing Firearms

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jose Robert Porras III, 22, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to distributing a controlled substance and illegally possessing firearms, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A registered sex offender who admitted to possessing child pornography and to sending sexually explicit text messages and images to a 14-year-old female via an online application has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.


Somerset County, New Jersey, Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Interstate Travel to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and Receipt of Child Pornography

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for interstate travel to engage in sexual activity with a minor and receipt of images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Four defendants have been sentenced for their roles in a steroid-distribution and money-laundering ring, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. CHRISTOPHER THOMAS CAPLINGER, 56, of Edmond, Oklahoma; DONALD RAY VINCENT, JR., 55, of Edmond; DEBORAH ANN CRAWFORD, 48, of Oklahoma City;...


Law Enforcement Officers Join Students For A Day Of Learning

News Release: BLAST (Building Lasting Relationships Between Police and Community) Program.


Montpelier Man Detained on Charges of Producing Child Pornography

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Paul Richards, 33, of Montpelier, Vermont was detained today following a hearing before the United States Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy on charges that he sexually exploited a minor victim for the purpose of producing child pornography. Richards was charged by complaint on June 12, 2019. If convicted, he faces a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence and up to 30 years in prison.


News Release: BISMARCK - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick Chase announced that on June 17, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota unsealed an Information charging Hunter Brian Hanson, age 22, of Leeds, ND, with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and a Forfeiture allegation. Additionally, the United States District Court unsealed a Plea Agreement signed by Hanson articulating his intent to plead guilty to these charges.


News Release: CONCORD - Guillermo Garcia Esquivel, 36, of Manchester, was indicted in federal court for committing six armed robberies, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Ohio man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud state and local governments of millions of dollars.


Bear Advisory for Upper Tarr Inlet June 17 – July 15, 2019

News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - This notice is to inform campers of a Bear Advisory along the northern shoreline of Tarr Inlet near Margerie and Grand Pacific Glaciers in the west arm of Glacier Bay (see map). On June 14th, a couple discovered a brown bear investigating their tent as they returned from eating...



Harrison County man sentenced for role in methamphetamine distribution operation

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Solomon Cottrill, of Salem, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 57 months incarceration for his role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Member of New Haven heroin and cocaine trafficking ring sentenced to five years in federal prison

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham today announced that on June 14, 2019, Samuel Cruz, 41, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and cocaine.


Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Crack Cocaine

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Paul, 65, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to distribution of crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $2,000,000 fine.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Edwin Cuello-Martinez, 32, was sentenced today to serve 57 months in prison to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release in connection with his conviction for possessing a pistol as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, John B. DeVito, Special...


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Travon Evans, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 70 months incarceration for his involvement in a heroin, oxycodone, and cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: CONCORD - Guillermo Garcia Esquivel, 36, of Manchester, was indicted in federal court for committing six armed robberies, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.