News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News from March 2019


Des Moines Man Sentenced to Prison for Threat to Law Enforcement

News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On March 13, 2019, Freddie Armando Butler, age 31 of Des Moines was sentenced to 24 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for making a false bomb threat to the Baker County, Oregon Sheriff, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Butler was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.


News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Deandray Buckley, 27, of Belleville, Michigan, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.


KC Man Sentenced for Child Pornography

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to distribute child pornography over the internet.


Final EIS for Kachess and Keechelus projects posted

News Release: YAKIMA, WA - The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology have posted a final environmental impact statement related to projects in the Upper Yakima River basin designed to improve water supply during drought, and enhance streamflows and aquatic habitat for fish.


Rocky Mount Man and Woman Sentenced for Robberies

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that yesterday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced JAQUIN JAMAL PRATT, 20, and nikita shontel taylor, 26, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and 87 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release respectfully.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - PRG Real Estate Management and several related entities have agreed to pay up to $1.59 million to resolve allegations of violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act for obtaining unlawful court judgments against military tenants and by charging improper lease termination fees.


Drug Dealer Sentenced to Prison for Drug and Gun Crimes

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Springfield man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distributing more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of his drug dealing.


News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management’s Anchorage Field Office is seeking public comments on a draft plan for future public land management actions in the Bering Sea-Western Interior region of Alaska. The 90-day public comment period begins March 15 and closes June 13, 2019.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Michael Cole Beasley, AKA "Trickle", of Lauderdale County has been sentenced to federal prison for 77 months for Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.


Fort Sumter National Monument Redesignated as Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

News Release: The National Park Service announces the redesignation of Fort Sumter National Monument to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park. The law also establishes management authority and defines the boundaries of the park to include: Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie and the Sullivan’s Island Life Saving Station Historic District.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced John Harrison, a/k/a Binkie, age 28, from Baltimore, to life in prison, and sentenced Linton Broughton, a/k/a Marty, age 25, also from Baltimore, to 30 years in federal prison, each followed by five years of supervised release, ...


Drug Dealer Sentenced to Prison for Drug and Gun Crimes

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Springfield man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distributing more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of his drug dealing.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), and U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, today announced a Government...


Engel Statement on Massacre in New Zealand

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


Lucedale Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Mack Allen Bradley, 49, of Lucedale, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Halil Sul Ozerden to 108 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


Old Town Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Kenneth McLay, 47, of Old Town, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for distribution and possession of child pornography. The defendant pled guilty to these charges on Sept. 10, 2018.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Andrew Mac Saunders, 43, and Ian David Bowman, 30, both of Fairbanks, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, to federal identity theft charges.


Justice Department Obtains Its Largest Ever Settlement Against Property Management Company for Alleged Violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

News Release: Justice Department Obtains Its Largest Ever Settlement Against Property Management Company for Alleged Violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Derek Boprey, age 32, of Ravena, New York, was sentenced today to 108 months in prison, to be followed by 30 years of supervised release, for distributing child pornography via an encrypted messaging application on his phone.


News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Ambrose Dejuan Nelson, 40, of Dallas, Texas, pled guilty today before U.S. District U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to possession of a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with Federal Bureau of Investigation.