News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News from March 2019


News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Allen Rocky Joiner, a 58 year old resident of Bay Minette, Alabama was sentenced to five years of probation for possession of a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun after being convicted of Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance.


Johnson Statement on International Women’s Day 2019

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement to mark International Women's Day 2019...


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging ALAA HASAN QALB ALLOUZ, 34, a citizen of Syria last residing in New Haven, with one count of stalking in violation of a protective order.


Five Members of a Robbery Crew Sentenced to a Total of 510 Months in Federal Prison

News Release: Memphis, TN - Tavares Clayborn, 29, the last member of a five-man robbery crew, has been sentenced to 292 months in federal prison for robbery and for being a felon in possession of ammunition. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.


Ten Indicted in Evansville Fentanyl Distribution Case

News Release: Evansville - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced the indictment of 10 fentanyl traffickers, which was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court in Evansville, Indiana. Law enforcement officers from the region participated in the execution of arrest and search warrants related to the investigation ...


Des Moines Man Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: Des Moines, IA-On March 8, 2019, Joseph Marchesini, age 35, of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared before United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for distribution of child pornography, with eight years of supervised release to follow. Marchesini pleaded guilty in October 2018 to distribution of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(2).


News Release: Teenager Suffered Nearly Fatal Overdose After Mistakenly Ingesting Pill.


Downey Man Arrested on Armed Robbery Charges in Thefts at Local GameStop Stores that Netted $135,000 in Cash and Merchandise

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Downey man has been arrested on federal criminal charges for his role in four armed robberies of GameStop video game stores in Los Angeles and Orange counties that resulted in the theft of $135,000 in merchandise, cash and employees’ cellphones.


Rapid City Man Found Guilty of Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking of Children

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Zam Lian Mung, age 29, was found guilty of Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking of Children following a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota.


News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Michael Dean Elmshauser, 33, of Lincoln, was sentenced today to seven years (84 months) in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Elmshauser will serve four years on supervised release.


News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday convened a roundtable to discuss the unique issues of access and development associated with public lands in the western United States.


Carper, Udall, Senate Democrats Applaud Enactment of Farmworker Protections as Part of PRIA

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), applauded the enactment of an ...


Jacksonville Man Arrested And Charged With Soliciting Child Pornography On Internet Blog Websites

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Colum Patrick Moran, Jr. (40, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged by federal criminal complaint with soliciting child pornography using the internet. If convicted, Moran faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison. Moran was arrested on March 6, 2019, and is currently detained.


Former Glendale Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Taking Bribes, Obstructing Justice, and Lying About His Ties to Organized Crime

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Glendale police officer was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to a series of charges and admitted that he provided information to the Mexican Mafia that allowed an associate of the prison gang to escape justice for a time and that he also repeatedly mislead investigators who were probing his connections to the Mexican Mafia and Armenian organized crime.


News Release: Defendant and Accomplice Robbed Restaurant and Customers.



News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MALCOLM LYTELL, 65, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of bank robbery.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today said President Trump signed the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) into law, bringing certainty to the agriculture industry and other stakeholders.


News Release: Earlier today, following a seven-week trial, a federal jury in Central Islip, New York, returned guilty verdicts against former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on multiple counts of accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for official government action, and for conspiracy to obstruct justice.


News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- A two-year National Park Service research study of scat, aka poop, that focused on what coyotes eat in urban Los Angeles, is culminating with a “scat party" Saturday morning at the Audubon Center at Debs Park (March 9). Volunteers will dissect the final samples and then celebrate their participation in the project with tacos.