News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News from March 2019


Crew Who Allegedly Robbed Eight Inland Empire AutoZone Stores Indicted on Federal Conspiracy, Robbery, and Firearms Charges

News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A federal grand jury today returned a 13-count indictment today against two men and a woman from Moreno Valley who allegedly committed at least eight armed robberies at AutoZone stores in the Inland Empire and made off with more than $11,000 in cash.


Reward—FBI Richmond Investigates Commercial Robberies

News Release: Reward-FBI Richmond Investigates Commercial Robberies. Investigators assigned to the FBI’s Central Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force seek information regarding an unknown male subject, nicknamed the “Scream Bandit", who is responsible for several armed commercial robberies in multiple jurisdictions.


Four Nashville Men Sentenced to More Than 75 Years Collectively,  in Prison For Reign of Violence in Public Housing Areas

News Release: Eight-Month Violent Crime Spree Included Multiple Shootings, Robberies & Two Dead.


Former Mississippi Corrections Officer Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment for Excessive Force

News Release: Former Mississippi Corrections Officer Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment for Excessive Force.


Ohio man pleads guilty in methamphetamine conspiracy

News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - The lead defendant in a Southwestern Ohio methamphetamine conspiracy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last Friday. Salvador Ramirez (also known as Listo), 24, of West Chester is the final defendant to plead in this case.


Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Former U.S. Department of Agriculture Employee’s Federal Disability Discrimination and Whistleblower Retaliation Lawsuit

News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a disability discrimination and whistleblower retaliation lawsuit brought by a former federal employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).


Prescribed burn planned in Otero County

News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On March 7, 2018, the Bureau of Land Management, in conjunction with Holloman Air Force Base, is planning a prescribed burn in southern New Mexico. Personnel will concentrate their efforts on burning the Centennial Bombing Range, located on McGregor Range. Centennial is approximately...


Kevin Hassan Prósperes-Sosa Arrested for Cyberstalking and Threatening Interstate Communications

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Today, United States Magistrate Judge Marcos López authorized a criminal complaint against Kevin Hassan Prósperes-Sosa, charging him for cyberstalking and threatening interstate communications, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, 2261A(2), and Title 18, United States...


Alabama Man Pretending to be College Softball Coach Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Attempting to Produce Child Pornography

News Release: Jason Ford, a former teaching assistant and travel softball coach, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today after previously pleading guilty to attempting to produce child pornography.


Engel Statement on Representative Omar's Comments

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


Chair Grijalva, Chairs McCollum and Lowenthal Demand Answers on Trump Administration Advancing Mining Near Boundary Waters Wilderness

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a new letter sent today, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources; Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), the Chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources; and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), the Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee...


Former Logan County Schools Superintendent Sentenced on Charges Relating to Fraud Scheme

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Phyllis Doty, a former Superintendent of Logan County Schools, was sentenced to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. She was also ordered to pay the full amount of restitution in the amount of $25,083.10. Doty, 65...


Dallas City Council Member Carolyn Davis Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes

News Release: Friday morning, four-term Dallas City Council Member Carolyn Davis pleaded guilty to accepting more than $40,000 in bribes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


Men with Convictions for Attempted Murder With a Firearm and Abduction Among Five People Indicted in Federal Court for Firearms Crimes

News Release: Five people - including men with convictions for attempted murder with a firearm and abduction -- were indicted in federal court for firearms crimes.


Leader Of Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison

News Release: Organization Operated in the Montford Avenue Area of Baltimore;.


BLM fire managers plan to conduct slash/debris pile burns 65 miles south of St. George near Mt. Trumbull

News Release: St. George, Utah - Fire managers for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District are planning to burn slash debris piles located 65 miles south of St. George, Utah near Mt. Trumbull. Depending upon conditions, the burns will begin early March 2019 and last through mid-April 2019 if weather and fuel conditions allow. The burns are intended to decrease future wildfire risk and protect cultural and natural resources.


Former Memphis Police Officer Arrested by U.S. Marshals Task Force

News Release: Memphis, TN - Andrew Hellums, a former Memphis Police Officer, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive earlier today.


North Dakota Man Sentenced To Prison For Threatening To Murder A Federal Judge

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of ROBERT PHILIP IVERS, 65, to 18 months in prison for threatening to murder a federal judge and interstate transmission of a threat to injure. IVERS, who was convicted by a federal jury on Sept. 14, 2018, was sentenced today before Judge Robert W. Pratt, in United States District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.


Lewis County man admits to role in a methamphetamine distribution operation in Monongalia County

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Douglas Charles Knicely, of Jane Lew, West Virginia, has admitted to his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Kannapolis Man Sentenced in Production of Child Pornography Case

News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A man who pleaded guilty to production of child pornography was sentenced today, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.