News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News from March 2019


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Fort Pulaski National Monument is proud to announce the installation of a new temporary art exhibit in historic Fort Pulaski entitled “Picking up the Pieces." This art installation, completed in partnership with the International Fiber Collaborative (IFC), encouraged students throughout...


News Release: Wisconsin Man Sentenced for Threatening Jewish Community Center.


News Release: Almost 300 Pounds of Pot Seized at Local Truck Stop in Jackson.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: FORT WAYNE - Reginald Gant, 33 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to Possessing with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


Jordan and Meadows Request Information on Two Prosecutors on the Special Counsel’s Team

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr requesting information about the actions of two high profile prosecutors on the Special Counsel’s Office, Andrew Weissman and Zainab Ahmad, and their knowledge of the information in the Steele dossier in 2016.


News Release: EASTHAM, Mass. - Artist Kenneth Hawkey’s paintings will be featured at Cape Cod National Seashore’s Salt Pond Visitor Center in March. The exhibit is part of the seashore’s ongoing series -Perspectives: Seeing Cape Cod National Seashore Through Art.


News Release: Natchez, Miss. - Virginia Perkins, 49, of Lake, Mississippi, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III to delay or destruction of U.S. mail by a postal employee, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Cave, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG), Southern Area Field Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone demanding full and immediate compliance with the Committee’s previous request for documents and witness interviews in light of a new report yesterday...


News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - A Danville man was convicted yesterday following a three-day jury trial of committing seven robberies and other charges related to numerous armed robberies of businesses in Danville, Bedford and Rocky Mount, Virginia and in Prospect Hill, North Carolina. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen made the announcement today as part of the Western District of Virginia’s ongoing Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative to reduce violent crime.


Traveling Bandit Charged in South Florida

News Release: A man accused of robbing banks around the country has been charged and is being detained in South Florida.


Activity in the United States Attorney’s Office

News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced CHARLES BERNARD OWENS, a/k/a Christopher Bernard Mone, a/k/a Christopher Bernard Jackson, a/k/a Christopher Jackson, 36, of San Bernardino, California on Feb. 14, 2019 for transportation in interstate commerce for the purposes of prostitution...


Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Making Threats to Shoot Students at Parma High School

News Release: A Pennsylvania man was indicted in federal court after making threats to shoot students at Parma High School.


News Release: HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Terrance Harden, age 27, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was indicted on Feb. 27, 2019, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.