News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News from March 2019


Ohio Man Pleads Guilty To 29 Federal Hate Crimes For August 2017 Car Attack at Rally In Charlottesville

News Release: WASHINGTON - James Alex Fields Jr., 21, the Ohio man who drove his car into a diverse crowd of counter-protestors on Aug. 12, 2017, killing one woman and injuring dozens, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to 29 counts of violating the federal Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention...


Hardy County man sentenced for firearms charge

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua A. Parker, of Baker, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A 64-year-old Saginaw, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for bank fraud, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.


Dallas County Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Possession of a Firearm After Conviction of a Felony

News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jadarius Moore, a 25 year old resident of Selma, Alabama, was sentenced to 57 months of incarceration for possession of a.40 caliber Glock pistol.


News Release: FORT WAYNE - Jamar Freeman, 27 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to attempted bank robbery and aiding and abetting, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


News Release: The National Park Service is preparing to conduct a prescribed fire at Monocacy National Battlefield the week of April 1-5, 2019, weather permitting. The planned fire will be adjacent to the Gambrill Mill area and cover approximately 35-acres of open fields. This will be the first prescribed fire conducted within the park.


Five Men Involved In Drug Conspiracy Are Sentenced To Prison

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that five men involved in the distribution of multiple kilograms of crack cocaine in the Charlotte area were sentenced today to prison terms ranging from five to ten years.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond woman pleaded guilty today to her role in a conspiracy to defraud the City of Hopewell of funds intended for at-risk school children, and filing false tax returns.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jose Sebastian-Bello, age 51, of Mexico, entered a guilty plea to ILLEGAL Reentry Of Previously Removed Alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sections 1326(a) and 1326(b), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man, Weldon Two Bulls, age 48, was found guilty of False Statement following a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The jury did not reach a unanimous verdict on the charge of Accessory After the Fact.


Release: Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration​.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Former University of New Hampshire Employee Sentenced for Stealing Government Funds

News Release: CONCORD - Jichun Zhang, 47, of Durham, was sentenced to two years of probation for stealing money from federal research grants, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Andrew Rollins, 28, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


ABT Gang Member and Another Convicted for Transporting Aliens

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two members of a smuggling conspiracy have entered guilty pleas to their part in transporting illegal aliens in the trunk of a Ford 500 through the Sarita Border Patrol (BP) Checkpoint, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


McBee Men Sentenced to Federal Prison Following Theft of 69 Firearms from Federal Firearms Licensee

News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Larry Eugene Alford, 30, and Dale Carroll Drew Oneal, 24, both of McBee, South Carolina, were sentenced in federal court for gun and drug charges. Alford was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison, followed by...


Springfield Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Crack Cocaine

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to distributing crack cocaine.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Nafis Mullins, 27, of Philadelphia, was convicted today by a federal jury of one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.


Saginaw Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Theft of nearly $1 million from Jewish Federation

News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A 64-year-old Saginaw, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for bank fraud, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.


Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Charges Against 18 Members and Associates of Violent White Supremacist Gang

News Release: Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Charges Against 18 Members and Associates of Violent White Supremacist Gang.