News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News from March 2019


Mayport Navy Lieutenant Sentenced To 10 Years For Using The Internet To Entice And Meet A Child To Engage In Sexual Activity

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Michael Douglas McNeil (31, Jacksonville) to a term of 10 years in federal prison for using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity. McNeil was also ordered to serve a 5-year term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender. McNeil is a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy; he has been detained since his arrest on Aug. 30, 2018.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have issued a Request for Information (RFI) for strategies for improving or creating emission-reduction or utilization technologies for hazardous substances resulting from coal combustion.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced Thursday, March 21, 2019 that a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against defendant DAVID HUNTER, of Metairie, for possession of stolen firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(j) (Count 1), being a prohibited person...


BLM announces Bullfrog Day-Use Recreation Area available for recreation access

News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office has completed a four-month construction project to replace a failing retaining wall at Bullfrog Day-Use Recreation Area. The recreation area will be available for public use starting Friday, April 5.


News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jordan Capone, age 24, of Mt. Pocono, pleaded guilty on March 22, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy that involved using threats...


Federal Grand Jury Indicts 12 Members of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)

News Release: Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg has indicted 12 members of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a Mexican-based criminal organization considered by the Department of Justice to be one of the five most dangerous transnational organizations in the world, on federal drug conspiracy charges, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.


Montgomery man facing 40 years in federal prison following drug trafficking and firearms convictions

News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A Montgomery, Ala., man, Cody Eugene Mobley, 29, was convicted last week of federal drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley, U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., ATF Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson and Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley.


News Release: Dear Attorney General Barr: Your March 24 letter concerning Special Counsel Mueller’s report leaves open many questions concerning the conduct of the President and his closest advisors, as well as that of the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. Accordingly, we formally request...


News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - Dr. James Stein-Sheridan Shelby, 50, of Spokane, pled guilty on March 20, 2019, to conspiring with Timothy James Felch, 36, also of Spokane, to distribute opioid pain medications, hydrocodone and tramadol, without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional...


Lower Brule Man Charged with Burglary, Larceny, and Aiding and Abetting

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary, Larceny, and Aiding and Abetting.


Two Los Angeles County Crews Who Allegedly Used Darknet to Traffic Narcotics Face Federal Criminal Conspiracy Charges

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Members of two alleged Los Angeles County crime rings have been charged in separate federal criminal cases alleging they conspired to use the Darknet to illicitly and secretly sell methamphetamine and other illegal narcotics nationwide, including one shipment of heroin in a stuffed animal that led to the fatal overdose of a customer in Tennessee.


Two Individuals Charged In 64 Pound Methamphetamine Bust

News Release: Law enforcement also recovered heroin, cash, and two loaded firearms.


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.


Members of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Plead Guilty

News Release: Three members of an international drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to distributing more than a thousand kilograms of illegal marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. The defendants admit in their plea agreements that they used money from conspirators...


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kirk Grubler, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary, Larceny, and Aiding and Abetting.


Motorcycle races coming for Fort Sage area; some trail access will be limited

News Release: DOYLE, Calif. ­- Up to 200 riders are expected to participate in the Diamond Back Hare Scrambles motorcycle race, Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, at the Fort Sage Off-Highway Vehicle Area near Doyle. Trail access will be available only to participants while the races are underway.


Baldwin County Woman and Florida Man Sentenced to 30 Years on Child Pornography Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Michael Daniel Kirk, age 56, of Lake Mary, Florida, and Jennifer Weekley, age 38, of Bay Minette, Alabama, were sentenced on March 22 after earlier pleading guilty to two counts charging violations of 18 USC Section 2251(a), Production of Child Pornography.


Pennsylvania Department of Education Agrees to Resolve Federal Civil Rights Investigation into Complaints About Alternative Education Programs

News Release: Pennsylvania Department of Education Agrees to Resolve Federal Civil Rights Investigation into Complaints About Alternative Education Programs.


Public Invited to Review Wildland Fire Management Plan for Olympic National Park

News Release: Public Meetings Scheduled; Comments Accepted Through April 24th.