News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News from March 2019


News Release: Texas Pastor, Television Station, District Attorney Among Recipients.


News Release: Avenatti Is Alleged To Have Used Threats of Economic and Reputational Harm To Demand More Than $20 Million In Payments.


Eleventh and Final Defendant in Baltimore Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Used an Apartment in McHenry Row to Process Wholesale Quantities of Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine; Ten Other Defendants Pleaded Guilty to Their Roles in the Conspiracy and were Sentenced to Between One Year and 10 ½ Years in Federal Prison.


News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Tyler McIlwain, a 20 year old resident of Eight Mile, Alabama was sentenced to 24 months of incarceration for conspiring to steal and knowingly possess stolen firearms.


Jury Finds Pierre Man Guilty of Seven Felony Counts Related to Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Interstate Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, and Child Pornography Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Amin Ricker, age 32, of Pierre, South Dakota, was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, one count of Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, and four counts related to Transporting, Distributing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography following a five-day jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on March 22, 2019.


Former Delgado Community College Financial Aid Officer Sentenced to Probation After Previously Pleading Guilty to Solicitation and Receipt of Bribes

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DAVIN D. THOMAS (“THOMAS"), age 32, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, a former Delgado Community College ("DCC") Financial Aid Officer, was sentenced Thursday, March 21, 2019 to four years probation and ordered to pay $6,700 in restitution...


Fayetteville Man Sentenced for Drug Distribution and Firearm Offenses

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that Friday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced DENNIS ROBINSON, 26, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 124 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Amin Ricker, age 32, of Pierre, South Dakota, was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, one count of Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, and four counts related to Transporting, Distributing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography following a five-day jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on March 22, 2019.


Meadville, Pa. Man Pleads Guilty in Project Safe Childhood Case

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Meadville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


FBI Seeks Identity of Unknown Bank Robber in Germantown, Tennessee

News Release: FBI Seeks Identity of Unknown Bank Robber in Germantown, Tennessee.


Tax Reform Keeps Delivering: Job Growth Marches On, Wages Hit 11-Year High

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s January 2019 jobs report...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after House Democrats released a bill stripping all hard-working Americans of their health care freedom...


Billings man sentenced to eight years in prison in heroin, meth conspiracy

News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident Clayton James Edwards, who admitted making multiple drug runs to Salt Lake City to get heroin and methamphetamine for redistribution back in Billings, was sentenced on March 21 to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Honors 25 Law Enforcement Officials In Awards Ceremony For Outstanding Efforts In Fighting Crime

News Release: Harrisburg - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that U.S. Attorney David J. Freed presented awards on Friday, March 22, 2019, to members of law enforcement agencies for their outstanding efforts in fighting crime.


Committee to Hold Business Meeting

News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at 10 a.m., the Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a business meeting to consider legislation to improve government ethics, protect federal inspectors general, and help formerly-incarcerated people obtain non-sensitive federal jobs.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced a change to his senior staff team for the Committee, naming Molly Fromm as General Counsel.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Kidnapping, Assault of an Intimate Partner by Strangling, and Assault by an Habitual Offender.


Man who Held ATF Undercover Agent and Confidential Informant at Gunpoint Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

News Release: Oct. 20, 2017 Incident in Lowe’s Parking Lot in Kent, Resulted in Injuries to Two Assailants.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Coreon House, age 21, and Rashad Coleman, age 25, both of Indianapolis, Indiana, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2019, before United States District Court Senior Judge James M. Munley to armed robbery of a CVS Pharmacy in Scranton.


Mexican Man Pleads Guilty To Illegal Re-Entry

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that RICARDO SALAZAR-ESQUIVEL, age 30, a native of Mexico, plead guilty Thursday, March 21, 2019 to a one-count indictment, which charged him with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).