News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News from March 2019


News Release: Officials Announce the Arrest of Darrion Lamar Powers for Bank Robbery.


Berkeley County man indicted for fentanyl distribution

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nicholas Wayne Deminds, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was indicted today on a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: BILLINGS-Montana's U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced today that the District of Montana collected $15,351,505.81 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018. Of this amount, $7,510,702.15 was collected in criminal actions and $7,840,803.56 was collected in civil actions. In some cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office worked in conjunction with ligating components of the U.S. Department of Justice.


News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Clyde Eugene Snyder, age 71, of Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal Information on March 18, 2019, with conspiracy to distribute over 100,000 Schedule IV prescription pain pills using the United States mail.


Two Charged Following Arrest in Merrillville, Indiana

News Release: HAMMOND- Reilly Jackson, Jr, 23, of Griffith, Indiana was charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit robbery affecting commerce following his arrest on March 18, 2019, in Merrillville, Indiana, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. In addition, Delvin Perkins, 23, of South Holland, Illinois was charged in a criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm following his arrest on the same day.


News Release: HOUSTON - A total of 47 people are now in custody following the return of a 43-count indictment alleging drug-trafficking and related crimes in the Houston and Galveston areas. The case will be prosecuted in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas.


Yulee Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearms Offense

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Shawn Andrew Wilson (44, Yulee), a/k/a “Red Dog," has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense. Wilson faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


Stateless National of the Palestinian Authority Charged with Visa Fraud

News Release: Defendant lied about involvement with violence along Gaza-Israel border.



News Release: Lydia Hills, an attorney admitted to practice in the state of New York since 2011, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of obstructing an official proceeding, and conspiring to do the same. Specifically, Hills attempted to influence the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of...


Honey Bee Colonies More Successful By Foraging on Non-Crop Fields

News Release: TUCSON, ARIZONA, March 20, 2019-Honey bee colonies foraging on land with a strong cover of clover species and alfalfa do more than three times as well than if they are put next to crop fields of sunflowers or canola, according to a study just published in Scientific Reports by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and his colleagues.


North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty For His Role In International “Tech Support Scam”

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Charlotte, North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to access a protected computer, for his role in an international “Tech Support Scam" that defrauded hundreds of victims, including seniors, of more than $3 million.


Accountant Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charge for Running Ponzi Scheme that Cheated Investors Out of More than $27.5 Million

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A certified public accountant pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud charge for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded her victims, many of whom were clients of her accounting firm, out of tens of millions of dollars over a span of two decades.


News Release: The National Park Service is partnering with the American Battlefield Trust to host Park Day on April 6, 2019 starting at 10 am at Fort Moultrie, located at 1214 Middle Street, Sullivan’s Island. Volunteers are welcome and needed to help with the removal of debris and trash, and clean up inside and around...


News Release: Defendants Agree to Pay $179,647 in Clean-up Costs and Admit Liability and Accept Responsibility in Consent Decree.


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, April 6, the National Park Service will partner with the American Battlefield Trust, formally the Civil War Trust, to conduct a hands-on preservation event to help Civil War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812 battlefields and historic sites take on maintenance projects...


Baltimore Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for an Armed Carjacking

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced DeAndre Spencer, age 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 12 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing an armed carjacking.


Dominican National Pleads Guilty To Aggravated  Identity Theft And Stealing Government Benefits

News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty on Friday, March 15, 2019, in federal court in Boston to identity theft, aggravated identity theft, theft of public money, and illegally reentering the United States after being deported.


News Release: Guatemala Man Charged With Smuggling 13 Illegal Aliens in Southern Illinois.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EVALDAS RIMASAUSKAS, a Lithuanian citizen, pled guilty today to wire fraud arising out of his orchestration of a fraudulent business email compromise scheme that induced two U.S.-based Internet companies...