News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul Byron has sentenced Trevor John (39, Palm Bay) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, hydromorphone, and heroin.


Lafayette Man Sentenced to 270 Months in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

News Release: HAMMOND -Kasey Ludberg, 27, of Lafayette, Indiana was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


Rome City Man Sentenced To 150 Months In Prison

News Release: FORT WAYNE - Glen Jacobs, 43 years old, of Rome City, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distributing a controlled substance and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


News Release: FORT WAYNE - Glen Jacobs, 43 years old, of Rome City, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distributing a controlled substance and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


Rowan County Meth Dealers Sentenced To Federal Prison

News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Two North Carolina residents were sentenced on May 28, 2019, for distributing drugs in Rowan County, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.


Under Secretary McKinney to Lead U.S. Exporters on Trade Mission to Colombia

News Release: Washington - Colombia and Panama are among the fastest-growing markets in the Western Hemisphere for U.S. farm and food products. American exporters seeking to tap that potential will join Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney in Bogotá for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s largest-ever international trade mission June 4-7.


News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today resumed accepting applications to the FAA Contract Tower (FCT) program, as called for under the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. Contract towers are air traffic control towers that are staffed by employees of private companies rather than by FAA employees.


News Release: BOSTON - A U.S. citizen appeared today in federal court in Boston after being extradited from Brazil in connection with a $2 million wire fraud scheme.


U.S. Citizen Extradited from Brazil to Face Wire Fraud Charges

News Release: BOSTON - A U.S. citizen appeared today in federal court in Boston after being extradited from Brazil in connection with a $2 million wire fraud scheme.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Charles Chavez, 27, of Albuquerque, N.M., appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint charging him with two counts of carjacking and two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.


News Release: Pecos, NM: Join Shelden Nuñez-Velarde of the Jicarilla Apache Nation on June 29th and 30th for a demonstration of how micaceous pottery is made! Mr. Nuñez-Velarde will showcase his methods and materials at the Pecos National Historical Park visitor center between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on both days. For more information, contact Pecos NHP at (505) 757-7241.


Eastern Idaho 4-H Club members to select young wild horses to train

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a 4-H Club wild horse pick up on Wednesday, June 5, at the Eastern Idaho Fairgrounds in Blackfoot at 3 p.m. Youths representing eight different 4-H Clubs from Bear Lake to Custer Counties will select yearling wild horses to begin the training process of leading, loading in a horse trailer and picking up their feet. They will then offer these horses for adoption during the Eastern Idaho Fair on Sept. 2, 2019.


Department of Energy Announces Plans for Quantum Information Science Centers

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans by its Office of Science to establish new multidisciplinary research centers to support advanced research in the emerging field of quantum information science (QIS).


News Release: TACOMA, Wash. - Special Agent in Charge Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office and U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran announced today that a registered sex offender with two prior child pornography related convictions was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to fourteen years in prison and twenty years of supervised release for enticement of a minor.


Queens Storeowner Indicted for Setting Fire to Rival Supermarket in Brooklyn

News Release: Defendant Complained That a Competitor’s Low Prices Were Hurting His Business.


Bettendorf Man Sentenced to Prison for Methamphetamine and Firearm Offenses

News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa-On May 29, 2019, Laron Josiah Carr, age 26, of Bettendorf, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 84 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and felon in possession of a firearm.


Prescribed fire planned for Aravaipa Canyon area the week of June 3

News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Safford Field Office and Gila District Fire Management Office will conduct a multiple day prescribed burn in the Aravaipa Canyon area, pending appropriate weather and seasonal conditions, within the week of June 3, 2019. The South Rim Burn will cover approximately 15,726 acres of BLM and private land in the Aravaipa Canyon Ecosystem Management Area located 50 miles west of Safford.


News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 29, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against a woman allegedly involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident in the Legend Lake area of the Menominee Indian Reservation. The...


Mt. Vernon Man Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Four Armed Carjackings Of Cabs

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SAMIR SULLIVAN, a/k/a “S," was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for four separate armed carjackings of cabs in Mt. Vernon and the Bronx in November 2018. SULLIVAN pled guilty on Jan. 28, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel, who imposed today’s sentence.


Leader of Trenton Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Admits Heroin Distribution and Firearms Offenses

News Release: Second Defendant also Pleads Guilty to Distributing Multiple Controlled Substances as Part of Conspiracy.