News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


News Release: (LEWISTOWN, Mont.) -The Lewistown Draft Resource Management Plan and associated Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft RMP/Draft EIS) has been released by the Bureau of Land Management.


BLM Utah Resource Advisory Council to meet in Kanab, Utah

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a meeting of the Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The public is welcome to attend the meeting on June 17-18, 2019, at the Kanab High School, 59 E. Cowboy Way, Kanab, Utah 84741. On June 17, the RAC will meet from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. On June 18, the RAC will meet from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.


Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - A Florida man was arrested yesterday, May 16, after Transportation Security Administration officers at Bradley International Airport (BDL) stopped him from bringing a loaded handgun onto an airplane. It marked the fourth gun caught at the airport’s checkpoint so far this year. TSA officers caught nine firearms at the BDL checkpoint in 2018.


Two Men and One Woman Sentenced for Drug Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two men and one woman were convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and were sentenced on May 14, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Rosebud Man Indicted on Assault Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault of a Dating Partner by Strangulation.


Suspected Alien Smuggler and His Three U.S.-Based Adult Children Charged in Conspiracy

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Timothy D. Coughlin (619) 546-6768 and Victor P. White 619 546-8439.


One Convicted And Two Sentenced As Part Of U.S. Attorney’s Elder Justice Initiative

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - John Jerome O’Hara, of Lexington, Paul Anthony Long, II, of Lexington, and Mitzi Shawn Sears, of Nancy, Kentucky all appeared in federal court today on charges related to elder financial exploitation.


New Orleans Business Owner Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud First NBC Bank

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that KENNETH CHARITY (“CHARITY"), age 54, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged Wednesday, May 15, 2019 with conspiracy to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today that three individuals were sentenced and three individuals entered guilty pleas in federal court in Pittsburgh this week in cases being prosecuted as part of the District’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Ryan Newell, 31, and Cory Woods, 29, both of Columbia, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in armed bank robberies. Newell was sentenced to over 24 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to three...


Dominican National Pleads Guilty To Illegal Reentry

News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.


Interior to host signing ceremony and media availability for Colorado River Drought Contingency Plans

News Release: BOULDER CITY, NEV. - The Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation invite members of the press to a media availability and signing ceremony for the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plans at the iconic Hoover Dam on May 20. These completed plans are an important step toward reducing risk...


Midsouth Man Found Guilty of Kidnapping and Raping Six Women Over Seven Years

News Release: Memphis, TN - Horn Lake resident Michael D. Love, 45, has been found guilty of kidnapping and raping six Memphis women, and attempting to kidnap and rape an seventh, over a period of seven years. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.


ICE arrests 13 in 4-day NJ surge effort

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 13 immigration violators in New Jersey during a 4-day surge effort that targeted aliens who have been issued a final order of removal in the past five years, have failed to depart the United States, and have received criminal convictions or have pending criminal charges.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aydan Sin, a/k/a Hon Chak Gordon Sin, a/k/a Andy, a/k/a Bullion, 47, of British Columbia, CA, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to violating the Arms Export Control Act. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.


Tonawanda Man Sentenced For Receiving Child Pornography From Minor

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven Brzezinski, 35, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 96 months in prison and 20 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


News Release: GETTYSBURG, PA: The National Park Service is excited to host historian Jared Frederick on Saturday, June 1 at 7 pm at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center to speak about his new book, Dispatches of D-Day: A People’s History of the Normandy Invasion.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Phillip Maurice Collins, 42, of Lexington, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison today, by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, as well as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.


Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Examined CFBP Proposed Repeal of the Payday Lending Rule

News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, chaired by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, held a hearing on “CFPB’s Role in Empowering Predatory Lenders: Examining the Proposed Repeal of the Payday Lending Rule."