News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


New Bedford Man Indicted For Federal Drug Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with distributing cocaine and marijuana.


News Release: CONCORD- Anthony R. Farmer, 26, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 198 months in prison for assaulting and robbing an individual who was seeking to purchase firearms, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


News Release: LITTLE ROCK - A Little Rock man pleaded guilty today to making false statements on loan applications, costing banks and lenders over $3.3 million. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the...


News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Miguel Lopez-Castillo, 35, a Mexican national, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to a year and one day of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge that he was found in the United States after having been previously deported.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Grove City, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 17 years and 6 months in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, on his conviction of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga. The lead defendant in a Statesboro drug trafficking conspiracy has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.


News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 217,530 visitors to Obed Wild & Scenic River in 2018 spent $4,000,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 47 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $4,000,000.


News Release: A Mansfield man was indicted on child pornography charges.


Mansfield man indicted on child pornography charges

News Release: A Mansfield man was indicted on child pornography charges.


News Release: Tourism to Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Creates $5.1 Million in Annual Economic Benefits.


Chairman Peterson statement on the passing of former Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Thad Cochran

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued the following statement on the passing of former Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman, Senator Thad Cochran...


News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that over 760,000 visitors to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in 2018 spent $23,700,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 290 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $25,600,000.


KC Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Heroin Trafficking

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin.


News Release: Joseph P. Galichia M.D., a Wichita, Kansas, cardiologist, has agreed to pay $5.8 million to resolve allegations that he and his medical group, Galichia Medical Group, P.A. (GMED), violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing federal health care programs for medically unnecessary cardiac stent...


News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The National Park Service is considering issuing a limited Commercial Use Authorization for guided access to underwater archeological site 28CK7829, also known as the Overton Arm B-29, at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.


News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, N.J. Division of Criminal Justice, N.J. State Police, Trenton Police, Mercer County Prosecutor’s & Sheriff’s Offices, ATF, DEA & FBI Partner to Target the Most Violent Offenders.


News Release: CHICAGO - A former high-ranking member of the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for his role in trafficking large amounts of illegal drugs to the Chicago area.


BLM Wyoming Resource Advisory Council calls for nominations by June 14

News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The deadline is approaching to submit nominations for the BLM Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC). Completed nominations must be received by June 14. Diverse public input is a critical component of the BLM’s planning process. The BLM encourages all interested Wyoming citizens to apply.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Theodore Gibson, 35, of Parkersburg, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Gibson was prosecuted as part of Project Parkersburg - a major takedown and dismantling of...


Prichard Man Seen Running with Gun Admits to Firing at Family

News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Senior Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced John Willis Jones on April 18, 2019 to the 57 months in prison for his possession of a firearm as a prior convicted felon.