News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


Reclamation hosting Boca Dam media field event

News Release: TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will host a media field event at Boca Dam May 17 from 11 a.m. to noon. Reclamation and U.S. Forest Service officials will explain the ongoing upgrades taking place at the dam, outline safety measures for visitors and onsite employees and discuss recreation solutions for accommodating both construction and visitor access.


News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Westminster Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.


News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Marion Katrell Campbell, age 38, of Walterboro, South Carolina, was sentenced for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession...


News Release: Vermont Man Who Exploited Opioid Addictions of Young Women Convicted of Multiple Counts of Sex and Drug Trafficking and Related Offenses.


Chairman Peterson statement on the Trump Administration’s latest tariff increases

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s latest tariff increases...


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Cammron Robinson, age 24, of New Paltz, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for sexual exploiting four children.


News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...


Bahamian Nationals Arrested on Federal Smuggling, Failing to Heave and Illegal Re-entry Charges

News Release: Two Bahamian nationals were arrested on federal charges related to alien smuggling and illegal re-entry.


TSA ensures security preparedness for summer travel and explains security protocols for travelers at Philadelphia International Airport

Release: PHILADELPHIA - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer is expected to be the highest in years with more than 2.2 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, likely surpassing the record-breaking numbers from last summer.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Jimmie "Peanut" Butler was sentenced on May 9, 2019, to 262 months’ incarceration followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin and conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine...


Slidell Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Heroin Charges and Firearm Possession

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENNETH MARTIN, age 45, from Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday to (10) ten years in prison, followed by (6) six years of supervised release, for charges related to distribution of fentanyl and heroin, and firearms possession.


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A previously deported Salvadoran man - who is a known 18th Street gang member wanted in his home country for aggravated homicide, aggravated robbery, deprivation of liberty - was removed Thursday by deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).


News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging JOSE JESUS CAMACHO-JARAMILLO, age 29, of Mexico, AGUSTIN NUNEZ-LEONARDO, age 20, of Mexico, and Lorenzo OROCIO-Cruz, age 35, of Mexico, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.


Poteau Man Sentenced To 24 Months Probation, $5,000 Fine, $75,000 Forfeiture For Receipt Of Misbranded Drugs And Devices

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Donald Edward Brooks, age 61, of Poteau, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 2 years probation, a $5,000.00 fine, and forfeiture of $75,720.73 for Receipt In Interstate Commerce Of Misbranded Drugs And...


Jamestown man going to prison for selling methamphetamine

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that James H. Bess, Jr., 63, Jamestown, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute of five grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sean R. Sullivan, 48, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $250,000 fine.


Texas Man Sentenced to 46 months for Threatening Communications

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Diontre Lawayne Davis, 24, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced yesterday, to 46 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for threatening communications.


High Flows Cause Log Jam on South Fork of the Payette River

News Release: Boise, Idaho, May 10, 2019 -- Emergency managers and river outfitters want to warn river users that high water flows have caused a log jam spanning halfway across the South Fork Payette River on the left side of Dog Leg rapid downstream of mile marker 4 on the Banks Lowman road.


Former Chairman Of The Rochester Housing Authority Indicted For Lying to The FBI

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging George H. Moses, 50, of Rochester, NY, with two counts of making false statements to Special Agents of the FBI. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Yesterday, Latoya Leonardine Johnson, 25, of Ajo, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 35 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for murdering a six-year-old boy on the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation. Johnson previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.