News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


Honduran Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison

News Release: Honduran Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. Devito, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department...


St. Louis Man Sentenced for Distributing More Than 400 Grams of Fentanyl

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Larry Weeden, Jr., 39, of St. Louis, was sentenced on Wednesday to 151 months in prison for possession of one or more firearms as a previously convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl. He appeared before Federal District Judge Ronnie L. White.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Wednesday, May 8, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, announced that a Glenside, Pennsylvania, woman, pleaded guilty to the crimes of possession and distribution of child pornography, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia investigation.


Arrest Made for the October 2017 Vandalism of Nestora Granillo Piarote Memorial Statue on Tigua Reservation

News Release: Arrest Made for the October 2017 Vandalism of Nestora Granillo Piarote Memorial Statue on Tigua Reservation.


New Mexico Storytelling

News Release: Join Ms. Mary Ellen Gonzales to discover the stories and tales that bridge the cultural diversity of New Mexico. Ms. Gonzales will highlight the different experiences of New Mexico’s diverse population through the medium of storytelling. Her program, which is free, will take place on Thursday, May 16, 2019, at 7:00 pm at the CCHP/Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center at 116 Bridge Street in Las Vegas, NM.


Drug trafficker sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and marijuana across New York City

News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Robert Santos, a member of a Bronx-based drug trafficking ring, was sentenced by United States District Judge Frederic Block to 60 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by four years’ supervised release, based on his February 2018 guilty plea to participating in a conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and marijuana.


Rocklin Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Cameron Fox, 35, of Rocklin, pleaded guilty today to distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: Alleged Child Pornography Suspect in Custody.


Local Woman Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Federal Funds

News Release: Defendant Employed a Personal Housekeeper while Drawing SNAP Benefits.


Mississippi Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Assisting Producer of Child Pornography

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On May 8, 2019, Rico Wilbert, 38, of Purvis, Mississippi, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 17 years in prison. Wilbert’s term of imprisonment will be followed by lifetime supervised release requiring him to register and abide by sex offender conditions. Wilbert had previously pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2018, to aiding and abetting the production of child pornography.


Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution That Caused Overdose Death

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Virginia man pleaded guilty today to distribution of a drug that resulted in the death of a Leesburg woman.


Stockton Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine Base

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - David Alhaqq, 56, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to five years in prison for distributing cocaine base, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: Earlier today, defendant Steven Bynum was arrested and charged with firing a handgun into a group of people in furtherance of a drug distribution conspiracy on Sept. 10, 2017, when he shot a pregnant innocent bystander in the head during a drug dispute. Bynum’s initial appearance is scheduled for this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo. If convicted of the charges, Bynum faces up to life imprisonment.



News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Denver, and Littleton Police Departments Need Your Help Identifying the 'Glamour Shot Bandit'.


Belmont Resident Sentenced to 60 Months for Participating in Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: CONCORD - Heidi Langevin, 44 of Belmont, New Hampshire, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A supervisor at a group home contracted by the Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families (RI DCYF) who repeatedly sex-trafficked a missing 17-year-old girl was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. The sentencing was announced by Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge, ...


Terrorist Sympathizer From Iraq Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Possessing a Stolen Firearm

News Release: PHOENIX Ariz. - On May 7, 2019, Duraid Hussein, 25, of Glendale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 54 months in prison. Hussein is a citizen of Iraq who entered the United States as a refugee. On December 6, 2018, Hussein was convicted by a federal jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm. In July 2017, Hussein sold a stolen firearm to another individual. As a convicted felon, Hussein is not allowed to possess firearms or ammunition.


Waterbury Man Charged with Illegal Gun Possession

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging RYAN GRAY, 24, of Waterbury, with possession of a firearm a by a convicted felon.