News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


Oak Ridge Contractor Awards STEM Grants to Local Schools

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Designing and building a robot. Learning to print in 3-D. Researching current events and then producing a news media show.


News Release: Lewis Bennett, 42, a dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno to 96 months in federal prison, after having previously pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter for killing his wife, Isabella Hellman, while on board a sailing vessel on the high seas.


Sacramento Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Selling Fertilizer as a Fat-Burning Pill

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Scott Edward Cavell, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to three years in prison for causing misbranded drugs to be introduced into interstate commerce, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: New Kent Middle School Students Win FBI Safe Online Surfing Internet Challenge.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anika Williams, 44, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of 4-fluroisobutyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Darci Shillington appeared in U.S. District Court today for sentencing before Judge Janet T. Neff. The judge imposed a sentence of a total of 36 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release and restitution of $399,386. The court allowed Shillington to remain on bond pending designation of her prison facility.


13 arrested in Colombia for distributing thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the U.S.

News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s Dallas Field Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that 13 individuals have been arrested in the Republic of Colombia and will be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.


Stamford Woman Sentenced to Prison for Million-Dollar Embezzlement Scheme

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CANDACE RISPOLI, 32, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer. Rispoli must also serve the first six months of her supervised release in home confinement.


Former City of Gary Network Administrator Sentenced

News Release: HAMMOND -Monique S. Bowling aka Monique Boyd, 47, of Merrillville, Indiana was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after being found guilty during a three day jury trial in January 2019. She was found guilty of one count of theft from local government receiving federal funds, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


Darknet Fentanyl Dealer Indicted for Selling Deadly Drug for Bitcoin

News Release: A darknet drug dealer has been indicted for leveraging bitcoin’s apparent anonymity to sell fentanyl online, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


News Release: After fighting a structural fire, fire fighters must perform strenuous operations to check for and extinguish any smoldering hot spots behind the walls, and in the ceilings to prevent anything combustible that may cause a fire to reignite. This process is called overhaul.


News Release: Phone Provider Found Guilty for Role in $7 Million International Telemarketing Scheme.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman is among three Kenyans indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a marriage fraud conspiracy.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today federal and local law enforcement officials will announce new cases being charged in federal court as part of an initiative to prevent individuals with a history of domestic violence from possessing firearms.


News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States District Judge David J. Hale sentenced Louisville Metro Police Officer Brandon Wood to 70 months in prison, followed by 10 years’ supervised release, after he pled guilty in January to attempted enticement, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Joel Malcom Salt, 29, of Umatilla, Oregon, was sentenced today to time served, having already served 22 months in custody, plus three years’ supervised release for strangling his significant other in the presence of their four children.


Lafayette green company owner sentenced to 90 months for stealing more than $2 million from investors

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that John K. Morrow, 48, of Lafayette, was sentenced Friday to seven and a half years in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert Sumerhays for stealing more than $2 million from investors. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and must pay $2,066,923 restitution.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that John K. Morrow, 48, of Lafayette, was sentenced Friday to seven and a half years in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert Sumerhays for stealing more than $2 million from investors. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and must pay $2,066,923 restitution.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in conspiracy to illegally transfer ownership of firearms.


News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lawrence Stone, age 64, formerly of East Stroudsburg, Nanticoke, and Scranton, Pennsylvania, a former Master Clinician and Case Manager at Scranton Counseling Center, was sentenced on May 23, 2019, to 15 years’ imprisonment to be followed by five years on supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for producing child pornography.