News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


Man Who Was Subject to an Order of Protection and Illegally Possessed Gun Sentenced to Federal Prison

News Release: A man who possessed a firearm while subject to an order of protection was sentenced today to more than one year in federal prison.


First Sentence Imposed for Scam Involving Le Meridien Hotel Project

News Release: HOUSTON - A 43-year-old California man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction related to a scheme to embezzle $3.1 from the Beck Group in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Charles Williams, of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty Sept. 7, 2018.


‘Cowboy Gun Bandits’ Who Used Large-Caliber Handgun During Robbery Spree Each Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

News Release: LOS ANGELES -Two men dubbed the “Cowboy Gun Bandits" by the FBI for using a large-caliber revolver during a series of robberies that targeted gas station convenience stores and a bank have been to serve federal prison sentences of at least 35 years.


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.


Counterfeit Airbag Supplier Sentenced To Prison

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Nichols, 69, of Marysville, OH, who was convicted of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit air bags, was sentenced to serve one year in prison and ordered to pay $75,846 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


Former Lackawanna County Prison Contract Employee Charged With Conspiracy To Provide Drugs And Contraband To Inmates

News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal information was filed on May 21, 2019, charging Brenda Cruise, age 48, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, with conspiring with others to provide contraband, including illegal drugs, to inmates at the Lackawanna County Prison.


News Release: UPCOMING LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA EVENTS JUNE 1-29.


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho began demonstrations this month simulating the retrieval of a radioactive waste known as calcine.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Earlier this month, crews at Hanford’ s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) turned over to startup the last of 14 infrastructure support buildings necessary for the plant’s Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) operation. The achievement marks the substantial completion...


News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced Cornelius Darrell Curtis, on May 20, 2019, to 60 months for the violation of 18 United States Code Section 924(c), Using, Carrying, or Possessing a Firearm During or in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Miami, Fla., man who allegedly made multiple large cash withdrawals with the use of fraudulent credit cards from ATMs at bank branch offices in Warwick, R.I., and Seekonk, Mass., has been ordered detained in federal custody in Rhode Island on fraud charges.


Metro-PCS Robbers Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Eleven San Diego Robberies

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Stephen Wong (619) 546-9464.


New Orleans Man Indicted For Violating the Federal Gun Control Act and the Controlled Substances Act

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DARRYL DOUSE a.k.a. “TURKEY", age 29, a resident of New Orleans, was charged Friday, May 24, 2019 in a two-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with being a felon in possession of a firearm and with distributing cocaine base, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.


Tourism to Park Creates $2.5 million in Economic Benefits

News Release: WILBERFORCE, OHIO - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 31,000+ visitors to Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in 2018 spent $1.9 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 29 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $2.5 million.


USDA Appoints Rural Housing Service Administrator

News Release: Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced the appointment of Bruce W. Lammers as the Administrator of Rural Development’s Rural Housing Service.


Pennsylvania man charged with enticement, manufacturing child pornography

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Tuesday, May 28, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, announced the unsealing of an indictment charging, a Horsham, Pennsylvania man with multiple counts of child exploitation offenses including enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct, ...


Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Transporting Stolen Electronics Across State Lines

News Release: Defendant broke into various Target stores with blow torch.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A Hanford tank farms engineer recently received two awards at the 45th National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) conference in Detroit.


Indianapolis Man Sentenced To 200 Months In Prison

News Release: For Conspiring to Possess With The Intent To Distribute Cocaine and Possessing A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.


Law enforcement and a service organization honored by U.S. Attorney at awards ceremony

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Seven law enforcement entities and one community organization were recognized today for their outstanding work in the greater Wheeling area.