News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce this year’s Evening at the Cape programs, featuring a ferry ride at dusk, and a chance to take in the view from the Cape Lookout Lighthouse around sunset. The first set of programs will take place on Thursday, June 13, Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15.


News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT - Glacier National Park welcomes artist Amory Abbott on June 3-28 as the park’s first Artist-in-Residence for 2019.


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on May 29, 2019, Jose Valentin Carrillo, age 35, of Sioux City, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Conspiracy and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Valentin Carrillo was...


Heritage Pharmaceuticals Pays Over $7 Million to Resolve Civil False Claims Act Allegations

News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain today announced that generic drug manufacturer Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will pay over $7 million in a civil settlement to resolve allegations of a scheme to fix prices and allocate customers for several of its drugs. The civil resolution of these allegations in the Eastern District is a component of the company’s larger resolution with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division and Civil Division.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 35-year-old Mexican National has admitted he made false statements in an application for U.S. Passport, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: A long-time Seminole, Texas drug dealer was sentenced today to 31 years and 10 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


Living and Dying in Chattanooga's Camp Contraband

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, June 15, at 10 a.m., Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will provide a 1-hour program to the site of Camp Contraband. This program begins at Outdoor Chattanooga, located at 200 River Street, Chattanooga TN.


Man Sentenced for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon on the Omaha Nation Indian Reservation

News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Angelo Russell, an enrolled member of the Omaha Nation, was sentenced Friday, May 31, 2019, by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter to 60 months’ probation for assault with a dangerous weapon. He was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine.


Evansville man arrested in connection with Fentanyl overdose death

News Release: Evansville - Josh J. Minkler, the United States Attorney, announced today the arrest of Kalib Scott Powell, 25, of Evansville, Indiana for the Distribution of a Schedule One Controlled Substance (Fentanyl), Resulting in Death.


News Release: Kansas City, KS - Eddie D. White, 36, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task force on May 28, 2019. White is a Kansas City resident wanted by the Kansas City Police Department (KSKPD) for 2nd Degree Murder.


News Release: Washington D.C. - Yesterday, Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Chairman, introduced legislation to enhance U.S.-Ukraine security cooperation and better equip our ally in effective deterrence...


Bullhead Man Charged with Child Abuse and Assault

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.


News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 30, 2019, Sean R. Evansen (age: 36) of Algoma, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach.


News Release: Fraudulently Obtained Welfare Benefits by Failing to Report Husband’s Income Using a Stolen Identity.


Wyden Statement on Trump’s Latest Mexico Tariff Threat

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s latest threat to place tariffs on Mexican goods, on spurious national security grounds...


Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Racketeering and Drug Conspiracy

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aaron Mack, aka Dean, aka Dean-O, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Carlo Varnado, age 41, of South Glens Falls, New York, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.


Garrett Man Sentenced 84 Months in Prison

News Release: FORT WAYNE - Eric H. McHale, 42 years old, of Garrett, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


News Release: MACON - A defendant with a lengthy criminal history will spend 151 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine in the Athens area, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Patrick O’Neal Kennedy, 43, of Athens was sentenced Wednesday by the Honorable C. Ashley Royal in U.S. District Court, Macon, on the charge of Distribution of Cocaine Base. There is no parole in the federal system.


Federal Jury Convicts Armed Robbery Crew Leader

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has convicted Rashid Iman Turner (32, Ft. Myers) for his involvement in a string of armed robberies of banks and retail stores. Following a seven-day trial, the jury found Turner guilty of one count of conspiring...