News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


Yosemite National Park Announces Glacier Point and Tioga Roads  are Closed for the Season

News Release: Yosemite National Park announces Glacier Point and Tioga Roads are closed to all vehicular traffic for the winter season. Glacier Point and Tioga Roads typically closes each fall and remain closed through the winter season. These roads reopen each spring when weather and road conditions are safe for vehicular traffic.


News Release: Washington - After more than two weeks on the run, Marine Michael Brown was arrested without incident Wednesday at approximately 8:00 a.m. in Franklin County, Virginia.


Marijuana Dealer Who Possessed Firearms Sentenced to Federal Prison

News Release: Police Officers Found Firearms and Marijuana after Dealer’s Residence was Struck by Gunfire.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Nov. 12, 2019, Cody Mitchell, 28, of Dilkon, Arizona, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 57 months in prison followed by 30 years of supervised release. Mitchell had previously pleaded guilty to one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor.


News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Juan Pablo Sanchez-Delgado and his wife, Magdalena Castro-Benitez were sentenced today, Nov. 27, 2019, by Chief United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard for their roles in a conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens across north central Nebraska.


News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Learn about female prospectors of the West and enjoy Pioneer Christmas at the California Trail Interpretive Center.


Tioga County Man Sentenced to 109 Months for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK -Mahkya Searles, age 23, of Tioga County, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 109 months in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for his receipt and possession of child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


Charlotte Couple Indicted on Conspiracy to Distribute Prescription Opioids

News Release: Dr. David Lelio, Nadja Kujanson-Lelio Accused of Illegally Distributing Oxycodone from 2016-2019.


Murray, Democrats Slam Trump Administration Over Latest Walk Back from Strong Tobacco Regulation

News Release: Dear President Trump: We write to express our outrage at your decision to ignore public health when it comes to addressing the dangers of tobacco and to understand whether your Administration has assessed the risks of your inaction. The nation is in the midst of a public health crisis, with millions...


Newport Man Sentenced to 156 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Crystal Methamphetamine

News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Timothy Fairless, 51, of Newport, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 156 months in federal prison, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning. Fairless was also sentenced to 5 years of supervised release, following completion of his prison term.


United States Files Suit to Enjoin Summit Contracting, Inc. and Its Owners from Continuing Ongoing Fraud Scheme

News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 27, 2019, the United States filed a complaint seeking a civil injunction against Chad Schampers, Nathaniel Smith, and their construction business-Summit Contracting, Inc. (“Summit"), located in...


New Mexico Man Sentenced To 27 Months In Federal Prison For Making Bomb Threats To Georgetown School and Walmart

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Stephen S. Landes, 29, of Roswell, New Mexico, was sentenced on Nov. 27, 2019, to 27 months in prison by the Honorable Richard G. Andrews, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware. Landes pled guilty in August 2019 to one count of Interstate Threats Concerning the Use of an Explosive.


Thompson Statement on DHS Watchdog Child Separation Report

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report out today on the technology and planning failures impacting family separation.


Women’s fire crew gains skills, confidence in Wyoming

News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. -Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming hosted the Montana Conservation Corps (MCC) All-Women’s Fire Crew for its third successful year of wildland firefighting, public land conservation stewardship projects and job training.


Marty Man Sentenced for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Nov. 25, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Anmol Singh Kamra, 27, of Upper Darby, PA was convicted today at trial with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and with no legitimate medical purpose.


Informational: Federal Court arraignments

News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


News Release: ATLANTA - Nnamdi Marcellus MgBodile has been arraigned on twenty counts of bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.


News Release: A man described as “dangerous and out of control" by the judge was sentenced Nov. 26, 2019, to more than fourteen years in federal prison.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Nov. 12, 2019, Nathaniel Willie Cortez, 39, of White Cone, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Cortez had previously pleaded guilty to one count of domestic assault by strangling or suffocation.