News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


South Bend Man Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison

News Release: For Bank Robbery. SOUTH BEND - Shawn Fox, age 34, of South Bend was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr, upon his plea of guilty to three counts of bank robbery by force or violence, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Fox was sentenced to 137 months in prison, 3 years of supervised...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston today sentenced Ryan Russell Parks, a/k/a Dinero, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 240 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for two counts of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of using the Internet...


News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - The final co-defendant found guilty in the armed robbery of an Albany bank was sentenced to 130 months behind bars for his crimes, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Shataz Hampton, 26, of Albany, Georgia was sentenced to a total...


News Release: BOISE - Lois Soito, 60, of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, pled guilty today to two counts of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Sentencing for Soito is set for Feb. 21, 2020, before Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye at the federal courthouse in Boise.


Palmer Statement from Hearing on the Smithsonian’s Current Facilities & Future Space Needs

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) from today’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management hearing entitled, “Review of Smithsonian Institution Current Facilities and Future Space Needs":


News Release: SPOKANE - Eben Roberts, acting special agent in charge of HSI Seattle and William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Ryan Wade Alexander, age 34, of Richland, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty to production and distribution of...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and filing a false bankruptcy declaration, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Marijuana Trafficking

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana that involved another Columbia man who was murdered during a home invasion in which hundreds of pounds of marijuana in a rented U-Haul truck was stolen.


News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Westfahl, 38, Friendship, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 90 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. Westfahl pleaded guilty this offense on August 7, 2019.


Friendship Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison for Gun Charge

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Westfahl, 38, Friendship, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 90 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. Westfahl pleaded guilty this offense on August 7, 2019.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Ryan Thompson, 26, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 2 ½ - year prison term on a charge of negligent homicide for a drag race with another driver on 16th Street NW, that resulted in a crash which caused the death of an uninvolved motorist. U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) made the announcement.


Attorney General Announces Launch Of Project Guardian - A Nationwide Strategic Plan To Reduce Gun Violence

News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.


News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.


Witness List: Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture

News Release: Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.


Broward County Resident Sentenced to Prison for Knowingly Making False Statements in Order to Unlawfully Acquire Firearms

News Release: MIAMI - Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division announced that Bill K. Kapri, a/k/a “Kodak Black," a/k/a “Dieuson Octave," 22, of Pompano ...


News Release: Mississippi Department of Health and Mississippi Department of Public Safety Receive Awards Totaling $1.7 Million.


Sturgis Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sturgis, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


As Western Maryland battles the opioid crisis, meth is surging

News Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- The number of meth cases, particularly of one-pot meth labs in Western Maryland, has been experiencing a recent surge. DEA agents and partner agencies in Western Maryland are seeing a resurgence of one-pot meth labs in the area -- noting more incidents of meth labs in the area this year than the last 5 years combined.


Attorney General Announces Launch of Project Guardian –  A Nationwide Strategic Plan to Reduce Gun Violence

News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.