News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


News Release: WASHINGTON - Kofi Appiah-Mainoo, 30, of Temple Hills, Maryland, and James Hutchings, Jr., 38, of Waldorf, Maryland, were arrested on November 5, 2019, on a federal charge stemming from an ongoing investigation into the trafficking of firearms into the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.


Florida man convicted of fraudulently exploiting programs designed to protect service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and small disadvantaged businesses

News Release: A federal jury in Cleveland convicted a Florida man of Major Fraud, Wire Fraud and Submitting False and Fictitious Claims after he engaged in six-year long scheme to defraud the government.


Health Subcommittee to Markup Legislation on Tobacco, Maternal Mortality, and FDA Citizen Petitions

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington field office arrested Luis Fredy Hernandez Morales, 48, at his residence in Springfield, Va. Hernandez was charged on Nov. 5 by the Montgomery County District Court with sexual abuse of a minor.


Fugitive Indicted in ATM Skimming Case Arrested in Romania, Returned to Utah

News Release: Fugitive Indicted in ATM Skimming Case Arrested in Romania, Returned to Utah.


Public comment invited on Klamath irrigation power cost reports

News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) today announced that two Klamath Project and Upper Klamath Basin power reports are available for public comment. The draft reports, called The Klamath Basin Affordable Power Studies Power Cost Benchmark Report and Klamath River Basin America’s Water Infrastructure Act Affordable Power Measures Report, are available at


Indianapolis Man Sentenced To 252 Months In Prison

News Release: For Conspiracy to Possess With Intent To Distribute Cocaine And Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.


Mission Man Found Guilty for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Gun Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Eli Erickson, a/k/a Black, age 32, of Mission, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, and Drug User in Possession of Firearms as a result of a 3-day federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota.


News Release: Former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Undercover Officer Believed to Be Protestor.


Convicted Child Sexual Abuser Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An illegal alien from El Salvador, who recently was convicted in state court of taking indecent liberties with a child, pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States after he previously was deported in 2004.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Culpeper County man was sentenced yesterday to over six years in prison for cyberstalking, unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, and aggravated identity theft.


News Release: On November 7, the National Park Service (NPS) honored volunteers who have made significant contributions to the preservation, protection, and enjoyment of the Blue Ridge Parkway.


Durham Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Rob Certain Business Owners in Their Homes and on Drug Charges

News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Durham man who participated in the home invasion robbery of a tobacco store owner was sentenced to prison Thursday, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.


News Release: Mark W. Sweeney Made Threats on Veterans Crisis Line.


News Release: Randy Hays, 32, a former police officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of Missouri to one count of using unreasonable and excessive force against a fellow SLMPD police officer, who was believed to be a protestor...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) today demanded answers from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about its efforts to change key provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Eleven Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today expressing growing concern that the FCC is failing to protect consumers’ privacy by refusing to hold wireless carriers accountable for unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ real-time location data.


News Release: 11-Count Indictment Includes Charges for Possessing Firearm Which Resulted in 3-Year-Old’s Gunshot Wound to the Head.


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Kedrick Ross on Drug Distribution and Firearms Charges

News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - November 8, 2019 - Kedrick Ross, 27, of Nashville, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury and charged with drug distribution and firearms offenses, announced Don Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: A Kentucky doctor joined a growing list of medical professionals implicated in an illegal kickback scheme involving OK Compounding. This is the eleventh kickback settlement since November 2018.