News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


Enough of this Nonsense: Restoring Respect for the Rule of Law with Prosecution that Serves Law-Abiding Citizens and Victims, Not Criminals

News Release: Remarks by United States Attorney William M. McSwain at the Citizens’ Crime Commission of the Greater Delaware Valley’s Quarterly Meeting.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Miami, FL pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiring to distribute kilograms of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Jonathan Parker Named Acting Superintendent For Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

News Release: Interior Region 1 Regional Director Gay Vietzke has selected Jonathan Parker as acting superintendent at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. He will serve a 120-day detail assignment.


Filipino National Indicted for Aggravated Sexual Abuse on Board a Cruise Ship Bound for the U.S. Virgin Islands

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today the return of an indictment charging a Filipino national, Louis Isom Mangampat, with aggravated sexual abuse. Mangampat was arraigned in federal court today in St. Thomas.


Pittsburgh Man on Bond for State Drug Offenses Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Law Violations

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Malik Martinez was sentenced to 72 months in prison for committing heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Lynn Man Pleads Guilty to Role in $1.4 Million Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with receiving and laundering approximately $1.4 million fraudulently obtained from a Korean company.


ICE HSI special agents arrest NM teacher on child pornography charges

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A citizen of the Philippines, who taught at a school in Española, New Mexico, appeared in federal court Wednesday charged with possessing child pornography.


News Release: This afternoon, and at my request, I met with St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell along with the top leaders of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to discuss the pressing gun-violence issue in St. Paul. All agencies present, including the FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshals, BCA, and Ramsey County Sheriff’s...


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An upcoming art exhibition and presentation sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and the Idaho Falls Art Council will feature BLM Idaho’s Artist-in-Residence Scott Switzer. Join BLM staff and Switzer on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Willard Art Center, located at 498 A Street in Idaho Falls.


Engel & McCaul Statement on Protests in Iraq

News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Michael McCaul, Ranking Member of the Committee, today issued the following joint statement on protests in Iraq...


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DESNY SOSA-HERNANDEZ, 40, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to a federal cocaine trafficking offense.



Rapid City Man Charged with Failure to Register

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 24-year-old Edinburg man has been ordered to prison following his conviction of trafficking meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: (Asheville, NC/Roanoke,VA) - The National Park Service announced today the opportunity to provide input on two proposed Special Use Permits which could include temporary, full closures of sections of the Parkway motor road near Roanoke, Virginia and Asheville, North Carolina, in the spring and summer of 2020.


Four Convicted Felons Receive Federal Prison Sentences This Week for Illegally Possessing Firearms and Ammunition

News Release: All cases were prosecuted under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Florida man and woman have been indicted for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Text Messages Threatening to Kill Jews

News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office announced that Hanson Richard Larkin, 26, of DeLand, Florida, pled guilty yesterday to a felony Information charging him with knowingly and intentionally transmitting...


News Release: Navy Employee Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Offenses with Multiple Victims.


Porcupine Man Charged with Assaulting a Federal Officer

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault on a Federal Officer.