News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Kansas Man Swindled Buyer Of Online Pharmacy Business

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to swindling the buyer of an online pharmacy business, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Aaron ROBICHAUX, 36, of New Hanover County North Carolina, to 252 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Republican Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) urging her and Committee Democrats to set aside their partisan impeachment-driven agenda and work with Republicans to address the pressing issues affecting all Americans.


News Release: South Florida Resident Arrested for Soliciting Another to Commit a Violent Crime Against College Deans.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man who was the focus of a four-month investigation by the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, the Rhode Island State Police, and the Pawtucket Police Department into his drug trafficking activities was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison.


Willimantic Heroin Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that XAVIER DIAZ, also known as “Coco," 30, of Willimantic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.


News Release: Defendant previously convicted in 2010 of involuntary manslaughter in U.S. citizen’s name.


Member of Hacker Collective Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges of Making Online Threats to Schools and Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to federal charges of making bogus threats of shootings and bombings to schools in the United Kingdom and the United States, including numerous schools in Southern California.


South Florida Resident Arrested for Soliciting Another to Commit a Violent Crime Against College Deans

News Release: MIAMI - Salman Rashid, 23, of North Miami Beach, Florida, was arrested in South Florida based on a criminal complaint charging him with soliciting another person to commit a crime of violence.


News Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The National Park Service (NPS) has approved a plan to move the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) headquarters to the former Miller Lumber Company site in Williamsport, Md. Construction of the park headquarters will begin in 2020 and is projected to be completed...


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Nov. 22, 2019, federal authorities arrested Miguel Deniz, 29, of Farmersville, who is charged in a three-count indictment with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of firearms, and possession of a machinegun, United States Attorney McGregor Scott announced.


Eastern Shore Felon Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of Stolen Firearms

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasnaow today sentenced Ricky Sanabria, Jr., age 27, of Salisbury, Maryland, to five years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of stolen firearms.


News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JAMES ROBERT BONNETTE, 39, of Hubert, NC to 188 months’ imprisonment, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. BONNETTE pled guilty on July 22, 2019 to one count of receipt of child pornography.


Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 17 years in Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: On Nov. 14, 2019, sex offender Corey Laquan Witty, 49, of Miami, Florida was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Federico A. Moreno to 17 years in prison for possessing child pornography.


News Release: Washington, D.C., Nov. 25, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today published a final rule clarifying the requirements for reporting foreign sales of beef and pork under the Export Sales Reporting Program.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Four former executives and two former employees of Outcome Health (Outcome), a Chicago-based health technology start-up company founded in 2006, were charged for their alleged roles in a fraud scheme that targeted the company’s clients, lenders and investors, and involved approximately $1 billion in fraudulently obtained funds.


Elk County Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Atif Ullah, 30, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison and 30 years supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


Three Former Employees of Anheuser-Busch In-Bev Plead Guilty to Fraud Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Former employees of Anheuser-Busch In Bev, James Williams, 68, of St. Louis County; Gary Belcher, 64, of St. Louis County; and, Gregory Vieth, 63, of Columbia, IL; pleaded guilty to conspiring with a licensed Missouri chiropractor to fraudulently obtain disability insurance payments from...