News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


FBI Richmond Central Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force Seeks Subject in Armed Bank Robbery

News Release: FBI Richmond Central Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force Seeks Subject in Armed Bank Robbery.


News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, MARLILYN GODSHALL, age 61, of Wilmington, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting fraudulent statements. Additionally, United States Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones, Jr. sentenced GODSHALL to 12 months of probation.


Harrison County Constable Indicted for Producing Child Pornography

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Harrison County Constable and former Bourbon County firefighter was indicted today, for the producing child pornography.


BLM announces new members for the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board ahead of Washington, DC meeting

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today selections for three open positions on its National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The nine-member Advisory Board will next meet Oct. 29-31 in the District of Columbia at the Phoenix Park Hotel and 20 F Street NW Conference Center.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jonathan Beasley, 28, of Jackson, was found guilty today by a jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. The jury returned the verdict following a two-day trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III in Jackson.


Bronx Man Charged With 2011 Murder

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging RANDY MARTINEZ, a/k/a “Rampage," with the Oct. 17, 2011, murder of Davon Jackson. MARTINEZ was presented today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron. This case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald.


$3.1 Million Judgment Entered Against Five Rural Home Health Providers in Iowa and South Dakota

News Release: United States Alleged That Providers Violated the False Claims Act.


Latin Counts Gang Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Drive-By Shooting in Southwest Detroit

News Release: A Latin Counts gang member was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider, Special Agent in Charge James Deir of the ATF’s Detroit Division, and Chief James Craig of the Detroit Police Department.


Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Child Pornography Charges

News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Oct. 16, 2019, Brian Lee Rhodes, age 39, and Jeremy Eugene Jameson, age 46, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for child pornography related offenses. Each defendant had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLITOS MOLINA, also known as “Carlos," 48, of Lexington, South Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking heroin and cocaine into Connecticut.


Convicted Felon Sentenced to 130 Months for Multiple Firearm Charges

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga.- A Columbus man with a prior felony conviction was sentenced to 130 months in prison after pleading guilty to three firearm charges, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Anthony Kimbrough, 24, of Columbus, Georgia previously pleaded guilty...


Methamphetamine trafficking in Sanders County sends man to prison

News Release: MISSOULA-An undercover investigation of methamphetamine trafficking in Sanders County led to a Thompson Falls man being sentenced to prison on Thursday, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


Former Hopi Indian Reservation Ranger Convicted in Arizona on Sexual Assault Charges and Destruction of Evidence

News Release: Former Hopi Indian Reservation Ranger Convicted in Arizona on Sexual Assault Charges and Destruction of Evidence.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Five members of a large-scale heroin and fentanyl distribution network have been indicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1 kilogram of heroin; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl; possession of heroin and fentanyl with intent to distribute; and being a convicted felon in possession of handguns. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.


News Release: VALE, Ore. and BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host three meetings to inform the public, and allow for comments, on the recently released Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Tri-state Fuel Breaks Project.


Charlestown Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl

News Release: BOSTON - A Charlestown man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl out of a Chelsea apartment.


Broward County Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Immigration Fraud Scheme

News Release: A Coral Springs business owner was sentenced to prison yesterday for a visa fraud immigration scheme. She attempted to obtain visas with false information for individuals from overseas.


ICYMI: Reps. Foxx, Walden, Brady Op-Ed: Speaker Pelosi, together with Dems, we can lower drug prices – Let's get to work

News Release: In case you missed it, below is a Fox op-ed by the top Republicans on the three House committees that work on health care: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) on the Ways and Means Committee.


News Release: CONCORD - Isaiah Goodwin, 42, of Concord, pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing a firearm silencer that was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


New York Man Charged with Armed Bank Robbery

News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was indicted in federal court in Boston with the Aug. 19, 2019, armed robbery of a branch of the Bank of America in Revere.