News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


News Release: Fayetteville, AR - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Derek E. Sands, age 37, of Lincoln, Arkansas, was sentenced to serve 9 months in federal prison followed by another 9 months of home detention while under electronic monitoring and a...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement applauding Thusday's announcement of Global Magnitsky sanctions designations against several leading members of the grand corruption network in South Africa led by the notorious Gupta family.


News Release: Anthony Hopper Convicted on RICO Indictment Including One Murder.


News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - The former executive vice president and chief loan officer for the failed Country Bank of Aledo, Ill., Dana Frye, today pleaded guilty to charges of making false statements to the bank. During his appearance before Chief U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow, Frye pleaded guilty to conspiring...


Court-Appointed Executor Of Decedent’s Estate Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Embezzlement

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GREGORY BAYARD was sentenced to 24 months in prison in White Plains federal court for embezzling approximately $1.4 million from a decedent's estate for which he served as a court-appointed administrator. BAYARD had pled guilty to one count of wire fraud on Oct. 23, 2018. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel imposed today’s sentence.


News Release: Marchello Wilbon, 34, of West Palm Beach, entered a guilty plea yesterday before U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II to the one-count indictment charging him with mail theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1708. (Case No. 19-80119-CR-Ruiz). The defendant faces up to 5 years in prison, and up to $250,000 in fines on the charge when he is sentenced on Dec. 13, 2019.


Beverly Man Sentenced for Sending White Powder and Purported AIDS-Infected Blood to Online Dating Website

News Release: BOSTON - A Beverly man was sentenced to probation today for sending a series of threatening letters to the CEO of an online dating website; one letter contained a white powder described as Anthrax and another contained a red substance described as blood infected with the AIDS virus.


MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 25 Years’ Imprisonment for Murder on Long Island

News Release: Gang Members Attacked Victim with Machetes and a Baseball Bat on a Residential Street.


News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Two Rowan County men were sentenced to prison on October 4, 2019, for unrelated instances of selling narcotics, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.


Statement from Secretary Perry on 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Release: I want to offer the Department’s congratulations to the 2019 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, especially Stanley Whittingham and John Goodenough – who we’ve been privileged to support for much of their distinguished careers. Their work in batteries and energy storage will have a lasting effect on all of ...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Marshfield, Missouri, woman has been sentenced in federal court for multiple fraud schemes totaling more than $1 million that involved Medicaid payments to her dental clinics, failing to pay over payroll taxes and collecting unemployment benefits she wasn’t entitled to receive.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Antonio Soto-Perez, 26, of Stockton, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Elvia Sanchez, 42, of Lenoir City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to traffic in firearms by an unlicensed person, and the illegal transportation of firearms received in a state of residency, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: Speedway woman allegedly embezzled over $450,000.



Plains Township Man Pleads Guilty to Firebombing Luzerne County Children and Youth

News Release: SCRANTON -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Philip Finn, Jr., age 49, of Plains, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on October 9, 2019, before United States District Court Judge James M. Munley, to use of fire to commit stalking.


U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces Appointees to Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of 23 members to DOT’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC).


News Release: EMINENCE, MO - On Saturday, Oct. 19, at 4:30 p.m. Ozark National Scenic Riverways and Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will host an instructional gigging program for children, and traditional storytelling for all ages on the gravel bar at Round Spring. The program is free and all are welcome to attend, but reservations are required for gigging.


Tax Preparer Charged with Fraud in 36-Count Indictment

News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A tax preparer has been charged with preparing fraudulent federal income tax returns that resulted in illegally excessive refunds for multiple clients.


News Release: FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich Returns from Overseas Travel.