News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


Ten Tribes in Western Washington awarded nearly $13 million to strengthen law enforcement and provide services for crime victims

News Release: Swinomish Tribe leads effort to add Prosecutor to enhance prosecutions for consortium of NW Washington Tribes.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Belmont County woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for buying illegal weight loss drugs from China to rebrand and resell them for a profit in the United States.


Albion Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Andrew Campbell, 33, of Albion, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nathan Paul Barnes, 24, of Rancho Cordova, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute narcotics, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Jonathan Cody Alexander, 31, of Asheville, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for enticement of a minor, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. also ordered Alexander to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.


FBI Seeks Information on Alpine Bank Robbery

News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Alpine Bank Robbery.


News Release: Fatal Shoot-out with Police Ended Crime Spree.


News Release: WASHINGTON - First Lady Melania Trump today joined DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon to celebrate the official launch of the 2019 Red Ribbon campaign, dedicated to preserving the memory of DEA Special Agent Enrique “Kiki" Camarena - a DEA special agent who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in...


News Release: EM cleanup contractors from coast to coast were recently honored with a variety of awards for safety and health excellence in DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).


News Release: LEXINGTON, KY- A Lexington, Kentucky, woman, who previously admitted to sending false information concerning explosives threatening the University of Kentucky campus was sentenced Tuesday to 6 months in prison.


Florida Man Sentenced for Social Security and Wire Fraud

News Release: Defendant hired as cardiac surgical technologist after falsifying employment documents, work history, references.


Council Bluffs Man Sentenced for Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct

News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on October 8, 2019, 69 year old Richard John Massey was sentenced by District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct. Massey was sentenced to imprisonment for 40 months followed by a term of supervised release for 5 years.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -- U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that today, after deliberating for 8 hours, a jury of 6 women and 6 men found James Michael Wells guilty of the April 12, 2012, murders of U.S. Coast Guard Electrician’s Mate First Class James Hopkins (“Hopkins") and retired Chief Boatswain’s Mate Richard Belisle (“Belisle").


News Release: A man who physically assaulted a woman who was similarly situated to him as a spouse was sentenced today to four years in federal prison.


News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Bryan Joshua Tewanema, 25, of Whitecone, Ariz., was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 355 months of imprisonment. Tewanema had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder and discharging a firearm in a crime of violence.


News Release: LAUREL, Ky. - Dylan Brewer, 23, of Harlan County, pleaded guilty Monday to possession with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward B. Atkins.


Nigerian National Pleads Guilty for Role in Conspiracy to Launder Millions from Business Email Compromise Fraud

News Release: In Austin this afternoon, a Nigerian National formerly residing in San Antonio and Austin pleaded guilty to his role in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud conspiracy that laundered millions of dollars, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Antonio; and, Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Houston Division.


Independence Woman Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.


SRS Savings Lead to ‘One-Stop Shop’ for Employee Onboarding

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - About $4.7 million in savings from Savannah River Site (SRS) fiscal 2019 infrastructure improvement projects enabled renovations to a building that consolidates new employee onboarding for the site’s management and operations contractor.


Three-Time Deported Felon Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison

News Release: For Illegal Reentry of a Removed Alien.