News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Otsego Man Sentenced To 28 Years In Prison For Production Of Child Pornography

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of NICHOLAS SCOTT CAMPBELL, 37, to 28 years in prison for producing child pornography involving two minors. CAMPBELL, who pleaded guilty on April 8, 2019, to one count of production of child pornography, was sentenced today before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jalen Sean Benton, 19, of Georgia, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 358 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for carjacking, two business robberies, and using a firearm to commit each offense, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, FBI Jackson Division Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin, and Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace. Benton was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEANDRE MORRISON, a/k/a “D-Nice," was sentenced today to 318 months in prison for the murder of Danny Delgado on Aug. 1, 2011. MORRISON shot and killed Delgado at the direction of a high-ranking member...


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shannon Lambert, 33, of Canandaigua, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to obtaining controlled substances by fraud and identify theft. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.


Man Sentenced for Role in Armed Gas Station Robberies

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced today to 23 years in prison for his participation in a string of armed robberies.


ICE removes 121 to El Salvador, including 10 arrested during Operation No Safe Haven V

News Release: ALEXANDRIA - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed 121 individuals to El Salvador Sept. 13 on an ICE Air Operations charter flight, including 10 arrested across the U.S. during Operation No Safe Haven V.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Patricia Driscoll, the former executive director of the Armed Forces Foundation, was sentenced yesterday to 12 months and a day in prison for her role in a scheme in which she stole from a non-profit charity, defrauded donors, and lied to the Internal Revenue Service and the public about her salary and benefits.


Eleven Charged After Investigation Into Gang-Related Drug Distribution and Violence in Hartford

News Release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Jason Thody, Interim Chief of the Hartford Police Department, today...


News Release: GS Engineering, Inc.’s President, Former Bookkeeper, And Four Related Companies Also Agree To Voluntary Exclusions From Federal Contracts And Awards.


Former Alabama Resident Pleads Guilty to Concealing Terrorism Financing

News Release: A criminal information was filed on Sept. 11, 2019, against Alaa Mohd Abusaad, charging her with concealment of terrorism financing, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2339C and 2. Abusaad pleaded guilty to the charge today. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C.


Pawtucket Man Sentenced for Selling Firearm, Crack Cocaine to Undercover Officer

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man who sold a firearm and crack cocaine to an undercover Massachusetts law enforcement officer was sentenced Thursday to one year and a day in federal prison, to be followed by three years supervised release, the first six months to be served in a Pawtucket residential reentry center.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jalen Sean Benton, 19, of Georgia, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 358 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for carjacking, two business robberies, and using a firearm to commit each offense, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, FBI Jackson Division Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin, and Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace. Benton was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 204,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2019/2020 marketing year.


Surge of Law Enforcement, Prosecution Resources Making Ogden PSN Target Area Safer for Residents

News Release: PSN Target Enforcement Area Summary. * 963 months of prison imposed (80.25 years). * 21 defendants sentenced (20 to prison, 1 on probation). * Average prison is 48.15 months. * Screened cases involving 164 individuals. * 74 individuals have been charged. * Another 90 are under review or have been declined...


Five South Florida Law Enforcement Officers Graduate FBI National Academy

News Release: Five South Florida Law Enforcement Officers Graduate FBI National Academy.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Sept. 12, 2019, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an eight-count indictment charging Bryan Gilbert Díaz-De Jesús, a.k.a. “Bryan Gilbert De Jesús," with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled...


News Release: Former Alabama Resident Pleads Guilty to Concealing Terrorism Financing.


News Release: HELENA-A man and woman who admitted to meth trafficking and firearms crimes were sentenced today to prison after their vehicle was stopped near Missoula and law enforcement found more than a pound of meth inside, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


Belle Vernon Man Sentenced to 2 More Years in Prison for New Supervised Release Violations, This Time on the Day of His Release

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Fayette County resident has been sentenced in federal court to two years (24 months) in prison for violating multiple conditions of his supervised release, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


U.S. Department of Labor Cites Colorado Homebuilder For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards

News Release: GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Century Communities Inc. - a Colorado-based homebuilder - for exposing employees to fall hazards. The company faces $132,598 in penalties.