News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


U.S. Marshals Arrest Attempted Homicide Suspect From California in Kansas City

News Release: Kansas City, MO - United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today the arrest of attempted homicide suspect Kenneth Mitchell of Los Angeles County, California in Kansas City.


News Release: Former Chattanooga Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault.


News Release: NEW YORK CITY - Raymond P. Donovan, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, special agent in charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department...


News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Four defendants have pled guilty to various roles in a wide-ranging drug conspiracy that included mass production of pills and distribution of powerful synthetic opioids.


Pasco County Man Who Threatened Iraqi-American Family Pleads Guilty To Criminal Civil Rights Violation

News Release: Tampa, Florida - David Allen Boileau (58, Holiday) today pleaded guilty to criminal interference with a right to fair housing. He faces up to one year in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that six defendants appeared in federal court this week for various gun crimes.


Elyria Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Conviction

News Release: An Elyria man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for drug trafficking and unlawful possession of a firearm.


Ellwood City Woman Sentenced to Prison for Probation Violation

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release after the Court found that she violated her probation by committing perjury at a federal trial, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore to open most Hatteras Island visitor areas at noon on Sept. 12, 2019.


News Release: Investigation Began when the Defendant Reported Imaginary Burglars in Her Home.


News Release: Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging eight defendants, Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss, Harpreet Singh, Parthiban Narayanasamy, Baljeet Singh, Deepak Manchanda, Gulab Gulab, Mukul Chugh and Vikas M. Verma with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute a controlled...


Wyden Unveils Proposal to Fix Broken Tax Code, Equalize Treatment of Wages and Wealth, Protect Social Security

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today unveiled a proposal to fix the broken U.S. tax code and require millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share by equalizing the tax treatment of wages and wealth.


BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Eastern Washington

News Release: Spokane, WA - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District has lifted the regulated fire closure on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in eastern Washington. The termination of the regulated fire closure will be effective Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 at 12:01 a.m.


News Release: West Glacier, MT - Due to this year’s ongoing pavement preservation project, Going-to-the-Sun Road between Avalanche Creek and Logan Pass will be closed September 16-29.


News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Greenville has returned an indictment charging JESUS GARCIA-HERNANDEZ, age 43, of Mexico, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien subsequent to a Felony Conviction.


Delegation Welcomes Key Step for Coastal Plain Leasing Program

News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the oil and gas leasing program for the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).


Heroin Trafficker Sentenced For Transporting

News Release: ATLANTA - Francisco Castaneda Rivera has been sentenced to federal prison for transporting 4.24 kilograms of heroin, hidden inside a car battery, from Texas to the Atlanta-area.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Bellefonte, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: CHICAGO - A Mexican man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) housed at the McHenry County Adult Correctional Facility (MCACF) in Woodstock, Illinois, died September 10 at an area hospital.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - During Monday Night Football in Oakland, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Francisco partnered with NFL brand security representatives and state and local law enforcement officers to prevent counterfeit sales.