News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Kalamazoo Woman Sentenced to 25 Years for Production of Child Pornography

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Amaris Mae Wyman, 31, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced to 25 years in the Bureau of Prisons for producing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Janet Neff also ordered Wyman to spend seven years on supervised release and imposed financial assessments.



News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Jonathan Felch, 37, of Goffstown, was sentenced to serve 96 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy.


News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that two Waupun men were federally indicted for their involvement in three armed bank robberies in Waukesha, Washington, and Sheboygan Counties in 2019. Justin S. Smith, age 36, and William D. Balgie, age 35, were charged with committing robberies on the following dates at the following locations.


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News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - In 2018, EM and its cleanup contractor safely completed the demolition of the 50-foot-tall, 10,000-square-foot Vitrification Facility at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).


News Release: BOSTON - A former accountant pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a $2 million wire fraud scheme.


Release: AUSTIN - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Texas Department of Public Safety today held a press conference at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to remind Texas residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification to board a flight at all U.S. airports.


Springdale Man Sentenced To 27 Years In Federal Prison For Sexual Exploitation Of A Child

News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Forrest Hittle, age 35, was sentenced today to 327 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole followed by 25 years of supervised release on one count of Sexual Child Exploitation. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


U.S. Marshals Request Public’s Assistance to Locate Fugitive Johnathan Jenningss

News Release: Martinsburg, WV - The U.S. Marshals Service Mountain State Fugitive Task Force is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Johnathan Jennings, 24, of Martinsburg, WV. On April 30, 2019, a warrant for Jennings was obtained by the Circuit Court of Berkeley County charging Jennings with escape.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - This afternoon, a federal jury convicted Donte Jacobs of distributing and conspiring to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of a 26-year-old woman. Jacobs faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison as a result of his conviction.


News Release: CONCORD - Nicholas Messina, 28, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 72 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


City Honors Teacher Arrested On Sexual Exploitation And Child Pornography Charges

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Peter Hingston, 59, of Amherst, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempted sexual exploitation of a child, sexual exploitation of a child, and possession of material that contained an image of child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.


News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced today that three individuals were sentenced by the United States District Court for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine in the Fort Smith, Arkansas area. The Honorable P.K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing hearings in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today and accepted responsibility for his involvement in two homicides.


Inmate at State Correctional Facility Sentenced on Drug Charges

News Release: BOSTON - An inmate at a Massachusetts correctional facility was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.


News Release: Rome, Ga. - Atlanta-area doctor Victor Hanson and former professional football player Sedrick Hodge have been indicted with two other individuals for illegal distribution of prescription drugs, including opioids.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today and accepted responsibility for his involvement in two homicides.



News Release: Five men have been charged in separate Criminal Complaints this week for allegedly conspiring to distribute heroin in the Northern District of Oklahoma, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.