News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Five Men Charged with Heroin Conspiracy

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.


News Release: Defendant Allegedly Used Grant Funds to Make Payments on His Home Mortgage.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced that JEREMY JASON SHIPMAN, age 30, of Bexar County, Texas, was charged Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 by grand jury indictment with one count of failure to register as a sex offender under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).


News Release: An 18-count third superseding indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn, charging three members of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, variously with racketeering, murder, attempted murder, murder conspiracy, robberies and related firearms...


Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Protecting Consumers from Pharmaceutical Market Gaming Tactics

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 10:30 am in Room 2322 of the...


News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar on Sept. 19 from 2-3 p.m. EDT in advance of the Sept. 26 release of the 2018 American Community Survey statistics. The webinar will show participants how to access new data and online resources from the 2018 American Community Survey. Attendees will...


Bear Poachers Banned from Hunting and Banned from the Cherokee National Forest

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On September 4, 2019, Keith Bernard McJunkin, 59, of Tellico Plains, Tennessee, and Levi Zachary Wilson, 31, of Tellico Plains, Tennessee, were found guilty by the Honorable H. Bruce Guyton, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge, of baiting bears inside the Cherokee National Forest. Each defendant...


Two Convicted for Concealing Corporate Contributions to U.S. Senate Campaign

News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A federal jury sitting in Frankfort found Gerald G. Lundergan, of Lexington, Ky., and Dale C. Emmons, of Richmond, Ky., guilty of conspiring to use more than $206,670 of corporate funds to make contributions to the campaign of a candidate for United States Senate and for causing the concealment of these contributions from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).


U.S. Marshals Arrest Alleged Child Molester From Trenton in Wichita, Kansas

News Release: Kansas City, MO - United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today the arrest of alleged child molester Scott Dames Keith from Trenton in Wichita, Kansas on the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2019.


Ten people indicted for their roles in a conspiracy in which the leader allegedly controlled large shipments of fentanyl stamped into pills, heroin, cocaine and other drugs from Mexico to Cleve

News Release: Ten people were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy in which the leader allegedly controlled large shipments of fentanyl stamped into pills, heroin, cocaine and other drugs from Mexico to Cleveland while using a cellular phone smuggled into his prison cell.


Fly Safe: Prevent Loss of Control Accidents

News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about how to avoid loss of control (LOC) accidents.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health...


Stony Brook University Professor Indicted for Stealing Over $200,000 in Cancer Research Funds

News Release: Geoffrey Girnun, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Director of Cancer Metabolomics at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (“SBU") was charged in a seven-count indictment unsealed today with theft of state and federal government funds, wire fraud and money...


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 44-year-old Lyford woman has been sentenced for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 26 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jacqueline Barrera pleaded guilty June 19, 2019.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man today admitted robbing a bank in Carneys Point, New Jersey, in July 2018 while brandishing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Milwaukee Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 12, 2019, Tedmund Blankschein, 51, plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding the Internal Revenue Service in connection with his and Albert Golant’s luxury...


Reclamation authorizes Swan Lake land use for transmission line project near Klamath Falls

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Right-of-Use authorization Thursday that allows for the construction of a transmission line project on two remote 40-acre parcels east of Klamath Falls, Oregon.


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was arrested today on charges of production of child pornography.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jamie Clemons, age 34, of Pasadena, Maryland, with malicious destruction of a property by fire, in connection with the fire on July 28, 2017, at a bar in Pasadena. The indictment was returned on Sept. 11, 2019, and unsealed today upon the defendant’s arrest.


Pittsburgh Felon Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery and Firearms Charges

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of bank robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.