News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Jefferson Parish Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Ketamine which Resulted in the Death of a Teenager whose Body was Found Floating in a Texas Bayou

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that LEILANI ASPURIA, age 25, of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute ketamine which resulted in the death of a Slidell, Louisiana teenager. The eighteen year old’s dead body was found floating in a Texas bayou.


Thompson Statement Marking 18 Years Since the September 11 Terror Attacks

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the eighteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks...



News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was shot by an Independence, Missouri, police officer as he attempted to strike the officer with his truck before leading officers on a high-speed chase, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally possessing a firearm.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Hamlin man pled guilty to using Snap Chat to make a bomb threat directed at local high school, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. William Lee McCallister, also known as Kreekchub, 24, pled guilty to Threatening and Conveying False Information Concerning the Use of an Explosive Device.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Arnold Gerard Nelson, Jr. (33, Tampa) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison and James Thomas Lang, III (33, Tampa) to 11years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute at least100 grams...


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayetteville woman was sentenced to federal prison for heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine trafficking, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jessical Lynn Hall, 29, was sentenced to 71 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, along with quantities of heroin and fentanyl. Upon completing her prison sentence, Hall will serve an additional term of four years of supervised release.


News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that United States Judge District James C. Dever III sentenced GERICK TURNER, 41, of New Hanover County to 120 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.


News Release: For Her Part Of A Scheme That Diverted Over $800K From Her Employer.


Groundbreaking begins on Truckee River to improve cutthroat trout passage at Derby Dam

News Release: SPARKS, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation joined its partners today at Derby Dam to celebrate the start of a $23.3-million infrastructure project that promises to greatly improve passage for Lahontan cutthroat trout journeying to upstream rearing and spawning habitat for the first time in a century.


News Release: Aaron Donquwe Perkins Sentenced to 180 months for Unlawfully Possessing a 9mm Pistol.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DERRICK GROVES, age 22, of New Orleans, has pleaded guilty Sept. 10, 2019 to federal firearms and narcotics violations.


Former Davenport Elementary School Teacher Charged Federally for Mailing Hoax Biological Agents and Toxins

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Maria Bassi Lauro (65, Davenport) with six counts of mailing threatening communications and transmitting false information and hoaxes. If convicted on all counts, Lauro faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.


FBI Seeking Individual Who May Have Information Regarding the Identity of a Child Sexual Assault Victim

News Release: FBI Seeking Individual Who May Have Information Regarding the Identity of a Child Sexual Assault Victim.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Maria Bassi Lauro (65, Davenport) with six counts of mailing threatening communications and transmitting false information and hoaxes. If convicted on all counts, Lauro faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWIN DeJESUS, 48, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 64 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.


News Release: MISSOULA, Mont. - A Montana woman was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine.


News Release: On Sunday, September 22 at 2 p.m. Homestead National Monument of America artist-in-residence Nancy Lehenbauer Marshall will present her program “Discovering Place through Painting" in the Homestead National Monument of America Education Center. During her presentation, Nancy will show some of the many painting she has created over her forty year career and discuss how creating art allows us to feel empathy for place and for others.


Groveton woman sentenced to 87 months for participating in interstate fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Katie Fysh, 33, of Groveton, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Violations of Federal Firearms and Narcotics Laws

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DERRICK GROVES, age 22, of New Orleans, has pleaded guilty Sept. 10, 2019 to federal firearms and narcotics violations.