News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Canyons of the Ancients National Monument interpretive programming continues this fall

News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum in Dolores, CO is holding fall educational activities with a variety of tours and presentations for visitors of all ages.


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: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CESAR RUBEN YLLESCAS, 45, a citizen of Peru last residing in Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.


KC Man Shot by Police Officer Indicted for Illegal Firearm

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: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Hussien Noor Hussien, 56, of Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge George Z. Singal to two months in prison and three years of supervised release for impersonating another in a naturalization proceeding...


North Dakota residents will need REAL ID-compliant identification to fly starting October 2020

Release: BISMARCK, North Dakota - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded North Dakota residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification to board a commercial flight.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - The United States Attorney’s Office announces the unsealing of an indictment charging attorney Nelson Israel Alfaro (48, Miami and Colorado) and Gilberto Eduardo De Los Rios (50, Miami) with conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruct the administration of justice, make false statements...


Harrisonburg Woman Pleads Guilty to Fatal Overdose Distribution

News Release: Iza Mar Rosario-Cruzado Admits to Selling Mixture of Heroin and Fentanyl that Led to Overdose Death.


News Release: Defendant admits defrauding more than 400 investors of more than $60 Million.


Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Sentenced for Making False Statements

News Release: WASHINGTON - Bradley Lane, 30, a former background investigator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), was sentenced today to 36 months of probation, including 6 months of GPS Electronic Monitor on one false statements charge in connection with his falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors.


Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Ramming FBI Property With His Car Causing Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars In Damage

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Lowe, 37, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to depredation of government property. The charge carries a maximum of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Jones, a/k/a Tio, 56, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 90 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


News Release: BOSTON - A former Wellesley High School assistant track coach, who is also a former Harvard University track coach, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for possession of child pornography.


News Release: CONCORD - Enco Industries, Inc., a company located in Plaistow, New Hampshire, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $83,717.85 in restitution for making false statements to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.


News Release: Vale, Ore. - Effective Saturday, Sept. 14, the Vale District Bureau of Land Management will lift fire use restrictions on all Vale BLM-administered lands, including Bureau of Reclamation lands, in eastern Oregon.


News Release: Randall Keystone Sent Threatening Letters to Prosecutor.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Jones, a/k/a Tio, 56, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 90 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


Fayette County Man Admits Making Hoax Emergency Phone Calls to Elicit an Armed Police Response: Practice is Known as “Swatting”

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Dunbar, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of interstate threats, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Traveling Bandit Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison for National Bank Robbery Spree

News Release: Jason Lee Robinson, 40, of Pikesville, Kentucky, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno to 188 months in prison, after previously pleading guilty to committing a string of bank robberies across the country (Case Nos. 19CR20423, 19CR20477, 19CR20478, 19CR20484, 19CR20520, and 19cr20543).


News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for 63 parcels offered in the BLM’s Canyon Country, Color Country, Green River and West Desert districts, totalling nearly $1.63 million in receipts.