News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Texas Man Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison for Child Kidnapping

News Release: Texas Man Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison for Child Kidnapping.


News Release: A Youngstown physician was indicted in federal court on sex trafficking charges involving minors as young as 12 years old.


Activity in the United States Attorney's Office

News Release: Sentences. Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced JOEL MOLINA-CRUZ, 37, on Aug. 27, 2019 for illegal-re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Molina-Cruz was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received eighteen months of imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $100.00...


South Carolina Man Pleads Guilt to Production and Receipt of Child Pornography

News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A South Carolina man admitted in federal court Friday that he knowingly produced and received child pornography.


High-Ranking Member Of ‘Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods’ Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison In Connection With Manhattan Armed Robbery And Brooklyn Shooting

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KIFANO JORDAN, a/k/a “Shotti," was sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with a robbery and a non-fatal shooting carried out as part of his participation in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods (“Nine Trey"). JORDAN pled guilty on March 28, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who imposed today’s sentence.


Reopening

News Release: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument.


Dominican National Sentenced for Social Security Fraud

News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in Dorchester was sentenced Wednesday for Social Security fraud.


United States Attorney Mike Stuart Issues Statement Regarding Allegations of Sexual Assault at the Beckley Veterans Affairs Medical Center

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart issued the following statement regarding recent allegations of sexual assault at the Beckley Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).


Former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Committing Perjury

News Release: Former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Committing Perjury.


Minnesota Man Sentenced for Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eden, Minnesota, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on Aug. 30, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


News Release: Lexington, Ky. - A federal grand jury sitting in London has indicted Douglas M. Edmonson, 36, of Corbin, Kentucky; Dallas Anna Chain Perkins, 25, of Jellico, Tennessee; Bryanna Soper, 25, of Corbin, Kentucky; and Erik Peace, 32, of Corbin, Kentucky for kidnapping.


News Release: Trail will be open on weekends only until work is complete.


Chittenden Road, trailhead parking area, and the Chittenden-Mount Washburn trail will close for 5 days in September for improvements

News Release: * A closure on Mount Washburn will be in effect from September 9-13. Closed areas will include.


News Release: BOSTON - A Newton man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges of wire fraud and filing a false tax return.


News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Komar Shaqui Washington - a 41-year old Harrisburg man.


Justice Department Reaches Settlement Agreement with Physicians and El Paso Physicians Group Over Allegations of Violating the False Claims Act

News Release: U.S. Attorney John F. Bash of the Western District of Texas announced today that Dr. Robert Moreno, Cheryl Moreno, William “Bill" Collins, Accutrack Medical Claims Service, LLC, and El Paso Integrated Physicians Group, P.A. paid $2,929,162 to settle allegations that they defrauded the U.S. and the State of Texas through their Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs.


News Release: TAOS, N.M. - Beginning Sept. 9, and continuing for approximately one month, the Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed burns in two locations: the Río Grande del Norte National Monument on the east side of Cerro Montoso, 12 miles northeast of Tres Piedras, New Mexico; and in the Guadalupe Mountains, one mile south of Cerro, New Mexico. Smoke may be visible from highways NM 522, US 285 and US 64.


Marion County woman admits to role in cocaine and heroin distribution

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Andrew Parker, of Mannington, West Virginia, has admitted to his involvement in a cocaine and heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Guatemalan Man Charged with Marijuana Cultivation Operation in National Forest in Tulare County

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Oscar Alfredo Castanaza-Ortega, 34, of Guatemala, charging him with conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, damaging public lands and natural resources, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Connoquenessing Woman Pleads Guilty in $61K Social Security Fraud Scheme

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Butler County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.