News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


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.


Armed Bank Robber Sentenced to 25 Years

News Release: Memphis, TN - Quincy Perdue, 23, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for bank robbery. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.


ATTORNEY AND CLIENT INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO FILE FALSE FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A grand jury in Albuquerque, N.M. has returned an indictment charging Victor Kearney, 55, of Zephyr Cove, Nev., and Robert Fiser, 58, of Albuquerque with preparing and filing false tax returns to conceal millions of dollars in income Kearney received as a beneficiary of two testamentary trusts.


Ocala Armed Career Criminal Pleads Guilty To Firearm And Narcotics Charges

News Release: Ocala, Florida - Daprix Devon Gadson (29, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. Gadson, who qualifies as an Armed Career Criminal, faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison for the firearm offense and up to 40 years’ imprisonment for the narcotics offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: FBI Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery in Hialeah.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Thirteen people were arrested today on two federal grand jury indictments alleging a conspiracy to export hundreds of pounds of narcotics, including cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, from Mexico through Southern California and into Canada.


Armed Bank Robber Sentenced to 25 Years

News Release: Memphis, TN - Quincy Perdue, 23, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for bank robbery. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.


Las Vegas Businessman Admits Trafficking More than $1 Million in Counterfeit Electronics

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas W. Pilchak (619) 546-9709.


Second Tennessee Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Offense for Beating Inmate

News Release: Tanner Penwell, 22, pleaded guilty to using unlawful force on an inmate while Penwell was serving as a correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arlington man pleaded guilty today to robbing two Falls Church pawn shops of nearly $800,000 in jewelry and watches.


News Release: Ocala, Florida - Daprix Devon Gadson (29, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. Gadson, who qualifies as an Armed Career Criminal, faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison for the firearm offense and up to 40 years’ imprisonment for the narcotics offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 30-year-old Vidor, Texas man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Tanner Penwell, 22, pleaded guilty to using unlawful force on an inmate while Penwell was serving as a correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections.


Mexican National Charged with Importing Large Amount of Meth

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 31-year-old Mexican man is set to appear in federal court following charges of importing 22 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: Seward, AK -The lagoon at the terminus of Bear Glacier is currently experiencing flood conditions as the result of drainage of an ice-dammed lake located 7 mi above the terminus of Bear Glacier. An initial report received on September 3 indicated that water levels had increased 1 ft in the lagoon, and...


Oneonta Man Convicted for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal jury yesterday convicted an Oneonta man of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of over 500 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E, Town and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Eduardo Lopez-Hernandez, age 21, and a citizen of Guatemala who was residing in Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in prison for smuggling aliens.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian Scott Mayle, 40, of Coalton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 49 months incarceration for possessing an illegal explosive material, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Rochester Man Sentenced For Heroin Conspiracy

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daiquan Hill, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.


Ongoing Recovery Effort and Start of Salvage

News Release: Dive teams from the Unified Command continued recovery efforts for the last missing person from the dive boat Conception Thursday afternoon. Crews are utilizing a wide range of equipment including Remote Operated Vessels and side-scan sonar to assist with search efforts.