News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, Augustus Chico Lowe, 34, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 81 months in prison for federal drug and firearms charges, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. There is no parole in the federal system.


Kansas residents will need REAL ID-compliant ID to fly starting October 2020

Release: WICHITA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded Kansas residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification to board a commercial flight at all US airports or to gain access to secure federal facilities, including military bases, nuclear facilities and some federal offices.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Four residents of Allegheny County have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Arkwin Industries, Inc., a Westbury, New York-based corporation, has agreed to pay a $2.6 million settlement to the United States, after self-disclosing its overbilling of the government and its prime contractors.


News Release: By now, attendees to sporting events, visitors to office buildings, and especially frequent fliers are all quite familiar with the technologies used at security checkpoints. You arrive at the security checkpoint, check your bags, show your ID and maybe your ticket or boarding pass, throw away the coffee...


Atlantic County Man Admits Personal Income Tax Evasion

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted evading payment of income taxes on money he embezzled from his business, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpentino announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 39 fugitives - 30 males and nine females - sought for their roles in known or suspected human rights violations during a nationwide operation that took place from Aug. 27 to 29.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Martin Evers, age 61, a Pike County, Pennsylvania, physician, was indicted on Aug. 28, 2019, by a federal grand jury for unlawfully distributing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose resulting in death.


Six People Indicted on Drug Conspiracy and Firearms Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - A suppressed federal indictment was unsealed today charging six individuals with drug trafficking and firearm-related charges for the years 2018 to the present. The individuals and charges include.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for receiving images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Two Sapulpa Women Plead Guilty to Illegally Collecting More Than $350,000 in Death Benefits

News Release: Two Sapulpa women pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to illegally taking more than $350,000 in Social Security and military retirement benefits that were meant for their mother, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


BLM to hold public meeting on Borderlands Wind Project in New Mexico

News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a public meeting on Sept. 18 on the proposed Borderlands Wind Project. The meeting will start at 5 p.m., and will be held at the Quemado Elementary School and High School Cafeteria, located at 3484 Highway 60, Quemado, NM 87829.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - Scott B. Walsh, 48, of Kirksville, MO, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for Receipt of Child Pornography. Walsh appeared before United States District Judge John A. Ross.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Raimonte Gordon Gaston and Tayshawn Natel Blair, both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury today on heroin and fentanyl distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Houston-Area Man Who Posed as Physician Found Guilty of Conspiring to Unlawfully Prescribe Hundreds of Thousands of Doses of Opioids

News Release: Houston-Area Man Who Posed as Physician Found Guilty of Conspiring to Unlawfully Prescribe Hundreds of Thousands of Doses of Opioids.


Pittsburgh Felon Convicted of Drug and Firearms Violations Sentenced to 8½ Years in Prison

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of eight years and five months (102 months) in prison and six years’ supervised release, following his conviction of federal drug and firearms violations, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme with his son to use straw buyers and short sales on properties to defraud mortgage lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and to avoid paying taxes on the proceeds of the scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Crispin Fernandez, age 26, a California resident, pleaded guilty on Aug. 30, 2019, to participating in a conspiracy that transported more than a kilogram of heroin from California to Carbon County, Pennsylvania, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.


Illegal alien indicted on reentry charge

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jesus Sinaca-Ambrose, a citizen of Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on a reentry charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: Mauricio Hernandez Pineda Allegedly Conspired with his Cousin, Juan Antonio Hernandez Alvarado, a/k/a “Tony Hernandez," and Others, to Import Multi-Ton Quantities of Cocaine into the United States.