News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Bureau of Land Management to conduct wild horse gather in Carbon County in September

News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office announced today that it will conduct a wild horse gather within and outside the Range Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) beginning in September. The BLM plans to gather an estimated 200 wild horses due to declining rangeland health and overpopulation of wild horses and to curb their movement onto private lands.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jacoya Brazzle, 31, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to eight months’ incarceration, five years supervised release and full restitution by United States Timothy J. Savage for stealing money from a veteran patient in her care.


News Release: CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati man was sentenced in federal court this morning for violating the Fair Housing Act through force, by willfully intimidating two homeowners based on their race, color and familial status.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Mexico

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 451,766 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2019/2020 marketing year.


News Release: CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati man was sentenced in federal court this morning for violating the Fair Housing Act through force, by willfully intimidating two homeowners based on their race, color and familial status.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Rock, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Jefferson County Felon Sentenced for Federal Firearms Violations

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 28-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


City of Atlanta Director of the Office of Contract Compliance Pleads Guilty to Wire and Tax Fraud

News Release: ATLANTA - Larry Scott has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for failing to disclose to the City of Atlanta that while he served as its Director of Contract Compliance, he also served as the business manager for a consulting firm seeking contracts in the Atlanta-metropolitan area. Scott also failed to report on his taxes the majority of the income earned from the consulting firm.


News Release: FORT WAYNE- Wendi Flores aka Wendi Collins, 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Cleoretta Allen, 41, of Louisville, Kentucky, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky to two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and one count of interstate transportation for prostitution.


Hinds County Man Pleads Guilty Under Project EJECT to Illegal Possession of Firearm

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Herbert Thomas, 41, of Jackson, pled guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Reclamation lowers Lake Mohave water level to aid with annual razorback sucker harvest

News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation is currently lowering water levels in Lake Mohave to aid in harvesting razorback suckers from lakeside rearing ponds. The fish is an endangered species native to the Colorado River. The drawdown is part of annual river operations which are timed to coincide...


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - William M. Johnson, Jr., of McMechen, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Four Peruvians Sentenced For Overseeing Spanish-Speaking Call Centers That Threatened and Extorted U.S. Consumers

News Release: Four residents of Lima, Peru, charged with overseeing a series of call centers that threatened and extorted Spanish-speaking victims in the United States, have been sentenced to prison, the Department of Justice and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced.


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: Fort Union National Monument invites you to join our annual First Fort and Arsenal Tours. This event will occur on Saturday, September 7. These will be guided tours only, departing from the Monument visitor center at 9:45 am, 11:45 am and 1:45 pm. Travel down the Santa Fe Trail to the first Fort Union...


News Release: For the third year in a row Pipe Spring National Monument will receive a field trip grant for the 2019-2020 school year from the National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. Students participating in the Every Kid Outdoors program at Pipe Spring will partake...


News Release: A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for murdering a postal worker during a road rage incident in Dallas last February, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.


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.


Laredoan Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.