News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


FBI Relaunches Public Awareness Campaign #ThinkBeforeYouPost

News Release: FBI Relaunches Public Awareness Campaign #ThinkBeforeYouPost.


Rockford Woman Sentenced to 34 Months in Prison for Transferring Firearms to Felon

News Release: A Rockford woman was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to 34 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for selling and disposing of a firearm to a person she knew was a felon.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $2.4 Million Infrastructure Grant to Tennessee Airport

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - Peter Rene Sanchez Montalvo aka Carlos has been charged by federal criminal complaint with illegal distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and serious bodily injury, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady, FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Jones and Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich announced today.


Queens Attorney Sentenced to 30 Months’ Imprisonment for Bribing a Witness in Double Homicide Trial on Long Island

News Release: John Scarpa, Jr., a criminal defense attorney, was sentenced today in federal court in Brooklyn to 30 months’ imprisonment and fined $10,000 by United States District Judge Carol Bagley Amon for bribing a witness to commit perjury in a double homicide trial in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Scarpa was...


News Release: LONDON, Ky.- A Flat Lick, Kentucky man, Jerry “Rabbit" Cox, 70, admitted to drug trafficking in federal court on Monday.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management will waive amenity-related fees at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for National Public Lands Day on September 28. Other fees, such as camping and group day use, will remain in effect.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


Carroll County Felon Sentenced Today To 8 Years In Federal Prison For Witness Retaliation And Illegal Possession Of Firearms

News Release: Admitted that He Burned the Victim’s Jeep in Retaliation for the Victim Providing Information to Law Enforcement.


Soldier at Fort Riley Charged With Distributing Instructions for Bombs

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A soldier stationed at Fort Riley was charged in federal court here today with sending over social media instructions for making bombs, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SEAN STEWART, a former senior investment banker at two different New York-based investment banks, was convicted after a seven-day trial for illegally tipping his father, Robert Stewart, with material non-public information concerning five separate corporate acquisitions before they were publicly announced. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff presided over the trial.


Mineral County man sentenced to 14 years for role in a drug distribution operation

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Corey Alt, of Elk Garden, West Virginia, was sentenced to 168 months incarceration for his involvement in a drug distribution conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Man cited by police after TSA catches loaded handgun at Huntington Tri-State Airport

Release: HUNTINGTON, WV - A Lincoln County, West Virginia, man was cited by police after he was caught by Transportation Security Administration officers at Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS) with a loaded gun in his carry-on bag on Sunday, September 22. The 9 mm handgun was loaded with a bullet in the chamber...


News Release: Concord, NH - Late this morning, “Fugitive of the Week", Emmanuel Colon, 26 years-of-age, surrendered at the U.S. District Court in Concord, NH. Colon had been wanted on an outstanding federal arrest warrant issued on Sept. 05, 2019 alleging sales of the synthetic narcotic - Fentanyl.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Record of Decision (ROD) to enable the demolition of remaining structures at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site, located in Ventura County, CA. This action comes just weeks after Secretary Rick Perry was the first Secretary of Energy to visit the former nuclear research site.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty for Involvement in Massive Network Intrusions at U.S. Financial Institutions, Brokerage Firms, a Major News Publication, and Other Companies

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANDREI TYURIN, a/k/a “Andrei Tiurin," pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses in connection with his involvement...


News Release: Concord, NH - On Sept. 22, 2019, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force from both NH and Massachusetts along with the Seabrook Police Department arrested Massachusetts State Police fugitive, Charles Demos, 29 years-of-age. Demos was wanted on a warrant issued out of the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office for murder.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement today after a ruling by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should have more closely considered the potential impact its 2017 media ownership rules would have on minority ownership...


ICE ERO Miami, Tallahassee sub-office teams with Florida Fish and Wildlife

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fl. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami, Tallahassee sub-office’s, Mobile Criminal Alien Team (MCAT) supported the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Operation Na-Palm.