News published on Federal Newswire in February 2020

News from February 2020


New York Man Sentenced to 77 Months on Drug and Gun Charges

News Release: Bangor, Maine: Rochester, New York man was sentenced today in Bangor for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack") and heroin and conspiracy to violate federal firearms laws, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.


Nevada Team Helps Move Sites to Long-Term Stewardship

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The recently completed environmental corrective actions at 70 sites where historic nuclear weapon system tests and support activities contaminated surface and shallow subsurface soil and debris. The sites are regulated by the (FFACO), a legally-binding agreement signed in 1996 that outlines...


News Release: GUILTY PLEA - ROBERT ELMER KERR.


New York Man Sentenced to 77 Months on Drug and Gun Charges

News Release: Bangor, Maine: Rochester, New York man was sentenced today in Bangor for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack") and heroin and conspiracy to violate federal firearms laws, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.


Individual Arrested for Acting Within the U.S. on Behalf of the Russian Government Without Notifying the Attorney General

News Release: Individual Arrested for Acting Within the U.S. on Behalf of the Russian Government Without Notifying the Attorney General.


Former Alstom Executives And Marubeni Executive Charged with Bribing Indonesian Officials

News Release: WASHINGTON - Two former executives of the Indonesian subsidiary of the French power and transportation company Alstom S.A. and a former executive of the Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation have been charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials in Indonesia.


News Release: Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion.


Casa Grande Ruins Celebrates National Poetry Month on April 22nd

News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - In celebration of National Poetry Month, Casa Grande Ruins will host a poetry workshop and open mic on April 22nd, 2020 featuring poet Jodie Hollander. The workshop is from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and will focus on the significance of place in poetry. No experience necessary. A journal and...


Manchester Man Sentenced to 12 Months and 1 Day for Trafficking Synthetic Cannabinoids

News Release: CONCORD - Heath Palmer, 39, of Manchester, was sentenced in federal court to 12 months and 1 day of imprisonment for possessing an unlawful synthetic cannabinoid product with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Bain Distributors Inc. The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to nine produce sellers in the amount of $557,099 from September 2015 through August 2018.



Clearfield County Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Social Security

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Clearfield County, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to two years’ probation and restitution in the amount of $149,520.41 to the Social Security Administration on her conviction of conversion of government funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Attempted Murder Suspect Flees from Memphis to Texas

News Release: Memphis, TN - Isadore McKnight ran all the way from Memphis, TN to Ft. Worth, TX but couldn’t outrun the U.S. Marshals Service.


News Release: Glacier National Park, in partnership with Glacier National Park Conservancy, announces a public event to celebrate the reopening of Sperry Chalet. The event will take place on February 26 at 7:00 pm at the Red Lion Hotel, Kalispell, MT.


St. Clair County Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: James K. Young, 66, of Dupo, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving child.


Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Federal Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pled guilty today in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Aaron Thompson, 35, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.


News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced CRYSTAL LYNN CLARK, 41, of Maxton, North Carolina to 36 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years’ of supervised release.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - As EM Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) prepares for the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) program to begin by the end of 2023, components are being sought now to support upcoming commissioning operations.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monroe County, Pennsylvania, man today admitted that he conspired to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin as part of a conspiracy responsible for distributing significant quantities of heroin and cocaine in and around the Bayshore area of Monmouth and Middlesex counties, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey man was arrested today for allegedly robbing a Camden barbershop and for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.