News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been sentenced in federal court to 78 months’ imprisonment and five years of supervised release on her conviction of violating the Mann Act by transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of having the individual engage in prostitution and conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: A woman who videotaped as she forced a 9-year-old girl to perform sex acts on her husband has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, the statutory maximum sentence, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marcello Wiggins, aka Slurp, 37, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possessing with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl; possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking; and...


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former Huttonsville Correctional Center guard and the mother of a Huttonsville inmate were sentenced to federal prison for drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Mark Steven Taylor, 40, of Richwood, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. Pamela Gail Adkins, 44, of Oak Hill, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine and heroin.


News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Monticello Field Office will host the second Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) meeting on Feb. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Feb. 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Hideout Community Center, 648 South Hideout Way, Monticello, Utah 84535.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Louis Mathis, 49, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, and restitution of $398,960 by United States District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert following his conviction on charges...


Former Stony Brook University Professor Pleads Guilty to Stealing Cancer Research Funds

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Geoffrey Girnun, a former Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Director of Cancer Metabolomics at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (SBU), pleaded guilty to theft of government funds from cancer-related research...


News Release: SENTENCING - SU Y AMOS MUN.


Chicago Man Charged With Stalking Federal Probation Officer

News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man who was recently released from federal prison has been arrested for allegedly stalking and harassing his probation officer.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Shawkeem Reese, 20, of Columbia, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to using a firearm in furtherance of carjacking.


Webinar: How to Access 2017 Economic Census Local Area Data on Data.census.gov

News Release: What: On January 9, 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau began to roll out local area data from the 2017 Economic Census on data.census.gov. Unlike other Census Bureau business data, these data will be released on a flow basis by state and sector through August 2020. This webinar will provide guidance on how...


News Release: Graves is a convicted felon, Jones is an unlawful drug user.


Man from Albuquerque sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking and firearm possession

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Waldo Nahle, 37, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Jan. 10 to more than 20 years (250 months) in prison on three counts of distribution of methamphetamine, two counts of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.


RUSSELL DELANO MILEY-CRUZ SENTENCED FOR SCHOOL SHOOTING THREAT

News Release: Russell Delano Miley-Cruz, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for transmitting a school shooting threat about Parma High School. He was also ordered to reimburse the Parma Police Department for overtime hours incurred responding to this hoax threat.


Webster City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms

News Release: Possessed over 60 guns including more than 30 guns stolen during a burglary/arson.


News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently accepted its first large-box cask in six years, the culmination of a long process toward a major goal. The shipment came from the EM program at the Savannah River Site (SRS).


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 42-year-old resident of Monterrey, Mexico, has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy with intent to distribute meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Rochester Man Going To Prison For His Role In Drug Conspiracy

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Juan Ortega-Baez, 19, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.


Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Mexican Timeshare Resale Fraud Prosecution

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Juan Carlos Montalbo, 57, of San Antonio, Texas, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a timeshare fraud in Mexico, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanie Thacker, sitting by designation in Baltimore, sentenced James Piccirilli, age 38, of Towson, Maryland, to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of an unregistered fully automatic firearm. The sentence was imposed on Jan. 13, 2020.