News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


Jury Convicts Cocoa Man Of Possessing A Firearm After Having Been Convicted Of A Felony

News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury today found Raymond Lee Kelly (52, Cocoa, FL) guilty of possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. Because of his extensive criminal record, which includes drug trafficking convictions, resisting arrest with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer...


Huffman, DeFazio Urge EPA Administrator to Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine

News Release: San Rafael, CA - Yesterday, Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Chair of the Natural Resources Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee and member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, led a letter to...


News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was arrested today and charged in connection with paying bribes to receive contracts for work at a collegiate institution in New York.


New Britain Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Firearms

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS SOTO, also known as “Puchie," 39, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking firearms.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $4.6 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Kansas Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Rockford Man Indicted on Charges of Transmitting Threats to Law Enforcement Officer

News Release: ROCKFORD - GIANNI GASPARE ANTHONY CARDENAS, 25, of Rockford, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Rockford on two counts of transmitting threats in interstate commerce to injure another person.


Son of Drug Kingpin Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison

News Release: Helped his Imprisoned Father Distribute Over 250 Pounds of Meth.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $14.1 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Louisiana Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Maintaining a Drug Involved Premises was sentenced on Aug. 31, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who was one of twenty-six people indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2018 as the result of a series of ATF Task Force and FBI Safe Streets Task Force undercover Project Safe Neighborhoods investigations targeting individuals illegally obtaining and/or trafficking firearms, and trafficking narcotics, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine.


Violent Crime Increasing in Yellowstone County

News Release: BILLINGS - Violent crime in Yellowstone County has increased significantly since COVID-19 appeared in Montana, a trend law enforcement attribute to methamphetamine and domestic violence, federal and local law enforcement officials announced today.


Lexington Couple Plead Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Sierra Monique Green, 24, and Martinus Shamar Watts, 31, both of Lexington, have pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to conspiring with others to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Robert Chapline, 60, of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to honor the Committee’s bipartisan agreement on the subpoena issuance process and hold a business meeting to vote on the subpoena she intends to issue to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-The former office manager and bookkeeper for a La Grande, Oregon medical practice pleaded guilty today for devising a scheme to defraud her employer, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $94.5 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Kentucky Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $6 Million in Infrastructure Grants to New Jersey Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Marquis Howard McNeely, 38, of Meridian, pled guilty today before U.S. Chief District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.