News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


Two Mexican Nationals Indicted for Illegal Firearms Possession

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment today charging Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez, 23, and Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao, 48, both citizens of Mexico, with one count each of possession of a firearm while unlawfully present in the United States.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Port Arthur man has been arrested and charged in connection with federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


McLaughlin Man Convicted of First Degree Murder and Firearm  Charge

News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Casey Lynn Crow Ghost, age 44, of McLaughlin, South Dakota, was found guilty of First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence that Causes Death as a result of a three-day federal jury trial in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Aug. 11, 2022.


Hancock County women admits to methamphetamine charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Chellsie S. Boyer, of Weirton, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Defendant Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Defrauding American Express of More Than $4.7 Million

News Release: Defendant Used Multiple Credit Cards and Bank Accounts to Perpetrate his Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme.


News Release: BANGOR, Maine: Two New York men were convicted yesterday of Conspiracy to Commit Hobbs Act Robbery after a six-day jury trial in U.S. District Court in Bangor, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


Vermilion County Resident Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Counterfeiting

News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Jacob R. Kirkley, 45, of the 100 block of North Vermilion Street in Potomac, Illinois, has been sentenced to twenty-seven months in the federal Bureau of Prisons for counterfeiting U.S. Currency and passing counterfeit U.S. Currency.


Harrison County man admits to fentanyl charge

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Curtis Jones, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a fentanyl charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Denver, Colorado, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 20, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


New York Woman Sentenced For Smuggling Suboxone Into Prison

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on August 4, 2022, Jessika Ann Sanders, age 34, of New York, was sentenced to three and a half months’ imprisonment to be followed by a two-year term of supervised release by Chief United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, for providing contraband in prison.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal jury in Laredo has convicted a 45-year-old man of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - George D. Robinson, age 38, of Watertown, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve 52 months in federal prison for his convictions for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Carla B.


Lyft Driver with Pending Warrant Indicted for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon Following Car Crash

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A federal grand jury in Indianapolis returned an indictment late yesterday charging Terrance Clarke, 34, of Athens, Georgia, with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.


Pallone On Signing Of The Chips And Science Act Into Law


BIS Issues Charging Letter Against Chinese Company Far East Cable For Violating U.S. Export Controls Related To Shipments To Iran


Chief Scientist John Abowd Receives Champion of Freedom Award



West Valley Worker Feedback Leads to Safe Deactivation on Path to Major Demolition


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Keechant L. Sewell, Police Commissioner for the City of New York (“NYPD"), announced today...


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Lakeshia Nicole Simon, 23, and Tyana Bly, also known as “Biggie," 22, both of Beckley, each pleaded guilty today to straw purchasing roles in a conspiracy to traffic over 130 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia.