News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Myron Dubray, age 26, of Rosebud, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on April 9, 2013 and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged him with Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: The Government must live up to its responsibility and provide for the eventual safe disposal of commercial spent fuel that is currently stored at these sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 52-year-old Coon Rapids man pleaded guilty to stealing prosthetics and related supplies from the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview and selling them online. Specifically, Peter Stasica pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Stasica, who was charged on March 8, 2013, entered his plea before United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: NPS enters its busy season hobbled by the Sequester and budget cuts that are adversely affecting park operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK- U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 11, 2013, Vincent Espinoza, 22, New Town, N.D., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of assaulting and resisting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on April 9, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Kimberly S. Daniels, 46, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee in Oakland, California, pleaded guilty yesterday to filing a false United States Individual Income Tax Return, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Assistant Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice’s Tax Division Kathryn Keneally, and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is now accepting applications for the 2013 summer Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program.Ten YCC enrollees and leader positions will be recruited.These positions will be located at Spring Canyon, Keller Ferry, Fort Spokane, Gifford, Evans and Kettle Falls.Please...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The National Park Service welcomes Boston Outdoor Recreation, Inc. as the new concessioner to the Key Bridge Boathouse, formerly known as Jack's Boathouse.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: A Galion, Ohio, man was sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to a child-pornography charge, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Boston - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine base.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., woman has been sentenced in federal court for fraudulently receiving federal disaster benefits following the May 22, 2011 tornado.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: LENNIE BROWN, age 23, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday to 60 months of incarceration by United States District Court Judge Susie Morgan for two arsons that were committed in Gentilly in 2010, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - A 15-year-old San Rafael, CA boy who fell 25 feet into a steaming earth crack at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Wednesday night was pulled to safety by Park Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A woman from Kansas City, Kan., has been charged with preparing fraudulent federal income tax returns for 13 people, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a legislative hearing on the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 (H.R. 1406). Introduced by Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), the bill would allow private-sector employers to offer workers the choice of paid time off or ‘comp time’ for working overtime hours. Members discussed how the commonsense legislation would help more Americans meet the demands of family and the workplace.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: A federal jury this morning in Midland convicted David Julius “Cowboy" McMillian, 56, of interstate transportation of a stolen 1.5 million BTU indirect heater. McMillian, who resides in Mountain Pine, Arkansas, faces up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on July 11, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A North Attleboro woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court for taking over $112,000 from the bank where she was employed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A woman in Wichita, Kan., has been charged with selling counterfeit merchandise with the labels of famous designers including Prada, Coach, Chanel and Luis Vuitton, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Ithaca, N.Y., are collaborating on development of a technology that could lead to new ways of disrupting how insects transmit viruses to crops.