News from April 2013
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball, announced today the reopening of Frank Key Channel in Florida Bay to the public. The closure buoys in Frank Key Channel have been replaced with no wake signs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, Hector Lopez, the former president of the Metal Polishers Union (Local 8A-28A) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Local 8A-28A welfare fund, pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and tax evasion. The guilty plea proceeding was held before United States District Judge Allyne R. Ross, at the U.S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Clarion County, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of interstate transportation of a minor for the purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual activity and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Christopher Espinoza, 37, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 9, 2013, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to seven years in prison by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for receipt of child pornography. After his release from prison, Espinoza will be required to serve a five year term of supervised release, and be registered as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Gunnison Field Office is planning to begin a prescribed burn for the Indian Creek fuels treatment project as early as Tuesday, April 9 or as condition allow through the end of spring 2013. The Indian Creek project area is approximately 200 acres in size...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Calvin Tenorio, Sr., 65, a member and resident of Kewa Pueblo, pleaded guilty earlier today to an indictment charging him with abusive sexual contact of minor less than 12 years of age. Tenorio entered his guilty plea without the benefit of any plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A North Andover man was sentenced today in federal court for financial institution fraud and interstate transporting of stolen property.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: RIFLE, Colo. - More than 40 volunteers removed nearly seven tons of garbage from public land north of Rifle on Saturday as part of an annual clean-up sponsored by High Country 4 Wheelers and White River Trail Runners.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill. woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of tax fraud. ANNA MARTINEZ, 44, was charged with three counts of filing a false income tax return with the United States Internal Revenue Service. The alleged false returns Martinez filed were for tax years 2006, 2007, and 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Wood County man admits collecting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: LONDON, KY - A London cattle company was indicted for falsifying records related to an investigation into selling animals containing medical drugs in their system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Christine Tufts, age 43, of Virginia, has agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud. Tufts was indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton on Aug. 14, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: General Douglas MacArthur once said, “A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced David Dwinell yesterday to 27 years in federal prison for bank robbery and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The court also ordered Dwinell to forfeit $13,786.50, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a restitution order in the amount of $38,882.50, the amount stolen from the banks. Dwinell pleaded guilty on Jan. 10, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager announced today that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) highlighted an annual report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that identifies potentially overlapping, duplicative, or fragmented government...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: House Republicans, led by Representative Martha Roby (R-AL), today introduced legislation that will remove an unnecessary federal restriction on the private-sector and help Americans better balance family and work. The Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 (H.R. 1406) would allow private-sector workers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - William M. Bowman, 34, formerly of Bowie, Md., was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for conspiring to distribute large quantities of cocaine in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston area couple were arrested today and charged with sex trafficking a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Harold Pete, 29, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Kirtland, N.M., pled guilty this morning to discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
