News from April 2013
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Although the majority of the park will be open this season, Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that sequestration-related budget cuts will result in reduced services and facility closures at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Effective March 1, 2013, the park was required...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Danh Ngoc Nguyen, co-owner of Pho Danh Restaurant in Houston, has entered a plea of guilty to filing of a false federal income tax return, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). The plea was entered late yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: ANSELMO CAPILLANES, age 48, a citizen of the Phillipines, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to a one-count bill of information for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, Title 33, United States Code, Section 1908, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 2, 2013, Paul A. Bonilla, 40, Riverside, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of theft within Indian country. Bonilla pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 18, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: Below are remarks delivered by Ranking Member Cummings at an event today at the National Press Club titled, “A Reality Check on Congressional Gun Legislation." He discussed his bipartisan bill to combat gun trafficking and address gun violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: APRIL 02 ( - PORTLAND, Maine) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Maine United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Kenneth Pelletier, 49, of Lyman, Maine, was sentenced to 18 ½ years in prison and 10 years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Luis Guzman, 23, of Rochester, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The firearm charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both and the drug charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 1, 2013, Kelbert Jay Nez, 22, of Leupp, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snowto 180 months imprisonment. Nez pleaded guilty to sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: Three Co-defendants Await Sentencing. POCATELLO - Three co-defendants in Eastern Idaho were sentenced in United States District Court yesterday for drug trafficking and related charges, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today. The defendants appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service will conduct a prescribed burn near the Sandstone Visitor Center sometime during the first two weeks of April, when weather conditions permit. Wind speed and direction, humidity and other factors will be considered before the Fire Management Officer can determine the exact date...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: Lakewood, Colo.- The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado will host a competitive coal lease sale at 10 a.m. on May 29, 2013, for a Lease By Application filed by Blue Mountain Energy Inc., for a 3,155-acre tract in Rio Blanco and Moffat counties.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Dimon: We write today to encourage you to take every available step to prevent online payday lenders from accessing funds from consumer accounts when they are clearly operating in violation of state law. On Feb. 23, 2013, the New York Times published an article entitled “Major Banks Aid...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: Visitors to Kalaloch Lodge on the Olympic Peninsula's Pacific Ocean shore will learn about gray whales, sea otters and endangered orcas that frequent the area, thanks to a partnership between The Whale Trail, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and Olympic National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Bring your family and friends to explore the twenty-two acres of Springfield Armory National Historic Site and the Armory museum.Numerous special experiences for young people will be offered throughout April school vacation and National Park Weeks from April 13 to 27, 2013. Admission is free.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on April 1, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, RYAN JAMES PARKER, a 26-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was sentenced to a term of.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will deliver the keynote address at the National Press Club Newsmakers event, “A Reality Check on Congressional Gun Legislation," and discuss the critical need for gun safety legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: A patient recruiter for a Miami health care company was sentenced yesterday to serve 36 months in prison for his participation in a $20 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida; Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of escape from custody, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Arlene Gerson, 46, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and attempted distribution of oxycodone, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Sentencing has been set for July 12, 2013 before the Honorable Stewart Dalzell of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She faces an advisory sentencing guideline range of 57 to 71 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Richard Howard Craft, age 69, of Thornton, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 120 months (10 years) in federal prison for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven...
