News from April 2013
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the reopening of two trails that have been closed since 2011 after receiving extensive damage from a F4 Tornado in the western end of the Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA announce success in sixth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day; over 2 tons of drugs collected.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding news that the Intelligence Community Inspectors General Forum will conduct an intelligence review of the Boston Marathon Bombings...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Antonio Moses, 32, of Washington D.C., has been sentenced to a 14-year prison term for sexually assaulting a woman in 2008, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following comment on the resignation of Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes:
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking dairy producer and importer organizations to nominate candidates to serve on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Nominations must be submitted by May 30, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux announced that the KIAMANI A. BEASLEY, 27, of Jeanerette, Louisiana, pled guilty today before United States District Court Judge James J. Brady to defrauding the Louisiana Association of Community Action Partners, a non-profit organization which...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAYREN WYNN, 23, also known as “Rich Boy," of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to two counts of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack cocaine").
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, an inmate who last month escaped from the Federal Prison Camp in Duluth was charged with one count of escape from custody. Gerald James Greenfield, age 67, of Bloomington, was apprehended following six days on the run.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Morgan Bagola, age 21, of Bullhead, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on April 30, 2013, and pled guilty to Count II of the indictment that charged him with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The maximum...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Jefferson City, Mo., attorney has been indicted for his role in a conspiracy to commit marriage fraud in order to evade immigration laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Fraud Resulted in More Than $10 Million in Fraudulently Obtained Loan Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Apr. 30, 2013, Leslie H. Ashmore, 46, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison, by the Honorable Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, he will be subject to supervised release for five years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Alexander MacIver, 23, of Ball, La., pleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to possessing child pornography on his computer.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Washington - In light of large supplies of sugar on the U.S. market, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will take the following actions under the waiver authority of the Refined Sugar Re-Export Program.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: The Bandy Creek Visitor Center in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting an informal coffee with the ranger program on Saturday, May 4, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Bring any questions you have and come join National Park Service rangers for a free cup of coffee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Birmingham woman pleaded guilty today to participating in a multi-state identity-theft and counterfeit-check scheme that included recruiting homeless people to cash the fraudulent checks, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Keith Morris, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr., and U.S. Secret Service Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeff Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man was convicted by a federal jury today of possessing about a kilogram of cocaine that was discovered hidden in his suitcase aboard a Greyhound bus as he traveled through Kansas City.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: TUSKEGEE, AL - Join the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) and become an important member of a cadre of dedicated individuals who work and play in the national parks. As a member of the Youth Conservation Corps you will personally have a role in protecting the nation's precious resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announced today that Florence Chigozie Nna, a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and a Legal Permanent Resident of the United States, was sentenced to six (6) months imprisonment following a jury verdict in which she and her co-defendant were found guilty...
