News from April 2013
By DOT News Wire | Apr 19, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARRELL DAVIS, also known as “Baller," 34, of West Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service invites visitors to take the Whiskeytown Waterfall Challenge during National Park week, which begins Saturday, April 20 and runs through Sunday, April 28 (click here to visit the "Waterfalls of Whiskeytown" page). A great way to complete the Whiskeytown Waterfall challenge is...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: The Outer Banks Group parks--Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial-- are special places with special stories. Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to explore these national park sites during National Park Week, April 20-28.These are some fun facts about the Outer Banks Group parks that you may, or may not, have known?
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On April 19, 2013, Shaneika Earline Sims, 30, of Casa Grande, Ariz. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $403,002 in restitution. After her release from prison, Sims will serve a 36 month term of supervised release. Sims pleaded guilty on Nov. 7, 2012, to conspiracy to defraud the government through false claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Robert Stanley Ziolkowski, 66, of Adel, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge M. Casey Rogers to serve 360 months in federal prison for travel with the intent to engage in sexual activity with a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Jonathan Paul Jimenez (28) to 10 years in federal prison for making a false statement to a federal agency in a matter involving international terrorism, and conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Jimenez was...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Experience local history as it comes alive at Fort Caroline National Memorial. Join the annual commemoration of the anniversary of the French naval expedition that came to Florida in 1562. This event will include special living history and Junior Ranger programs on Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The programs are part of Jacksonville's French Week celebration to be held April 25 through May 4, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Toni Weirauch, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), and Thomas H. Mattox, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Pointed Firearm At Teller; Captured By Seattle Police Just Blocks Away.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - A federal grand jury returned two indictments on April 16, 2013, charging 12 individuals with methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine related conspiracy offenses. The indictments were announced by Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On April 18, 2013, Michael Fredrick Harrison, a 36 year old resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to 24 months in prison for possessing firearms after a felony conviction, announced United States Attorney Nicholas...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) issued the following statement today after Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta announced that a five percent budget reduction due to sequestration would result in the furloughing of thousands of air traffic controllers and potentially disrupt the travel plans of the flying public...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: On April 17, 2013, Terry C. Zimmerman, 36, of Marion, Ill., was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 46-year-old woman was sentenced for assaulting another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute in Waseca, Minnesota. United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis sentenced Felecia Thomas to 41 months in federal prison on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. Thomas was indicted on May 15, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Jan. 11, 2013, by offering a “straight plea" and did not enter into a plea agreement.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park will designate the Brown's Farm Trail in Owens Creek Picnic Area as part of the Kids in Parks program originally developed by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 26.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Petrified Forest-To honor Earth Day every day, park employees at Petrified Forest National Park have been working long-term to reduce the carbon footprint of the park, save energy, and showcase the value of renewable energy. "I'm proud of the significant progress made to 'Go Green' as we serve our visitors and the resources of this park," says park superintendent Brad Traver.
