News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), Antonio J. Gomez, Acting Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Sergio Velazquez, Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Brian Andrew Dunning pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose on April 15, 2013 to wire fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Boston National Historical Park Wins First Prize for iPad and Smartphone App.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A suspended Chicago pharmacist was indicted for allegedly illegally obtaining counterfeit Viagra and Cialis from China and illegally dispensing the bogus medications at his north side pharmacy. The defendant, MICHAEL MARKIEWICZ, who owns Belmont Pharmacy, 6148 West Belmont, allegedly ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Stephen Easterling, 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with robbing a Philadelphia pizza shop on Feb. 1, 2013. Easterling is charged with one count of Hobbs Act Robbery, one count of using a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of convicted felon in possession of firearm, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The defendant allegedly robbed the Little Caesars Pizza shop at 2501 Island Avenue in Philadelphia, PA.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARIA GONZALEZ, 42, of Stamford, and her husband, HENRY FERNANDO LOPEZ, 36, of Fairfield, have been charged in a federal criminal complaint with conspiring to smuggle an infant from Guatemala into the United States. GONZALEZ, who is a citizen of Argentina and a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., is also charged with passport fraud offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA -. From Saturday, April 20, through Sunday, April 28, Flagstaff Area National Monuments invites you to celebrate National Park Week with a variety of family friendly activities. Whether you are just passing through or you've lived in Northern Arizona your whole life, there is something...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Abdullahi Farah a/k/a Grey Goose, age 23, of Nashville, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of obstruction of justice and contempt of court, announced David Rivera, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC -Two data collection tools specifically developed for hydraulic fracturing are available to help regulatory agencies monitor drilling and completion operations and enhance environmental protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Officials also caution students about posting personal information on the Internet.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Park Service (NPS) will be releasing the "Feasibility Study to Implement a Non-motorized Boathouse Zone" to the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) site.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that the public comment period for the Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (ULP PEIS) has been extended to May 31, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - In the latest of a series of federal enforcement actions against the commercial marijuana industry in California, federal authorities today moved against 63 illegal marijuana stores in the City of Santa Ana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO -The Fire Chief for the Kinloch Fire Protection District, Darran Kelley, was arrested earlier today on warrants issued as a result of a federal grand jury indictment which was filed on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, charging Kelley with the unauthorized use of more than $140,000 of District...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the adoption of the Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act as an amendment to S.649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: National Park Service Solicits for. Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center Construction. LAKEWOOD, CO - The National Park Service posted a solicitation today for the construction of the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The work entails, but is not limited...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former employee in the New Jersey offices of the Vacation Ownership Group LLC admitted today to conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties by offering phony consulting services while also illegally collecting unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALI OKLU, a former New York City Police Department (“NYPD") Officer, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for participating in a scheme to illegally transport firearms, including M-16 rifles and handguns, and stolen goods across state lines. OKLU was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - David Alan Inman, 51, of Watervliet, Michigan pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, to receiving child pornography videos via the Internet, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. Inman faces a minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years of imprisonment, and he will be required to serve a term of supervised release after his prison term has been completed. Inman will also be required to register as a sexual offender.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 252,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
