News from April 2013
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: MISSOURI- It is no joke that on April 1 the National Park Service launched the 14th annual National Historic Landmark Photo Contest. Grab your camera and join the excitement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: DARRYL JASMIN, age 28, a resident of Edgard, Louisiana, was sentenced today to 60 months incarceration by the U.S. District Court Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. Judge Lemmon ordered that JASMIN be placed on 4 years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment, during which time the defendant will be under federal supervision and risks an additional term of imprisonment should he violate any terms of supervised release.
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: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joseph M. Yesvetz, age 57, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, pled guilty in federal court today in Scranton before U.S. District Judge Robert D. Mariani to making a false claim for benefits under the Department of Labor’s Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed late yesterday charges a 61-year-old Rochester woman with defrauding an elderly couple out of more than $840,000. The indictment, which was filed on April 15, 2013, specifically charges Carolyn Jean Cassar with one count of wire fraud. The indictment was unsealed following Cassar’s initial appearance in federal court.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: A more comprehensive and consistent system for modeling phosphorus loss is now available, thanks to work by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Arthur L. Long, Jr., 25, and Jeremy Stanton, 26, all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged on April 18, 2013 by Indictment with conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, in a scheme using counterfeit access device cards to make purchases at retail stores, such as Macy’s, Victoria’s Secret, J. Crew, Gap, Modells and Target, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: A prescribed fire project is planned in the North Fork area of Glacier National Park, approximately four miles northwest of Polebridge, in the next month. Approximately 175 acres are planned to be burned in the Big Prairie area, depending on weather and fuel conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jay Dunlap was convicted of defrauding his ex-partners and banks and other lenders in an equity-stripping scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Jose Manuel Bernal-Castanera, a/k/a “Pepe Ayala Trevino," 28, of New Castle, Delaware, was charged today by Indictment with one count of illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about Oct. 12, 2012, Bernal-Castanera...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHARLES MATTHEW WILSON, also known as “Matt," 26, of Roanoke, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a conspiracy to traffic firearms from Virginia to Connecticut.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), releasing today the second in a series of white papers examining a number of issues emerging with the current system. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Dr. Lynn E. Foret, 63, of Lake Charles, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard T. Haik to defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies out of close to $1 million.
By State Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, continued to fight against human trafficking around the world by calling on the Obama Administration to promptly and publicly identify countries that have failed to adequately crack down on human trafficking activities within their borders, in compliance with the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Albany, New York--RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, announces that seven United States Postal Service employees have plead guilty to making false statements to obtain unemployment benefits to which they were not entitled. These guilty pleas are part of an ongoing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: In Eagle Pass, Texas, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents along with Texas Department Public Safety agents arrested 35-year-old Hipolito Amaya, owner of AM-ROD Construction based in Eagle Pass, in connection with an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Olympic National Park, together with National Park Service sites across the country, will waive entrance fees April 22 through 26 in celebration of National Park Week.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
Release: San Diego, CA, April 18, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted the problem of increased childhood hunger during months when school is not in session. At an event at Colina Del Sol Recreation Center, he called on communities across the country to partner with USDA's Summer Food Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Ray Allen Flener, 24, of Sesser, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he made a false statement to a federal officer and he conveyed a false threat.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Van Buren, MO - Beginning on March 1, 2013, Federal law required Ozark National Scenic Riverways to reduce its annual budget.The park must reduce and absorb the cut in the remaining six months of this fiscal year that ends September 30th.
