News from August 2013
By DOT News Wire | Aug 12, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Aug. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.---U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that David B. Patel, 39, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, was arrested in Niagara Falls, New York, and has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by an alien and with making a materially false statement to a U.S. Customs and Border...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: “We understand the economic significance this historic oyster fishery has for fishermen and related businesses in the panhandle of Florida," said Secretary Pritzker. “Because the drought caused such a decline in oyster landings and a rather significant drop in revenue, the fishery qualified as a resource disaster under the nation’s fishing law."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - Following a two-month long trial in U.S. District Court a federal jury today convicted James J. Bulger, for the murder of 11 people, as well as numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: ASHLAND, KY - Melvin Charles Schoch, Jr., 30, was sentenced today to 75 months in federal prison for attempting to possess with intent to distribute Oxycodone and using a firearm during a drug offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Hollywood doctor pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal drug trafficking charge for writing hundreds of prescriptions for various controlled substances after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe drugs. James William Eisenberg, 72, who resides in the Venice district of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to one count distribution of hydrocodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Yu Jiang, age 30, and Christy Wen Zu, age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, have been charged with one count of conspiracy to transport, harbor and encourage illegal aliens to reside in the United States. The charge is contained in an Information filed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Belmont resident was charged today in federal court with securities fraud, for trading on material non-public information regarding his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - Following a two-month long trial, the jury convicted James J. Bulger, holding him responsible for the murder of 11 people, as well as numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession. Sentencing will begin on Nov. 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The sentence was ordered to be served consecutively to any sentence imposed after his revocation of probation in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Friday August 9 at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call from a park volunteer with a report of an unconscious male hiker on the North Kaibab Trail approximately one half of a mile below the trailhead within Grand Canyon National...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 will be a Family Fun Day at Wright Brothers National Memorial as the National Park Service and the First Flight Society celebrate National Aviation Day. National Aviation Day has, historically, been proclaimed as a day of national observance. August 19 was selected as National Aviation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A jury in federal court in Portland convicted Miles Julison, 40, of two counts of filing false claims against the United States. The defendant, a resident of Clackamas and a former real estate investor, was found guilty on August 9th, 2013, after he filed tax returns for the years 2007...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: MOOSE, WY - A slight misstep on a rocky trail up Blacktail Butte triggered the ground-based rescue of an injured hiker Saturday evening, August 10. Claude Belliot, age 53, of New York State seriously injured her ankle on a steep section of the trail just before 6 p.m. while hiking near the butte's summit with a companion.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FL: The Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery is now showcasing works from the Artist-in-Residence-in-Everglades (AIRIE) program. The exhibit features donated works inspired by the amazing diversity of birds in Everglades National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Works By Warhol, Rothko, Lichtenstein, And Hirst Among Those Transferred.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Freddie Matthew Sergent, 31, of Telford, Tenn., was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2013, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 18 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a man pleaded guilty to evading taxes for tax years 2006-2009. Roger Martin Pedley pleaded guilty to four counts of tax evasion. Pedley, who was indicted on April 9, 2013, entered his plea before Chief United States District Judge Michael J. Davis.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - In celebration of the National Park Service's 97th birthday all 401 national park units, including Grand Canyon National Park will waive entrance fees on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Hashim Sharif, 39, of Philadelphia, PA was charged today by Information with one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme that, collectively, defrauded victims out of approximately $1 million, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
