News from August 2013
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: An acorn, an ancient goddess, life-size soldiers. The veterans who placed monuments at Chickamauga Battlefield chose intricate designs to carve in stone. What do these symbols and images mean? As part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special program at Chickamauga Battlefield on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 at 2 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that former professional tax return preparers Greene Wylie Sheppard, Sabrina Johnson-Lavant and Chandra Henderson were sentenced this month to serve 56 months, 18 months, and 8 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on August 9, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, RONALD JAY MILLER, a 56-year-old resident of Helena, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Yesterday, SAMUEL ALPHONSO NIMO, 62, from Owings Mills, Maryland, pled guilty to illegally shipping firearms to the Republic of Ghana and to defrauding the Social Security Administration, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jason Berg, 22, of Buffalo, N.Y., Jeffery Turner, 23, of Buffalo, NY, and Donovan Devost, 20, of Buffalo, NY, were separately indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for bank robbery. Each defendant faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Warren of Santa Rosa was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. According to information presented in court, Warren was the Vice President of the Barbarian Brotherhood gang, also known as BBH, a gang operating in Santa Rosa.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special living history day at Chickamauga Battlefield on Saturday, August 24. Come experience the power of Civil War artillery, as park rangers and Union living historians describe what life was like...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday, charging Mark Bowden, 33, of Penn Valley, with another count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Leaders on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are seeking more information from two health care groups that may have received preferential treatment from the New York’s Medicaid Inspector General after prominent political allies, including former Pennsylvania Governor Ed...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: The restrooms at the Asan Beach Unit of War in the Pacific National Historical Park will be intermittently closed over the next several weeks due to sewage removal issues. Closures will most likely occur on the week days, but may be required at any time. Weekly pumping of the lift station will keep the...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: The Upper Falls Fire southwest of Barnes Point at Lake Crescent continues to smolder in an area of steep, rugged terrain upslope of Marymere Falls.The fire is holding within established fire lines and continues to remain 1.5 acres in size.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that the leader of a drug conspiracy involving seven South-central Alaska residents pled guilty in federal court. The six other co-conspirators have previously pled guilty to federal drug charges stemming from a conspiracy to possess and distribute methylone.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Friday, August 9, 2013. Funding will Support Initiatives in Taylorsville, Layton, and South Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs has awarded Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: SULPHUR, OK- Top regional officials of the National Park Service (NPS) met with leaders of the Chickasaw Nation in late June to explore new forms of collaboration between the tribe and Chickasaw National Recreation Area, which the Park Service manages and oversees.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Tennessee man was sentenced today in federal court to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $75,000 in criminal fines and forfeiture for committing Medicare fraud and paying kickbacks to health care professionals.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia,August 9, 2013- It’s butterfly season in the gorge! These colorful beauties can be seen throughout the area, including on this Saturday’s park walk along the Bluestone River. This is one of several ranger-guided walks and informal talks in New River Gorge National River and Bluestone...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: RONALD BREAUX, age 67, of Raceland, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U. S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown for a crime involving the sexual exploitation of children, announced United States Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, and Congressman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Crime, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Robin Gattis, the leader of a drug conspiracy involving seven South-central Alaska residents pled guilty today in federal court to drug conspiracy involving Methylone. The six other co-conspirators have previously pled guilty to federal drug charges stemming from a conspiracy to possess and distribute Methylone.
