News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FREEMAN LEWIS, also known as “Free," 31, of New Haven, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Custer, South Dakota, man has pled guilty to a federal income tax evasion charge.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join a National Park Service ranger at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for a tour of five historic homes from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair on Saturday, October 19 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Each tour will last approximately two hours and includes a ranger-narrated...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 30, 2013, Jeffrey Alan Sargent, age 45, of Lamont, Iowa, was sentenced to two years of probation for conspiracy to buy and sell illegally harvested ginseng, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. The crime of buying and selling illegally harvested ginseng is a felony. United States District Judge John A. Jarvey also prohibited Sargent from any involvement in the ginseng trade during the term of his probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Duneweg, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with sexually exploiting a 4-year-old child to produce child pornography. Tony Lasiter, 31, of Duneweg...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Three artists will join scientists in Southwest Colorado wilderness areas in a partnership among Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, the Colorado Art Ranch and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute. The artists will introduce themselves to interested locals in a “Meet and Greet" at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Anasazi Heritage Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Susan Spiegel, the former owner of Postal Connections of America, has pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Inspector in Charge Robert Wemyss, of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). Spiegel, 70, of Tomball, admitted she caused a loss to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) of more than $39,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: OWENSBORO, Ky. - A Leitchfield, Kentucky, man pleaded guilty this week, in United States District Court, before Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin, to a three-count federal grand jury indictment charging him with violating federal child pornography laws including the possession and distribution of child pornography announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Angeline Morago George, 36, of Plummer, Idaho, and Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiracy to commit theft from a tribal organization, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. George and co-conspirator Billy E. Moffitt, 26, of Plummer and Lewiston, Idaho, were charged in a federal indictment on May 21, 2013. Moffitt pleaded guilty to the charge on August 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Arsalan Shemirani, 30, an Iranian citizen, has been sentenced in the District of Columbia to 48 months in prison for conspiracy to illegally export more than 3,000 electronic components from the United States to Iran through Hong Kong. Shemirani was also sentenced to forfeiture in the amount of $187,305.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Background On The Broker-Dealer, BANDES, And Banfoandes.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, in partnership with the Big South Fork Mountain Biking Club, will be holding a ribbon cutting ceremony for the official opening of the Kentucky mountain bike trail on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 28. The ceremony will take place at...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Aug. 27, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted Donald W. Rees (age: 42) of Racine, Wisconsin for illegally making, possessing, and transferring homemade pipe guns. Rees was charged with two counts of illegally...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. September 3: Live Webinar on Tying Energy Efficiency to Compensation and Performance Reviews. Webinar Sponsor: EERE's Better Buildings Challenge. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Tying Energy Efficiency to Compensation and Performance Reviews" on Tuesday...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: LAKE MEAD INSTITUTE OFFERING FREE 2-CREDIT HOUR TEACHER WORKSHOP.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Cedric Keith Oliphant has entered a plea of guilty for falsifying client returns, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Bernard Butler, acting special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: The Shoshonean peoples of the Eastern Great Basin and Western Plains hunted seasonally in what is now Grand Teton National Park and left behind a sizeable archeological record. Their modern-day descendants still live in the region and have maintained their languages and cultural practices. A tribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Kyle Splattstoesser, age 43, of Ritzville, Washington, was sentenced after having previously pleaded guilty on May 14, 2013 to Possession of Child Pornography. Senior United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Former Agriprocessors, Inc., manager Hosam Amara pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Amara, age 48, formerly of Postville, Iowa, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY--Women's Rights National Historical Park will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with several programs, including an artwork exhibition by the renowned artist Andrea Arroyo.
