News from August 2013
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service ("Service") released a prospectus soliciting proposals for a business opportunity to operate marina and retail facilities including headboat and charter boat fishing trips and related visitor services at the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center within Cape Hatteras National Seashore ("Park").
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Project Ceasefire. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of illegally possessing a firearm, his second federal conviction for that offense. Mario A. Thibeaux, 39, of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Roderick Sutton, 29, of Jackson, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: GREGORY R. ALEXANDER, age 35, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana pled guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a violation of the National Firearms Registration Act, specifically possession of a destructive device commonly known as a gasoline bomb, which was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, announced U.S. Attorney Dana Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Law Enforcement testimony revealed that defendant possessed over 1,000 videos and 100 images depicting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed earlier today charges a 43-year-old Red Lake man with sexually abusing a woman on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. The indictment, which was filed on July 23, 2013, charges Alan James Lussier with one count of sexual abuse. The indictment was unsealed following Lussier’s initial appearance in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Jessika Green, Khyber Law, and Starkisha Benson were charged in a 22 count indictment on Aug. 20, 2013, with wire fraud, conspiracy to file false claims, filing false claims, effecting fraudulent transactions with an access device, theft of public money, and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The National Park Service is seeking volunteers with an interest in helping young people discover the beauty and history of the Santa Monica Mountains. The deadline to submit an application is September 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Douglas Hollingsworth was sentenced yesterday to 64 months in prison and ordered to pay $4.9 million in restitution for defrauding numerous individuals in connection with an approximately five-year long Ponzi scheme, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 47-year-old Minneapolis felon pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm for possessing a.357-caliber revolver, a rifle and two shotguns. Carl Craig Larson, who was indicted on June 18, 2013, entered his plea before United States District Judge Susan Richard Nelson.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: CALLVILLE BAY LAUNCH RAMP UNDERGOING $1.35 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that an Anchorage man was sentenced today to a total of nine years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the government and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 1 month incarceration on his conviction for possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Jacksonville, Ill., man, James Trotter, 27, no street address available, arrested yesterday, made his initial appearance this afternoon in federal court in Springfield before U.S. Magistrate Judge Byron G. Cudmore. Trotter was ordered to remain detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. A trial date of Oct. 1, 2013, has been scheduled before U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kenneth J. Croke, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Boston Field Division, announced that DAVID LAGUERCIA, 56, of Broad Brook, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to violating federal firearms laws. LAGUERCIA was the owner and operator of Riverview Gun Sales, located at 4 Prospect Hill Road in East Windsor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: KEITH J. PENDARVIS, age 38, a resident of Kentwood, Louisiana, was charged today in an indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for failure to register as a sex offender, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: Free public transportation to Everglades National Park from the City of Homestead will be available on weekends this winter from approximately November to May. The popular, free Homestead community trolley service will add the national parks to its weekend routes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced xavier deshawn lymas, 24, jessie gomez, 26, and LIONEL BERNARD NEWMAN, 23, all of Fayetteville. LYUMAS received 200 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Exit Glacier Campground Closed from Thursday 8/22 through Sunday 8/25.
