News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Salvatore J. Marcera, Jr., 52, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to four felony charges of filing a false personal income tax return. Each count carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: A Sioux City man was sentenced Aug. 21, 2013, to six years in federal prison for his illegal possession of a firearm.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) will join Barry Schoch, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, as Carnegie Mellon University’s driverless 2011 Cadillac SRX transports them from surburban Cranberry to Pittsburgh International Airport. The vehicle...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) will make the fourth stop on their national tax reform tour Monday, September 9, in Memphis, Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a grand jury has handed down a four count indictment charging Allen M. Young, 37, of Barker, N.Y., with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of methylone, a Schedule I controlled substance, conspiracy, possession...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) Superintendent Dusty Shultz announced today that the National Park Service proposes to restore, as much as practicable, the hydrological connection between the Mill Pond and Little Glen Lake.To do so, the National Lakeshore will prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) which will describe and analyze alternatives for this hydrological connection.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Sanborn Map Company Inc. is a photogrammetric mapping and geographic information system services company headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sanborn operated a regional office in Chesterfield, Missouri, until December, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - FATHER WILLIAM F. VATTEROTT of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for possession of child pornography between June 2010 and June 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Susan L. Boudreau announced today that the 13-knot vessel speed limit in Lower Glacier Bay will be raised to 20 knots through the water due to a decrease in the number of humpback whales in the area. This change goes into effect beginning at 5AM Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. Office of Public Affairs. LUFKIN - Harold’s House is hosting the East Texas Child Abuse Conference on Sept. 12-13, 2013 at Courtyard by Marriott. This is the first conference of its kind in East Texas, bringing together federal, state and local officials across all fields of investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Albert Franklin, Jr., a/k/a Frank Nitty, 51, of Nashville, Tennessee was convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court in Nashville yesterday, of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute Oxycodone; using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime; and possession of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: (KNOXVILLE, Tenn -.) On Aug. 29, 2013, a press conference was held at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Knoxville, Tenn., to present 19 local and state law enforcement agencies with their share of funds forfeited in the case of U.S. v. Francisco Javier Cruz-Ramirez, et. al.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Noe Gonzalez, 29, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court in Pocatello to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 93.53 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia,Aug. 30, 2013- There is still time to capture a snapshot of history and enter the Hidden History Photo Contest! This amateur photo contest and the exhibits to follow will showcase the talents of local photographers (adult and youth), while emphasizing the rich historical treasures...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Christopher Thompson, Jr., 24, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was found guilty today of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 13-year old Choctaw male in the Bogue Chitto community of the Choctaw Indian reservation in Kemper County, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. The criminal trial was held before U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III, in Jackson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 105 months in prison after pleading guilty to drug and gun charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas-Stephen Carpenter, 33, of Slaton, Texas, appeared in federal court today, before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. Carpenter, who is on bond, faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in federal prison, a $250,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2013
News Release: A Belleville man pled guilty in federal court on Aug. 30, 2013, to Possession of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Terel D. Noble, a/k/a ARelman,@ 30, faces a term...
