News from August 2013
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013 is National Park Service Founders Day and Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to experience their national parks here on the Outer Banks.The day will be a "fee free" day at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today a federal jury found St. Landry Parish School Board member Quincy Richard Sr., 51, of Opelousas, La., guilty of taking bribes for his vote in favor of a former candidate for St. Landry Parish Superintendent. United States District Judge Richard T. Haik presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Stephanie Vandervier, age 28, of Timber Lake, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 19, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged her with Misprision of a Felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - On Aug. 16, 2013, a federal jury convicted Steven Frank Boitano with filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage woman has been sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for her role in an investment fraud scheme which targeted small investors in Anchorage in 2011 and 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has recognized two staff members from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for their significant contributions to national and international standardization activities, as well as ongoing commitment to their industry, their nation and the enhancement of the global voluntary consensus standards system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: Bostwick Laboratories, Inc. (“Bostwick") has entered into a civil settlement agreement in which it agreed to pay the United States $503,668.00 to resolve allegations that the company made illegal payments to induce certain physicians to utilize Bostwick’s laboratory testing services - some of which were not medically necessary under the circumstances.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was convicted in federal court today of her role in a conspiracy that was responsible for distributing hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in Jackson County, Mo.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: A new report * by biometric researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses data from thousands of frequent travelers enrolled in an iris recognition program to determine that no consistent change occurs in the distinguishing texture of their irises for at least a decade. These findings inform identity program administrators on how often iris images need to be recaptured to maintain accuracy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013 is National Park Service Founders Day and Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to experience their national parks here on the Outer Banks.The day will be a "fee free" day at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William, J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ronald Beaton, 68, of Waterloo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: For Sexually Assaulting Two Women. -Separate Incidents Took Place Within a Three-Week Period This Year-. WASHINGTON - James Parks, also known as Antonio Parks, 22, of Washington, D.C. has been sentenced to a 44-month prison term for two sexual assaults that he committed earlier this year, U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Aug. 16, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, SAM VERNON WINDY BOY, JR., a 68-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: Winick Masterminded Fraudulent Schemes That Reached Across At Least 35 Countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: 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 being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Stephanie Vandervier, age 28, of Timber Lake, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 19, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged her with Misprision of a Felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: MARK HOFMANN, age 55, a real estate developer from San Diego, California was charged in a one-count Bill of Information with wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Paul C. Schumacher, Jr., age 50, of Lowellville, Ohio, with receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possessing child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Andrew Tony Blackeagle, 32, of Kamiah, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to assault with a dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Blackeagle was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 20, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - George Hilliard, 44, of Madison, was sentence in U.S. District Court today to 21 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit theft of government property and theft of government property. He was also ordered to pay joint restitution in the amount of $20,499.00.
