News from August 2013
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: Adding nickel and phosphite to an existing fungicide spray regimen may help growers thwart pecan scab, a scourge to pecan growers in Georgia, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park will waive entrance fees on August 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - - Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced today that Indianapolis physician Dr. Segun Rasaki has been charged with 24 felonies for allegedly writing prescriptions for painkiller medications without a legitimate purpose, outside the usual course of professional practice or without...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: The former Vice President of a Detroit based construction management firm entered a plea of guilty today as part of the ongoing federal investigation and prosecution involving the Garden View Estates public housing project in Detroit, Michigan, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Derek Walton, age 31, of Liberty, has been charged with child exploitation. Hogsett said the filing of formal charges comes as his office has launched Operation Community Watch, a new effort which aims to reduce the abuse of Hoosier children through innovative investigative techniques and aggressive prosecution.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: One of America’s newest national parks now has its first superintendent. Northeast Regional Director Dennis R. Reidenbach has selected Cherie Butler, a 21-year veteran of the National Park Service, as superintendent of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument. Butler has been serving as the monument’s acting superintendent since March of this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jo Ann White Buffalo, age 48, of White River, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 12, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged her with conspiracy to distribute between 50 and 100 kilograms of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A former resident of Pacific City pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing more than $70,000 from the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS), and Medicaid. Peter C. Byrne, 87, admitted before U.S. District Court Judge Garr M. King...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Kansas City, Mo., police detectives and an FBI agent have received the Guardian of Justice Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Saelee Fahn Meng, aka Kathy Ming Lee, 54, and her husband, John Yaohinh Lee, 54, of Waterford, Calif., entered guilty pleas today for their involvement in growing 491 marijuana plants on their strawberry farm near Waterford High School, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Arnold Tobias Gervais, has been sentenced for defrauding the IRS out of more than $3.4 million in federal income tax refunds while he was in state custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
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By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: This year marks the 97th anniversary of the National Park Service and everyone is invited to join the party! The Southeast Utah Group of parks (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) will join the other 400+ units of the National Park Service in celebration...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: A Sandusky man was sentenced to three months in federal custody and ordered to pay $489,007 in restitution after for making a false distress call that caused a massive search on Lake Erie, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Luis Perez-Barocela, 38, has been ordered to prison for more than 24 years for his participation in a large drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. A federal jury in Corpus Christi found Perez-Barocela, of Houston, guilty after three days of trial and less than three hours of deliberation on Thursday, May 30, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Laurence Pullen was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that William Knox, age 64, was sentenced today in Omaha by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 12 months plus 1 day in federal prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release following his convictions on two counts of violating federal...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: In celebration of the 97th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS), all 401 national park units-including Chiricahua National Monument-will waive entrance fees on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Known as "Founder's Day", this event observes the creation of the NPS through an act of Congress back in 1916.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: In celebration of the 97th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS), all 401 national park units-including Chiricahua National Monument-will waive entrance fees on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Known as "Founder's Day", this event observes the creation of the NPS through an act of Congress back in 1916.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A California man was sentenced late Friday afternoon for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain high-value cellular phones from retail stores in California, Arizona and New Mexico and to resell the cellular phones for profit. Joshua Ferdman, 25, of Woodland Hills, Cal., was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. Ferdman also was ordered to pay $45,715.59 restitution to the victims of the criminal scheme.
