News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Defendant Has Previous Federal Conviction for Voluntary Manslaughter. SALT LAKE CITY - Gregory Chauncy Checora, age 36, of Fort Duchesne, Utah, will serve 57 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm following...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE B Phillip Wayne Mathenia, 63, of Tallahassee, was sentenced yesterday to serve 120 months in federal prison, after pleading guilty on May 10, 2013, to one count of possession of child pornography. The result of the sentencing hearing was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Participation in Lassen’s second annual Dark Sky Festival was out of this world! More than 4,200 visitors attended the three-day festival from August 9 - 11. The festival celebrated one of the park’s most spectacular and often overlooked resources - it’s incredible, dark night sky. Excellent viewing conditions, a stunning meteor shower, and pronounced appreciation for a threatened resource combined to make this year’s festival truly unforgettable.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia,Aug. 16, 2013- Communities once filled the New River Gorge, each place with its own rich story. Glimpse into the history of Thurmond this weekend on guided walking tours of this famous railroad town. Several ranger-guided walks and informal talks in New River Gorge National...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Patrick R. Lambert, 56, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today to 12 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for fraud in connection with a local government receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: On Aug. 15, 2013, David A. Shockley, 36, of Murphysboro, IL, and Steven A. Zweigart, a/k/a “Swag," 36, of Steeleville, IL, were sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on an indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Paving activities will not take place this weekend, but will continue Monday for another week on the Going-to-the-Sun Road between Avalanche Creek and Logan Creek, on the west side of the park. Visitors can expect delays of approximately 20 minutes in this area during paving activities. A pilot vehicle will be used to provide traffic control.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: LUFKIN, Texas - Houston-based Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast has paid $4.3 million to resolve civil allegations under the False Claims Act in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: South Bend, IN-The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on Aug. 14, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: AMARILLO - Scott Leavitt, 39, of Shamrock, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to 21 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in May 2013 to a felony information charging one count of unlawful possession of a machine gun. Judge Robinson remanded Leavitt into custody. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Anjay Patel Will Serve 84 Months In Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Joseph Sclafani and Neil Lombardo, members of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment of 180 months and 168 months, respectively, following their April 2013 guilty pleas to conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, jointly announced today that James S. Faller II, of Russell Springs, Ky., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Bowling Green...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Nicholas Ray White Eagle, age 26, and Fawn Lynn Scott, age 20, of La Plant, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 14, 2013, and pled guilty to the Indictment that charged them with Incest.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Today the Bureau of Land Management and Routt National Forest released the Draft Northwest Colorado Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a 90-day public comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Lacey Act Violations was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - As part of its ongoing management of Colorado River reservoirs, the Bureau of Reclamation has determined that, based on the best available data projections of Lake Powell and Lake Mead reservoir elevations, under the 2007 Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five members of a massive, international counterfeit goods conspiracy have pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James Bagarozzo, 57, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of stealing $210,000 from the City of Buffalo, a Governmental agency which receives federal funding, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant has also been ordered to pay $210,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Aug. 16, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, MARK EDWIN ABRESCH, a 54-year-old resident of Great Falls, was sentenced to a term of.
