News from August 2013
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: This morning at 7:30 a.m., as recovery operations were beginning for Paul Nahon, the man who died yesterday after falling from The Narrows along the Keyhole Route, park rangers were notified of another incident. A technical climber on the east face of Longs Peak took an approximate 50 foot roped fall and suffered numerous injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on July 30, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: DENVER, Colo. - As part of the Obama Administration's strategy to spur renewable energy development on public lands and the President’s comprehensive plan to reduce carbon emissions, the Bureau of Land Management will host the first competitive auction for public lands in two Solar Energy Zones (SEZ) in Colorado on Oct. 24, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Brian Patrick Aronhalt Admits To Enticing 19 Minors To Engage In Sexually Explicit Conduct.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: The New River Gorge National River plans to open its new flagship campground to the public in the early summer of 2014. The Meadow Creek Campground, located on the banks of the New River about two miles downstream of the Sandstone Visitor Center, will offer visitors a variety of individual campsite types...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eric De Leon-Navarro Sr., 46, and Eric De Leon, Jr., 27, both of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges involving the trafficking of cocaine in Buffalo before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. Eric De Leon, Jr. admitted to distributing more than five kilograms of cocaine. Eric De Leon-Navarro, Sr. admitted to distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: The public closure at Baxter's Pinnacle and Descent Gully near the mouth of Cascade Canyon was lifted on Thursday, August 15. This area closure went into effect on May 1 to protect an active peregrine falcon nest. Due in part to the protection provided by this wildlife closure, the adult falcons successfully reared and fledged one chick.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue sadly announced that the body of twenty-year-old Amjed Hasan of Clifton, New Jersey, was recovered from the Delaware River by National Park Service (NPS) rangers at5:15 p.m. His body was spotted by two fishermen...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Saipan, MP - United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, together with Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Attorney General Joey P. San Nicolas, Honolulu Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Vida Bottom...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) on Monday will travel to Bangladesh for a three-day visit, a trip that follows the suspension of Generalized System of Preferences trade benefits for Bangladesh because of its failure to meet labor eligibility criteria. During the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Thomas Morgan, age 38, of Harrold, South Dakota, has pled guilty to an Information that charged him with Simple Assault and Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding.
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. 15, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, LOUIS MICHAEL HEALY, a 40-year-old resident of Hays and an enrolled member of the Fort Belknap Tribes, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced James Andrew Wagner, age 43, of Hagerstown, Maryland, today to four years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Judge Bennett ordered that upon his release from prison, Wagner must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Save the Date - Sept. 28, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Daniel Berger, 27, of Haskell, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., today to a charging him with one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Vincent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Mahendra Patel has pleaded guilty to conspiring with former Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jerome Oberlton to receive kickbacks in exchange for Oberlton using his influence at APS to award a $780,000 computer project to the firm.
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. 15, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, THEODORE EDWARD WHITFORD, JR., a 27-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of the federally recognized Chippewa Cree Indian Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Three Randolph County residents were indicted on August 6, 2013, on charges of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service would like to notify the public of the of environmental work in the immediate vicinity of the potable water tank at Devils Postpile National Monument (DEPO) in Madera County, California.
