News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: FortWayne,Indiana - TheUnited States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on June 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo offers the following statement concerning the U.S. Department of Justice’s “Smart on Crime" initiative announced this week.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Motorists traveling on East Beach Road and Lyre River Road along the north shore of Lake Crescent may encounter delays of up to 20 minutes as crews resurface two short segments of road on Tuesday, August 20. Work is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and continue until approximately 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - A federal grand jury James Alfred Beckman, Jr., of Mattawan, Michigan for a number of charges including Sexual Exploitation of a Child, Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Child, and Receipt of Child Pornography. The grand jury alleges in the that Beckman committed these offenses between November of 2011 and September of 2012. If convicted of these charges, Beckman faces up to life imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Park rangers received a 911 call shortly after 8:00 a.m. this morning reporting that a 20 year old male fell roughly 150 feet from The Narrows on the Keyhole Route on Longs Peak. Initial reports from bystanders indicated the man suffered multiple traumatic injuries. An off-duty park volunteer was in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Aug. 16, 2013 a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned 73 separate Indictments charging three doctors, Wildo Vargas, Rafael Miguez Balseiro, and Erica Rivera Castro; one non-attorney representative, Samuel Torres Crespo, a retired Social Security employee; and...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has announced that overnight backcountry permit holders for Chesler Park and Elephant Canyon backpacking campsites and the Peekaboo vehicle campsite in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, will be required to pack out their human waste beginning Sept. 22, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. Barton Pasco, 58, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced today to 48 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for stealing $2.5 million from a family trust.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Zion National Park, in coordination with the St. George Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is pleased to announce the completion of the draft Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for portions of the Virgin River in Washington County, Utah. As part of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Erie, PA - A former resident of Pensacola, Florida, has been sentenced in federal court to.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal grand jury has indicted 18 defendants on various charges in connection with a cockfighting operation in Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, involving ten “derbies" occurring from April 1, 2012, through May 19, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that John Maynard, a 51-year-old non-Indian man from Eagle Butte, South Dakota, pled guilty to Simple Assault and was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2013, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Erie, PA - A former resident of Pensacola, Florida, has been sentenced in federal court to.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Winnebago, Nebraska, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2013, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - Aug. 15, 2013 - North Cascades National Park Complex is seeking comments on a proposed plan to reintroduce the Pacific fisher to Mount Rainier and North Cascades national parks. The fisher is a member of the weasel family that occurs in low- to mid-elevation closed canopy forests with large trees and logs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: More Than $1 Million Stolen From Victims -Conspirators Use Well-known Internet Company Names To Lull Their Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Albany, New York - David A. Ehrlich, 38, of Cohoes, was sentenced today to be imprisoned for 12 months and 1 day upon his conviction for obstruction of justice, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent-in-Charge Andrew W. Vale of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Adriano Sotomayor, 55, of Margate, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for 17 counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud members of the Dominican Sisters of the Rosary of Fatima (“Sisters of Fatima"), and others, out of more than $1 million. Sotomayor...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Congaree National Park is seeking entries for the 11th Annual SwampFest Student Art competition. Co-sponsored by the Southeast Rural Community Outreach (SERCO) and the Friends of Congaree Swamp, the competition is an opportunity for young artists from the Midlands to showcase their talent while celebrating...
