News from December 2013
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: NEW YORK -- Dr. Joy DeGruy will speak at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 at African Burial Ground National Monument. Her topic will be Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome - the residual effect of slavery on African Americans today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that found TYRON HAMMOND, 31, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 126 months of imprisonment for illegally possessing a firearm, and for violating the conditions of his supervised releases from a previous federal conviction.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park received significant damages on bridges, roads and trails in the historic floods that occurred in September. However, damages in the park were relatively minor in comparison to the disastrous flooding that downstream communities east of the park experienced. The west side of the park was largely unaffected by the storm with flooding occurring only east of the Continental Divide.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Dec. 9, 2013, Jerome Louis Blackbird, Jr., of Devils Lake, N.D., was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on a charge of abusive sexual contact.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: After nearly 37 years with the National Park Service (NPS), Park Ranger Warren Wrenn will retire on Dec. 27, 2013.Wrenn has held a variety of positions within the Outer Banks Group of national parks, which includes Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dale Lockwood, 61, of Buffalo, New York, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and 4 years supervised release by United States District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The sentence followed the defendant’s conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and was part of a larger, federal criminal investigation into the Afro-Dogs Motorcycle Club.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.---U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that former medical doctor Daniel C. Gillick, 63, of Youngstown, N.Y., who previously pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud and health care fraud, was sentenced today to 6 months of home detention and 2 years’ probation. As a part of the plea, the defendant surrendered his medical license.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court to one charge of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve and the Denali Borough communities are celebrating Alaska's longest season during Winterfest 2014 from February 21 - 23. This long-running community-wide event features an array of activities, with something for all ages, interests, and abilities!.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Thomas Windell Smith, 24, of Dothan, Alabama, pleaded guilty in federal court last Friday to one count of conspiring to violate housing rights. The charge relates to his participation in a cross burning at the entrance to an African American community in Ozark, Alabama, on May 8, 2009.
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the situation in Ukraine following the suspension of negotiations on the signature of an Association Agreement with the European Union (EU). Like many, I was deeply disappointed by President Yanukovych’s decision, which defied the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that Defendant JOAQUIN TAITANO, age 35, from Yigo, was sentenced on December 6, 2013, in the District Court of Guam, to 30 months incarceration, three years supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The former chief financial officer for a manufacturing firm in Emporia has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $265,927 from the company, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dale Lockwood, 61, of Buffalo, New York, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and 4 years supervised release by United States District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The sentence followed the defendant’s conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and was part of a larger, federal criminal investigation into the Afro-Dogs Motorcycle Club.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Martin Daniel Atkins, Jr., 30, of Owyhee, Nevada, was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for failure to register as a sex offender, and for violating his supervised release on a prior conviction for the same offense, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. He pleaded guilty on July 17, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.---U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that former medical doctor Daniel C. Gillick, 63, of Youngstown, N.Y., who previously pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud and health care fraud, was sentenced today to 6 months of home detention and 2 years’ probation. As a part of the plea, the defendant surrendered his medical license.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, December 9, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that found TYRON HAMMOND, 31, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Joshua Roth, age 37 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced for wire fraud and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Roth to twelve months and one day of incarceration to be followed by five years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $21,325.40.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: The Superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is now adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in areas of the 1980 park and preserve additions that are south of the crest of the Alaska Range.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) today released a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Comprehensive Fisheries Management Plan for the Glen Canyon reach of the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GLCA), and for all waters...
