News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Romanian nationals Ramona Alina Fenesan, 32, and Florin Fleischer, 34, both formerly living in Ketchum, Idaho, were sentenced today for unlawful procurement of United States citizenship, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced each defendant to two...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker and District Attorney Scott Thomas announced today that two drug dealers from Pamlico County were sentenced in federal court last week. DON ELBERT LEWIS, 57 of Bayboro, NC and WILLIAM JERRY WARREN III, 24 of Grantsboro, NC were eachsentenced as a result of unrelated investigations carried out by the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Today, the United States Supreme Court denied petitions for writs of certiorari filed by Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and defendant Jason Wayne Pleau. This means that the Supreme Court has refused to consider the Governor’s and Pleau’s challenge to the earlier en banc decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, requiring that the state surrender custody of Pleau for trial on pending federal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that on Jan. 11, 2013, a federal jury in Albany, Georgia, convicted defendants Dontreal M. Jenkins, and Trevayne D. Jones, both of Albany, Georgia, on Counts 1 through 5 of a superseding indictment on the following...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Scientists aboard NOAA’s twin-engine Gulfstream IV-SP aircraft, typically used to study hurricanes, will measure wind speed and direction, pressure, temperature and humidity in areas of the Pacific where North American storms breed and where taking measurements is difficult and data is sparse. NOAA will...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD MA - Experience a different side of Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Step outside the Museum and see hundreds of American Crows roosting in the trees. Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton MA, is partnering with Springfield Armory NHS in a two part program about the fascinating behavior of American crows. Patti Steinman, Education Program Director at the Sanctuary will lead the event on Sunday, Feb. 10, from 3pm to 6pm. Admission is free.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure leaders today introduced bipartisan legislation to speed up and streamline federal disaster recovery programs. The measures specifically targets improvements to help strengthen the Hurricane Sandy recovery process and reduce costs as communities rebound from the recent superstorm and other future disasters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - An international hedge fund founder was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for wire fraud arising out of a white collar investment fraud scheme that defrauded multiple investors out of millions of dollars, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was convicted Friday in U.S. District Court in Worcester for distributing crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering oil and gas leasing mineral rights on 68 parcels totaling 29,939 acres located on Federal lands in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. The oral auction will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at the BLM New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: A Jerseyville man, convicted of Making a False Bank Entry, was sentenced in federal court on Jan. 14, 2013, to 30 days of imprisonment, 11 months of home confinement with electronic monitoring, and 3 years of supervised release, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Alphonso D. Johnson, 38, of Providence, a career offender, was sentenced today to 312 months in federal prison for robbing a Providence convenience store clerk at gunpoint in April 2011, and for robbing and assaulting a Providence restaurant owner with a pistol two days later, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today began the public review and comment period on the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the 1.2 million-acre Grand Junction Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Southampton man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for growing marijuana and laundering the profits.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - A series of 'off trail' guided hikes will be offered Sundays in January, February, and March to help visitors discover why Petrified Forest is so special. The schedule for January is below, with future press releases for February and March coming soon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Brick, New Jersey, has been sentenced in federal court to five years probation on his conviction of identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - 2012 was the hottest year on record for the continental United States and sixty percent of the country is currently experiencing moderate to severe drought. Devastating dust storms have ripped across the Great Plains damaging crops and endangering the lives of millions of Americans. In mid-December a dust storm tore through West Texas killing one person, injuring others and closed large portions of a major highway.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Entrance fees to Glacier National Park will be waived Monday, Jan. 21, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Other entrance fee-free dates in 2013 include:-April 22-26 National Park Week,-August 25 National Park Service Birthday,-September 28 National Public Lands Day, and-November 9-11 Veterans Day Weekend.
