News from January 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Alamogordo, NM. White Sands National Monument is accepting applications for the 2013 Teacher to Ranger to Teacher (TRT) program. This program provides opportunities for teachers to put on the ranger uniform and work for the National Park Service at White Sands National Monument from May 28 to July 19...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 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, and Franklin C. Adderly, Chief of Police, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, announced yesterday’s sentencing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on January 4, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, CHRISTOPHER J. LINDSEY, a 45-year-old resident of Helena, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte man charged with Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on January 8, 2013, by US District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Matthew Dupris, age 24, was sentenced to 13 months in custody, 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: For Stolen Firearms Charge. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Luzerne County man was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James M. Munley to serve 20 months in prison for the possession and receipt of three stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: A financial planner from Richfield was sentenced to eight months of home confinement after previously pleading guilty to two counts of willful failure to file tax returns, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Darryl Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations office in Cincinnati.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WESLEY WANG, a former consultant with Trellus Management, was sentenced today to two years of probation for his participation in insider trading schemes in which WANG provided material, nonpublic information...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Two skiers triggered an avalanche on Elk Mountain in Glacier National Park on Tuesday afternoon. Park dispatch received a call at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8, indicating that two skiers were involved in an avalanche and one skier was injured. Park rangers and local emergency personnel organized and responded to the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that DeShawn McLorn, 39, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiring to distribute OxyContin pills, was sentenced by Chief District Judge William M. Skretny to 57 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on January 7, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ADRIEN JOHN MATUCK, a 26-year-old resident of Poplar and an enrolled member of the Hualapai Tribe in Arizona, appeared for sentencing. MATUCK was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Jesus Ventura, 37, of Irving, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 46 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in September 2012 to one count of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: National Park Service. News Release. -. January 9, 2013. Contacts. Name:ERIC CAMPBELL (540) 868-9176. National Park Service Seeks. Volunteers. Middletown, VA ----- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park is now seeking motivated and qualified volunteers to assist the park in visitor services...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian R. Crowell the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division announced that Jose Mosquera-Prado, a top lieutenant of Colombian drug kingpin Francisco Gonzalez-Uribe, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Soil-dwelling bacteria that depend on wheat and barley roots for their "room and board" could soon prove themselves helpful to the plants in return. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Pullman, Wash., are investigating the bacteria's potential to biologically control root-rot fungi that cause crop yield losses of 10 to 30 percent annually in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 36-year-old Minneapolis felon was indicted for possessing a.40-caliber, semi-automatic pistol. Demario Kentrell Booker was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he and Congressman Ron Barber (D-AZ) requested on how the U.S. Border Patrol manages resources in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two Smith County, Texas residents have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Adapting to future climate change impacts requires capabilities in hydroclimate monitoring, short-term prediction and application of such information to support contemporary water management decisions. These needs were identified in a report, "Short-Term Water Management Decisions: User...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on January 9, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, ARTHUR DION LONGEE, a 25-year-old resident of Poplar, appeared for sentencing. LONGEE was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Superseding Indictment Charges Nine Individuals With Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine And Heroin, And Four Defendants With Firearms Offenses.
