News from January 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Be a part of the team at Rocky Mountain National Park! The Volunteer Program at Rocky is seeking volunteers to fill a variety of roles during the busy summer season.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County man admitted today to conspiring with his brother to violate federal election law in connection with contributions to a federal campaign committee, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced to 30 years for armed robbery and firearms violations, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L Hollander sentenced Amiee Arora, age 32, of Washington, D.C., today to nine years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit and committing credit/debit card fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement after Secretary LaHood announced that he will not serve a second term as Transportation Secretary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Middle District of North Carolina. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Defendants Face 57 to 108 Months in Federal Prison. GREENSBORO, N.C. - Ripley Rand, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, announced the results in three recent federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: A former employee of the United States Postal Service pleaded guilty to fraudulently collecting approximately $265,000 in benefits by exaggerating her medical condition and other acts, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Robert LaPina, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Jan. 29, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, DELWAYNE DENNY, a 30-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of the Chippewa Tribe, pled guilty to sexual abuse. Sentencing has been set for May 10, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Lea’Tice Phillips for conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. The thirty-seven count indictment charges Phillips with conspiracy to file false claims, wire fraud, computer fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Coerced Young Women to Expose Themselves on Internet.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: The Old-Growth Bottomland Forest Research and Education Center at Congaree National Park and the Friends of Congaree Swamp are partnering to host two, free birding programs in February.The programs are aimed at engaging visitors - including beginners - in observing and identifying winter birds at the park.Visitors can then apply their new skills as citizen scientists by helping to count a variety of birds on park trails.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Grand Teton National Park rangers were able to recover the body of Nick Gillespie, age 30, of Jackson, Wyoming from Berry Creek canyon at 5 p.m. on January 28. Foggy conditions throughout most of Monday prevented earlier attempts to complete the mission before late afternoon. Rangers also concluded their...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former bookkeeper for the Bessemer Housing Authority to 30 months in prison and six months home detention for stealing nearly $200,000 from the agency with forged checks, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Housing and Urban Development Inspector General David A. Montoya.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) stresses the need to boost our economy by focusing on cutting spending and fixing our tax code. “The spending problem is getting worse, not better," Camp says, adding, “we’re committed to making our economy stronger and healthier, and getting our spending under control by making Washington fully accountable to you, the hardworking taxpayers of America.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A former Mattapan man pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge William J. Bryant announced Catherine L. Minor waived indictment and pled to a felony information charging her with one count of aiding and abetting James Derek Johnston to obtain hydrocodone by fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: A man who made threatening phone calls to Allamakee County employees pled guilty on Jan. 25, 2013, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Jesus Orta, an English as a Second Language teacher in Corpus Christi, has been ordered to prison for 110 months, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Orta, 41, was convicted of possessing child pornography following his guilty plea Nov. 13, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Patrick Swain, 45, of Sterling, Va., was sentenced today to eight years in prison on federal charges of distribution and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Debra Evans Smith, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
