News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon today sentenced Chester Evans Davis, 56, of Oregon City, to 97 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In March 2013, a federal jury convicted Davis of five counts of tax evasion, four counts of failure to...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: A male Canadian climber sustained multiple traumatic injuries from a fall while descending off the summit at 13,500' at the top of the Emmons Glacier on Sunday, July 7th. The incident was reported at Camp Schurman at approximately 4:00 pm by four members of the climber's nine person climbing party. Rescue...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement welcoming the launch of President Obama’s second term Management Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, will be preparing an environmental assessment to address the proposed relocation of parking areas at Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland. The purpose of the proposed project is to relocate the Bayside Picnic...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: A brief travel closure on the unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park will be in place for about 28 hours, beginning 4 a.m. Wednesday, July 17. Barring rainy weather or equipment malfunction, the road is scheduled to reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, July 18. The temporary closure is scheduled to accommodate dust abatement work.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have been investigating ways of using aerial photography and computer programs to quickly identify and measure areas affected by invasive trees. As a result, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) rangeland scientists Kirk Davies and Matt Madsen have developed tools that could help land managers protect sagebrush ecosystems and control invasive vegetation more economically and efficiently.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Adaucto Chavez-Meza, 20, was sentenced this morning to 135 months in federal prison for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. One of his co-defendant, Jesus Omar Lopez-Valle, 28, was sentenced on June 24, 2013 to 210 months in federal prison for his methamphetamine trafficking and firearms conviction. Both men are Mexican nationals and will be deported after completing their prison sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for leading massive mortgage fraud schemes in Ohio and Florida, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ORLANDO NEALEY, 29, formerly of Willimantic and Hartford, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 3, by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 45 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: The parking lot at Pu`u `ula`ula (Red Hill), where the park roads ends at the 10,023 foot summit, will be fully closed to vehicles and pedestrians beginning Thursday, July 18th, through Thursday, July 25th. The closure includes one weekend. Cars must vacate this lot by 6:45am on the morning of the 18th.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon/Washington State Director Jerry Perez announced the selection of Patricia Burke as the new the Coos Bay District Manager.“Patricia comes to the BLM with a wealth of experience in natural resources management. Her interest in collaborative approaches to decision-making...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today that Samuel Aaron Collins of Gardena, California was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Paul L. Malone to 11 years in prison for his participation in a cocaine conspiracy that trafficked thousands of kilograms of cocaine...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: The Denali Park Road will be closed between the Rock Creek Bridge just east of Park Headquarters (Mile 3) and Mile 5 for two periods during the late evening of Wednesday, July 10 and early morning of Thursday, July 11 in order to remove the pedestrian bridge at Rock Creek and to complete the culvert replacement project at Mile 5. The removal of the pedestrian bridge over Rock Creek will require using a crane that will block access to the vehicular bridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Fifteen defendants have been indicted on drug charges as a result of a federal drug trafficking investigation in Topeka, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Cape Coral residents Jorge (51) and his wife, Martha (41). Jorge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Montgomery, AL - The Justice Department announced today that Joseph Sanders, 32, a former corrections officer of the Alabama Department of Corrections, pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in an investigation into the beating death of former inmate Rocrast Mack.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Single Engine Plane Missing Since Mid-December 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA - Two people have been sentenced to federal prison for setting a fire that killed a woman in an apartment complex in Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Denny Junior Jenkins (42, Live Oak) to 18 months in prison for failing to register as sex offender in the state of Florida, after traveling from the state of South Carolina. Jenkins was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release following his prison sentence. He pleaded guilty on March 18, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, on a vote of 387-1, the House of Representatives approved legislation advanced by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to make it easier for veteran service organizations to obtain surplus federal property.
