News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: A Shaker Heights man was indicted for impersonating a diplomat and attempting to buy a house and car using fictitious financial documents, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - BRENT DOUGLAS CASSITY pled guilty today before United States District Judge Jean C. Hamilton to participating in a fraudulent scheme involving the sale of prearranged funeral contracts and monetary transactions involving the proceeds of that scheme. Cassity faces up to five years in prison for his role.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Cloud County man has pleaded guilty to planning a 2008 bank robbery in Jamestown, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Van Buren, MO - Beginning on March 1, 2013, Federal law required Ozark National Scenic Riverways to reduce its annual budget. The park had to reduce and absorb these cuts this fiscal year ending September 30th. As difficult as it was, the closing of Rymers primitive campground was one of the budget reduction decisions made. However, due to the support of the local communities, Rymers campground will be open in time for the long Fourth of July weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Hot, dry temperatures, lighting and human-caused wildfires have kept BLM Idaho wildland firefighters busy these past few weeks. With increased temperatures expected to continue, firefighters are asking the public to help prevent human-caused wildfires and reduce the risk that both firefighters and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Patrick Fiammetta-McConnell was sentenced today to 157 months in federal prison for carjacking, robbery, possession of methamphetamine for sale, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Hasan Ibrahim was convicted by a federal jury today of attempting to place destructive substances on an airplane, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - STEVEN HENRY KEMPER of St. Louis County, pled guilty this morning in connection with the Nov. 16, 2001, arson of his family’s home in Florissant, Missouri. Kemper’s 15-year old son, Zachariah Andrew Kemper, was trapped in the basement and killed during the fire. Kemper pled guilty to one-count of aiding and abetting the use of fire to commit mail fraud. He appeared before United States District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig to enter his guilty plea.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after the Department of the Interior announced it was withdrawing the National Blueways Designation for the White River watershed in Arkansas and Missouri.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: EAGLE, Colo. - Firefighters are continuing to closely monitor the 13-acre Bull Gulch Fire on Bureau of Land Management lands in the remote Bull Gulch Wilderness Study Area. The fire, which was ignited by lightning Sunday, is burning above the Colorado River Road in western Eagle County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that on July 1, 2013, after deliberating for four hours, a jury of four men and eight women found a California gang member guilty of drug conspiracy and witness tampering.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Obama administration's announcement today that the Department of Transportation (DOT) is providing a $421 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA News Release. July 3, 2013. Release No.: 2013-52. Contacts: Christie Vanover, 702-283-2344, christie_vanover@nps.gov. BODY RECOVERED AT LAKE MEAD, JULY 3. BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The body of an adult male was recovered...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 8, 2013. Beginning on Monday, the Subcommittee on Health will continue its review of the current Medicaid system and examine ideas for reform. On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Energy...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday morning, July 3rd National Park Service rangers at Chickasaw National Recreation Area (NRA) were continuing the search on Arbuckle Lake for missing swimmer Kelly Knick of Sulphur, Oklahoma, when they located the body of Mr. Knick at approximately 10:10 a.m. Mr. Knick, a 50 year old man had...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development Doug O’Brien announced today that USDA is seeking applications for grants that will be awarded to national, nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance for rural transportation systems. The funding is through USDA’s Rural Business Enterprise Grant...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 8, 2013. Beginning on Monday, the Subcommittee on Health will continue its review of the current Medicaid system and examine ideas for reform. On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: JOHN P. SENS, 52, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today to 60 months imprisonment by U. S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt for conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Engelhardt ordered that SENS be placed on three years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment, pay a $100.00 special assessment, and forfeit property valued at $67,903.25.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: The United Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that following a 6-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, a federal jury in Harrisburg convicted Itohan Agho-Allen, of Brooklyn, New York, late Tuesday, on charges of laundering money paid by victims of international telemarketing fraud schemes.
