News from July 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Susan L. Boudreau announced today two changes in whale waters in Glacier Bay. First, a vessel speed limit of 13 knots through the water will be implemented in an area north of the current lower Glacier Bay whale waters between Willoughby Island, Boulder...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Cleveland man was sentenced in federal court today for using kickbacks in order to trigger investments in a thinly-traded stock.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a White River, South Dakota woman convicted of Simple Assault and Aiding and Abetting has pled guilty to the charges and was sentenced on June 28, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man indicted for Felon in Possession of a Firearm has been found guilty by a federal jury.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska- Wrangell-St. Elias Ecologist, Miranda Terwilliger, has been receiving many inquires about a little worm with webbing that has been seen a lot this spring making its home on spruce trees. This character is the spruce budworm (Choristoneura orvae) which appears to have broken out...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: A man who was an accessory in robbing a bank in Fort Dodge, Iowa pled guilty June 27, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers are reminding visitors that water recreation is not recommended in the park due to numerous hazards and dangers. Weather forecasts for the Fourth of July holiday week include heavy rain and thunderstorms which can cause river levels to rise rapidly.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: On Thursday, June 27, 2013, Kalidhasdsan Magalingam and Kaali Chellathura were sentenced to.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that AMED VILLA, 48, a citizen of Cuba last residing in Miami, Fla., pleaded guilty today to federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Presto, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of federal income tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. President: Recently, the Iranian people voted for their next president, Hassan Rouhani. The President-elect was widely perceived to be the most moderate of the candidates allowed to run under Iran’s extremely restrictive election process. Indeed, more than 600 potential candidates were disqualified...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that July 1, 2013, Jared Lance Howe, 29, of Topeka, Kansas, was sentenced to five years (60 months) in prison for his conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and powder cocaine. Howe will serve four years on supervised release after completion of the prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Travis Burley, 26, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced that he and Subcommittee Chairmen James Lankford, R-Okla., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seeking more information about Obamacare implementation in light of recent “small business mandates," which limit the ability of small businesses to purchase competitive insurance plans for their employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a woman and a man from La Plant, South Dakota have been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Incest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - John Kieran Hynes was sentenced today to 5 months in prison for filing a false tax return, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jerry Keith Cromer, Jr., 79, of Gainesville, Va., pleaded guilty today to theft from an organization receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Four parole officers from two Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) offices in Houston have been indicted for accepting payoffs from parolees, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen L. Morris, Brad Livingston, TDCJ Executive Director and Bruce Toney, Inspector General of TDCJ - Office of Inspector General (OIG).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park will host the 33rd Annual Cultural Festival on Sat., July 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The festival is free, and park entrance fees are waived all day.
