News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Johnny R. Wilbourn, a twenty-eight year old St. Louis, MO, man was sentenced in federal court on July 29, 2013, to four years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) is preparing a Multiuse Trail Plan with an accompanying Environmental Assessment (EA). RMNP completed a Multiuse Trail Feasibility Study in 2009, for the developed eastern portion of the park. This study confirmed the feasibility of a trail system that would extend...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement after receiving significant commitments from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding improvements to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) process of handling Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Paul Lewis from the University of Tennessee and the Big South Fork astronomy volunteers will be at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area on August 10 for an evening star-gazing program.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below regarding Middle East peace talks set to begin today in Washington, DC.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: DENVER - John Albert Paquette, age 53, of Longmont, Colorado, and his company, East Point, LLC, have been sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger for illegally discharging sewage into the Union Reservoir, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Ricardo Reyes, 33, a Mexican national, was sentenced for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Reyes to seven years in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, if not deported, Reyes will begin a five year term of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: A new tool for guiding decisions about rangeland restoration is now available, thanks to mapping innovations developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Aundra Mason, a/k/a Grey Head, 36, Fredrick Darnell Ford, 38, and Shamika Y. Fulford, 35, all of Jackson, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to charges in connection with a drug trafficking investigation, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Daniel McMullen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that a special observance will be held on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 pm in remembrance and honor of the hate crimes victims of violence at the Sikh Gurdwara in Oak Creek. This special community gathering will be held in the Ceremonial Courtroom (Room 390) of the Historic Federal Courthouse, located at 517 East Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - North Dakota U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon has announced that the North Dakota U.S. Attorney’s Office Third Annual Tribal Consultation Conference will be held on Aug. 1, 2013, at the James Henry Community Center on the campus of United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, N.D.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W. Va. - A Mercer County man who falsified mandatory mine safety reports while employed at several West Virginia mining operations pleaded guilty today to a federal charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Craig Belcher, 36, of Bluefield, W.Va., pleaded guilty to providing a false statement, representation and certification in a Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) document.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections, scheduled for July 31...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Police seize several items including a car, guns, hundreds of prescription pills, and $17,000 in cash during a search.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, Ronald Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Scott J.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Cecily Ann Colvin, 23, of Theodore, Alabama, was sentenced today in federal court for her participation in a scheme to manufacture methamphetamine. Colvin pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in April of this year.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Zion National Park, in coordination with the St. George Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has completed a draft Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for portions of the Virgin River in Washington County, Utah. The plan addresses management and protection...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Committee Members Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) introduced important legislation that would assist federal agencies...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man was sentenced today to eight years and one month in federal prison for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Shawn Delane Harris, also known as “Pops," 44, of Springfield, OH, previously pleaded guilty in November...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) met today with Philadelphia area small business owners to hear the challenges they face in dealing with America’s broken tax code.
