News published on Federal Newswire in July 2013

News from July 2013


Subcommittee to Hold Roundtable on Public-Private Partnerships and Federal Real Estate

News Release: Washington, DC - How public-private partnerships (P3s) could be used to help cost-effectively meet the real estate needs of federal agencies will be the topic of a roundtable discussion next Tuesday with the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, the General Services Administration (GSA), and members of the private sector real estate community.


News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Terrence Boyle sentenced CALVIN DWIGHT MITCHELL, 27, of Clayton, North Carolina, to 360 months imprisonment followed by 10 years supervised release.


News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Four additional defendants, who pleaded guilty to their respective roles in a major methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that they operated in Wichita Falls, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Week In Review – Hammond

News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On July 17, 2013, Rosalio Perez Gutierrez, Jr., 26, of Camp Verde, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 15 years imprisonment.


Former Owner Of Employee Leasing Company Sentenced To Federal Prison For Failing To Pay Payroll Taxes To The IRS

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Richard R. Whatley, a former owner of Alliance Staffing Management Inc. (ASM), was sentenced to 51 months in prison Thursday for willfully failing to account for and pay over employment taxes. Whatley was also ordered to pay $541,513.61 in restitution to the IRS. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer imposed the sentence.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Nigerian student who was convicted of possessing a firearm that he fired from a Wichita apartment balcony has been sentenced to an additional five years in prison for threatening the family of a federal agent, U. S. Attorney Barry Grissom announced Friday.


Federal Agent Arrested For Participating In A Cocaine And Marijuana Conspiracy

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Gregory K. Null, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General, Northeast Region (“DHS-OIG"), and Terence S. Opiola, the Special Agent-in-Charge Northeast, Immigration...


Lincoln - The Constitution and the Civil War

News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - July 19, 2013. Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. Learn about Lincoln at. Homestead National Monument of America. Homestead National Monument of America would like to announce the opening of our newest exhibit titledLincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War. This exhibit...


Yosemite National Park Bolsters International Affairs Program

News Release: Delegation from Huangshan National Park Visits Yosemite and Yosemite Sends Staff to Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile.


Newport News Men Charged With Murder

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Antonio J. Fuller, 23, and Kevin L. Ashby, 25, both of Newport News, Va., were indicted by a federal grand jury on June 17, 2013, for participating in a criminal organization that engaged in acts of violence, including five murders, as well as narcotics distribution and weapons violations.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA. Springfield Armory National Historic Site is pleased to welcome the talented 94th United States Army Band.The concert begins at 7:30pm on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, behind the museum building. The 94th Army Band represents one of the nation's finest and time honored military bands.Admission is free.Inclement weather moves the concert indoors.


William Fredrick Schroeder Pleads Guilty In U.S. Federal Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena, on July 8, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, WILLIAM FREDRICK SCHROEDER, a 31-year-old resident of Livingston, pled guilty to receipt of child pornography. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 16, 2013. He is currently detained.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bushnell, Florida, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.


News Release: Due to overwhelming interest, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering a second free public workshop to discuss mining claim/site filing requirements from1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, August 5, at the Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield St., Lakewood CO 80215.The workshop will focus on how to...


News Release: James L. Santelle, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Thursday, July 18, 2013, Judge Lynn Adelman sentenced James Scalzo, 46, of Kenosha, Wisconsin to 35 months in prison for his role in a bank fraud and money laundering scheme. Scalzo was also ordered to serve three years supervised release following his prison term and to pay $200 in special assessments. Restitution is to be determined at a later date.


News Release: BALTIMORE - -- A federal grand jury has returned three indictments charging 16 defendants - eight in a conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs, heroin and cocaine around the Baltimore metropolitan area and the remaining defendants in conspiracies to commit armed home invasions, residential burglaries...


News Release: 3.3 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED LAKE MEAD NRA IN PAST 6 MONTHS.


Scientists Put Citrus in "Deep Freeze" to Preserve It

News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are creating a backup storage site or "genebank" for citrus germplasm in the form of small buds, called shoot tips, which have been cryopreserved-that is, plunged into liquid nitrogen for long-term cold storage.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.