News from June 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: PARK FILM RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD. BOULDER CITY, Nev. -The National Park Service is a recipient of the prestigious Spring 2013 CINE Golden Eagle Award. Distinguishing excellence in film, television and digital media, these awards are widely recognized as a symbol of the highest standards in media...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Constant Damas, 45, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to two counts of wire fraud in connection with a “Ponzi" scheme that defrauded more than 20 investors out of more than $1 million, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 30, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Defendant Sold Used Firearms for Resale from His Print Screen Shop in Garland, Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Areas of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore national normally closed after sunset will remain open so that the public may watch the Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce “Fireworks on the Lakefront" event staged off the coast of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State Park on July 2, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney John Walsh announced today that the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office, as part of International Internet Week of Action, and in conjunction with Interpol’s Operation Pangea VI, obtained seizure warrants in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in Denver for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - During a press conference this afternoon, federal, state and local officials announced the results of the multi-agency enforcement operation in New Mexico which was part of yesterday’s DEA-led enforcement operations in 35 states targeting the upper echelon of dangerous designer synthetic drug trafficking organizations that have operated without regard for the law or public safety.
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, after the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a bipartisan resolution urging President Obama to nominate a permanent Inspector General for the State Department, Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on President Obama’s intention to nominate Steve A. Linick to serve as the State Department Inspector General...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Sacramento woman was sentenced in Juneau to federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal grand jury in Portland, OR, has indicted George Allen Mason, Jr., 23, and his wife, Saraya Sophia Lisa Gardner, also 23, on charges related to a the assault of a 26-year old gay man who was walking his pink-dyed poodle with his boyfriend on the streets of Hillsboro, a Portland suburb, which occurred because of animus against the victim’s sexual orientation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (“DEA") and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Felix Trujillo-Manrique was extradited yesterday from Colombia for allegedly conspiring...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: A large storm cell moved in late Wednesday afternoon and lingered well into the evening, pounding the area with lightning, wind, and rain. As of this afternoon, only three small fires had been detected in the park, all located more than 20 miles north of the Denali Park Road between...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Yesterday a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 15 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The defendants used the United States Postal Service to send narcotics and money derived from the drug trafficking activities via air mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Carlos Alejandrez, the final defendant convicted in a conspiracy to harbor and induce illegal aliens to reside in the country, has been ordered to federal prison, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Alejandrez, 30, of Houston, entered a plea of guilty Feb. 5, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Tok, Alaska -- Fire managers are continuing to monitor the Chisana River Fire with surveillance flights to size up the acreage and observe fire behavior.The fire, burning in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, has grown to 44,531 acres.The growth in acreage was on the south side of the fire, along the eastern edge of the Chisana River, with minimal growth to the north and east.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - FRANK L. "TIGER" ZERJAV, JR., Wildwood, MO, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of tax evasion for 2001 through 2004. United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry concluded two days of hearings as she imposed the sentence today in federal court in St. Louis.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Philadelphia - Fourth of July at Independence National Historical Park means a week-long series of events and celebrations.Independence National Historical Park has partnered with the Independence Visitor Center, the City of Philadelphia and Wawa Welcome America to heat things up this July with an array of programs that sizzles, POPS! and celebrates freedom.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., pleaded guilty to bank fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: RAMIRO NAVA-DELGADILLO, age 33, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to a one-count indictment charging him with illegal re-entry of a removed alien, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after Ecuador announced its intent to waive its trade preferences under the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) as deliberations continued on whether the nation would grant Edward Snowden asylum...
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed legislation that promotes freedom and democracy in Vietnam. H.R. 1897, the Vietnam Human Rights Act, blocks non-humanitarian assistance to Vietnam if the Communist government fails to make progress regarding its political and religious prisoners. Chairman Royce is an original co-sponsor of the bill, introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ).
