News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - John Oliver Threadgill, 70, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced on June 24, 2013, by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 51 months in federal prison. In addition, he was ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $3,569,200.90.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Due to the continued very high fire danger and current level of fire activity in the State of Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Rolin Eli Escober, 50, of Humble, has been ordered to prison for nine years following his conviction of possessing with intent to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Escober pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: There will be a program on "Black Bears in Big South Fork" at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area's Bandy Creek Visitor Center on Saturday, July 6, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). This program about black bears will be held on the back porch of the Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 23 indictments charging 28 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The founder of the Releford Foot and Ankle Institute has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his conviction on federal fraud charges related to a bank fraud scheme that used stolen identities to cause two financial institution to suffer $3 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport has returned an indictment charging RALPH CROZIER, 61, an attorney based in Seymour, with federal money laundering offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: There will be a guided walk to the Katie Blevins Cemetery that will focus on burial traditions in the region of the Cumberland Plateau. To attend please meet at 7:00 p.m. (EDT) on Saturday, July 6, at the Bandy Creek Trailhead in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Visitors will learn about burial traditions on or near the land that became Big South Fork. Participants will also have the opportunity to tell a story about family traditions.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Fire crews began mop-up operations today, bringing the fire containment to 30 percent. Despite some trees torching this morning the fire is now smoldering and producing minimal smoke. It is burning in brush, piñon, juniper and ponderosa pine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced today the felony convictions of a wastewater brokerage firm and its two owners in connection with a wide ranging and ongoing federal and state investigation into corruption and fraud surrounding federal environmental laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Raymon Lee, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a gun. Judge Bredar enhanced Lee’s sentence upon finding that Lee is an armed career criminal based on three previous drug and violent felony convictions.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special living history day at Chickamauga Battlefield on Saturday, June 29, 2013. Come experience the power of Civil War artillery, as park rangers and Union living historians describe what life was like for artillerymen on the battlefield. These thirty minute programs will be presented near the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at 10:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Two Elkville, Illinois, residents were indicted on June 20, 2013, in an indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: DENVER - John Edward Mullikin, age 51 of Arvada, was sentenced today by U.S. Circuit Judge David M. Ebel to serve 72 months in federal prison, the United States Attorney’s Office and the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations announced. Mulliken was also ordered to pay $5,376...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Due to the continued very high fire danger and current level of fire activity in the State of Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Jerry Lowe leased a rental housing unit to Huntington pill dealers currently serving prison sentences for drug felonies.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday, June 26 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a legislative hearing on the Secret Ballot Protection Act (H.R. 2346) and the Representation Fairness Restoration Act (H.R. 2347). The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The CEO and co-owner of a Diamond Bar investment company was sentenced this morning to 151 months in federal prison for enticing investors to put $49 million into his bogus day-trading venture as part of a Ponzi scheme that caused more than $30 million in losses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Philadelphia -- National Park Service Northeast Regional Director Dennis R. Reidenbach has named Thomas E. Ross as the superintendent of Thomas Edison and Morristown National Historical Parks in New Jersey. Ross, who has been superintendent at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site since 2007, assumes...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: MALIBU, Calif. - An opportunity to learn or improve your surf fishing skills will be offered by the National Park Service on Saturday, July 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Leo Carrillo State Park in Malibu. The event is one of two "Free Fishing Days" sponsored by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
