News from June 2013
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: LONDON - A 27-year-old man was sentenced to five years in a United Kingdom prison for enticing two minor girls residing in Maine to perform sex acts on each other in front of a web camera following a joint investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the South Wales Police.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park celebrated the completion of Bridge 2 on the Foothills Parkway near Wears Valley, TN with a ribbon cutting event on Monday, June 24. The completion of Bridge 2 marks a significant milestone bringing the park one step closer towards finishing the “missing link," a 1.65-mile section of the Parkway between Walland and Wears Valley which has been under construction for many years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico entered a plea of guilty to a one-count indictment and has been sentenced in federal court to two months in prison, no supervised release, and ordered immediately turned over to the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation to Mexico on his conviction of re-entry of a removed alien, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Stanley L. Straughter, the owner of a business based in Philadelphia, Pa., pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from a scheme in which he and others helped conceal the actual source of more than $125,000 in campaign contributions.
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: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit woman who left a Huntington Greyhound bus station in October 2009 in possession of prescription painkillers was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Brittany Wesley-Taylor, 21, previously pleaded guilty in March...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on June 24, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: A guided one hour walk that will focus on identifying some common trees of the Cumberland Plateau will be held at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) on Sunday, July 7. Participants should meet at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center for an easy walk in the vicinity. Visitors will learn about alternate and opposite branching...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that it plans to establish a new Advanced Materials Center of Excellence to facilitate collaborations between NIST and researchers from academia and industry on advanced materials development.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a business meeting to consider the nominations of Dan Tangherlini to be Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) and Howard Shelanski to be Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Paterson, NJ - The Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park and the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) are teaming up to send nearly 40 Paterson youth down south on a trip that will take them to two national parks and white-water rafting. The students are from the Great Falls Youth...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Members of the business community and the public are invited to provide input on a Commercial Services Strategy for Curecanti National Recreation Area (CURE). This strategy is now being developed to assess the type and quality of services offered to park visitors.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has implemented a statewide fire restriction order for all BLM-managed public lands in New Mexico. The order is necessary due to extreme fire danger from prolonged hot and dry weather conditions. The following acts are prohibited:1.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in reaction to the United States Supreme Court’s announcement that it will review a federal appeals court ruling that President Obama’s intrasession appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were unconstitutional...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota man convicted of Third Degree Burglary and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on June 24, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today announced the issuance of four deposition subpoenas to State Department officials as part of the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the events surrounding the Benghazi terror attacks on September 11-12, 2012. All four subpoenaed officials led bureaus where the Accountability Review Board found deficiencies contributing to a lack of security at the time of the attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Sarcoxie, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for structuring financial transactions in order to evade federal reporting requirements as part of a scheme to sell stolen cooking oil that was intended for recycling.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: While many visitors are enriched physically and mentally walking the trails at Sitka National Historical Park, one walker also became a little wealthier this month as a participant of the Park Prescription Program.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following statement today after the Supreme Court decided to review a case challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s so-called recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on June 24, 2013, Ross Boydston, age 57 of Creston, Nebraska, was sentenced for his conviction for bankruptcy fraud. United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Boydston to five years of probation and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $18, 044.61.
