News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Michael D. Haffke, age 50 of Omaha, Nebraska, to one year and one day of imprisonment following his conviction for conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Haffke was further ordered to serve two years of supervised release following his release from prison and to serve 100 hours of community service.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA - In partnership with Portland State University (PSU), the Oregon Encyclopedia, the Oregon Historical Society, and McMenamins, the National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will be presenting a special program and iBook launch on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 titled Revealing Our Past: A History of Nineteenth Century Vancouver Barracks through 25 Objects.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Smuggled Marijuana, Scalpels, And Other Contraband Into Two Prison Facilities.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday, June 19 at 9:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up the Student Success Act (H.R. 5). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Hull, Iowa man convicted of commercial sex trafficking was sentenced on June 17, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Public scoping has begun for a multi-year planning effort to address transportation, visitor use and resource management within the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor in Glacier National Park. Several public meetings are scheduled in and around the park this summer to solicit ideas, concerns, and impressions regarding future management of the road corridor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Oak Grove, Mo., husband and wife were sentenced in federal court today for an $800,000 tax fraud scheme and related charges of mail fraud, money laundering and using fictitious financial instruments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Shyloh Becker, 29, of Tigard, Oregon, is the second defendant to plead guilty in Idaho as a result of last summer’s nationwide law enforcement effort called Operation Log Jam, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Becker pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging her with one count of aiding and abetting in a monetary transaction in property derived from specified unlawful activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: The Big Meadows Fire is now considered to be 95% contained. Acreage for the fire remains at 604 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Thomas Tatar, age 27, of Banning, California appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on June 13, 2013 and pled guilty to Use of Interstate Facilities to Transmit Information about a Minor. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 5 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; life of supervised release; and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - An innovative airfoil manufacturing technology that promises to improve the performance of state-of-the-art gas turbines has been commercialized through research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced June 13, 2013, to ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Chadwick Duane Powell, 35, of Payette Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 75 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park will offer a special program entitled "Henry B. Stanton: The Great Man behind the Great Woman" presented by Linda C. Frank, Ph. D. on Saturday, June 29, at1:00 pmin the Wesleyan Chapel. A birthday cake will be served in the visitor center following the program. The program is offered free of charge and the public is invited to attend.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Angelo Gutierrez, 22, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 84 months in federal prison followed by three year of supervised release for his conviction on conspiracy, Hobbs Act commercial robbery and firearms charges arising out of an armed robbery of a K-Mart Store in Santa Fe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Defendant Bilked Customers who Sought Venture Capital Funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has pleaded guilty to taking part in an armed robbery at a Little Caesars Pizza restaurant, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: A man who sold heroin to a person who overdosed and died from using the heroin pled guilty on June 13, 2013, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on June 17, 2013, Barbara Iron Hawk, 28, Cannonball, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Iron Hawk pleaded guilty to the charges on March 15, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A 30-year-old woman pleaded guilty on June 17 in connection with a heroin distribution scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Ashlei Steinbrecher, of Huntington, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin.
