News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced that Gary Goldberg, 49, of Palm Beach County, pled guilty on Friday, June 14, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra in West Palm Beach, Florida, to one count of enticing a minor to engage in an illegal sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2422(b).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Seven Los Angeles-area residents have been charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud for allegedly participating in an identity theft scheme that targeted hundreds of JP Morgan Chase & Co. account holders across the nation and caused more than $1 million in losses.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today kicked off National Small Business Week by highlighting USDA's actions to help rural small businesses create jobs, get access to capital and spur economic growth. He also announced the selection of recipients for USDA's Rural Business Enterprise Grants. USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Koty Arcoren, age 21, of St. Francis, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on June 13, 2013 and pled guilty to Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - James R. Brown, 50, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Pocatello to 78 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Brown to forfeit the computer equipment used in the offense. Brown pleaded guilty to the offense on March 27, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Michael Lazane French, 33, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court on drug and gun charges. French entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and using, carrying and possessing a firearm in relation to and in furtherance of a drug trafficking felony in Decemcer of 2012, and Judge Callie V.S. Granade imposed a sentence of 90 months imprisonment this afternoon.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM ES) office will hold a quarterly, competitive oil and gas lease sale on Sept. 12, 2013, at the BLM ES office located at 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Va. The sale is open to the public. Parking is available. The Public Room at the BLM ES office...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: At 11 a.m. on Monday, June 17, Grand Teton National Park rangers responded to a report of a 57-year-old male with an injury who was climbing near the Black Rock Chimney on the Grand Teton. Jim Williams of Jackson, Wyoming was leading a client on a guided trip of the Grand Teton for an authorized park...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Jackie Mize Organized Doctor-Shopping Trips to Florida from Claiborne County.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: What Tree is That?. Trees are more than shade providers and environment filters. Trees supply food and shelter for wildlife. Join biologist Constance Jones trail exploring to learn quick and easy ways to identify trees and how trees support wildlife. The program gets underway at the Mound City Group...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: A Search for the World's Largest Population of Critters.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is holding volunteer orientation training days for those wishing to volunteer at the park's visitor center information desk. Classes are limited to 8 prospective volunteers. Those wishing to participate are asked to call the park's visitor center to make a reservation. The required class is free and spots will be reserved on a first come, first served basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Chicago alderman, the head of a $1 billion Nebraska-based prescription medication provider, and another man were convicted today of conspiracy to commit bribery of a fictitious public official to purportedly obtain business from the Los Angeles County hospital system after a two-week trial. A federal jury deliberated approximately several hours today before returning guilty verdicts against all three defendants.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: With the continued reinforcement of containment lines by crews working the Big Meadows Fire, the fire is now considered to be 60% contained. Following last night's flight to map the fire, the fire perimeter is now estimated to encompass 604 acres.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: With continued reinforcement of containment lines by crews working the Big Meadows Fire today, the fire is now considered to be 75% contained and encompasses 604 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An Augusta, Kan., man who posed online as a teenage boy to entice middle school girls to make sexually explicit videos was sentenced Monday to 220 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: Dinosaur, CO - Fire managers at Dinosaur National Monument are now conducting suppression actions on the Wild/Hacking fire on Wild Mountain. The current official estimate for the size of the fire is approximately 370 acres, though this number may change once full surveys have been completed. Originally, the Wild/Hacking fire began as two separate fires, the result of lightning strikes on Thursday, but had merged into one fire by Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2013
News Release: BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury today has indicted the following 10 defendants for conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in Baltimore...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2013
News Release: Yesterday afternoon fire crews conducted a burnout operation to strengthen fire lines and reduce fuels along the southern flank of the fire in the Tonahutu Creek drainage. Fire staff consider the firing operation to have successfully strengthened the southern flank of the fire, effectively minimizing the probability of movement of the Big Meadows Fire to the south. This operation increased the fire to 479 acres.
