News from May 2013
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Outdoor Evening Program to Detail Recent Repairs to Friendship of Salem.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Devils Tower National Monument reopens Friday morning following a brief closure after a prescribed burn escaped containment late Wednesday afternoon. The Belle Fourche Fire was 100% contained at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9. Firefighters continue to strengthen control lines, mop-up hot spots, and remove hazardous trees to ensure public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on May 10, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, JASON CHARLES SHOUSE, a 36-year-old resident of Cascade County, appeared for sentencing. SHOUSE was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Theresa Portillo Was Chief Executive Officer at the Now Defunct WSFCU.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - Following a five-day trial, a federal jury today convicted a Boston man for his role in the armed robbery of a Dorchester MetroPCS retail store in 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Terri M. Boatman, age 45 of Belleville, Illinois, pled guilty in federal court to the offenses of Filing False Federal Income Tax Returns for the years 2009 and 2010, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. The offenses each carry a maximum possible penalty of up to three years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and restitution for the tax loss. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 19, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Todd Ryan Frazier, 30, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was indicted by a grand jury and charged in a sixteen count Indictment with: Counts 1 - 3, Embezzlement and Theft from the Carterville School District - a unit of local government that received federal funds; Counts 4 - 13, Wire Fraud in furtherance of...
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new report, released today by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), shows that oil and gas companies drilling offshore in the Gulf of Mexico continue to suffer major safety lapses three years after the BP spill and that penalties are still insufficient to deter risky practices.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 41-year-old man was sentenced today to five years in prison on a charge stemming from a sexual assault earlier this year against a woman with whom he had a child, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana-The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Timothy Koenck, age 53, of Fenton, Iowa, has been indicted on federal child sexual exploitation charges. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed April 22, 2013, in United States District Court in Sioux City.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA News Release. May 10, 2013. Release No.: 2013-29. Contact list (alphabetical by agency). Bureau of Land Management - Kirsten Cannon - (702) 515-5057. National Park Service - Christie Vanover - (702) 283-2344. Nevada...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mark S. Farhood, 49, formerly of San Diego, Cal., and Jason S. Sant, 37, of Lecanto, Fla., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges in connection with their operation of a nationwide online foreclosure rescue scam that went by various names, including Home Advocate Trustees and Walk...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Rodriguez Brown, 35, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and witness tampering. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y.-- The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York announced today that Frank Garcia, 51, of Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to fraud affecting a financial institution. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that yesterday, May 9, 2013, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced DELANE F. ALSTON, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns, in violation of Title 26...
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released the following reactions to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $1.9 billion in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID GRIFFITHS, the Executive Director of the Neighborhood Enhancement for Training Services, Inc. (“NETS"), was sentenced today to five months in prison for mail fraud and for making false statements to...
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Visitors urged to take safety precautions while traveling on road.
By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Liborio Markets #5 Inc.
