News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Herbert Jerome Townsend, 31, of Forest, Mississippi, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine (“ice"), U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced. Townsend will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves on July 11, 2013 and faces a maximum punishment of life in prison and a $10 million fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: National Park Service Outer Banks Group (Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore) spring program season will run from Friday, May 3 through Friday, May 31, 2013.A variety of programs are offered--all programs are free.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A former loan officer was sentenced today to more than 12½ years in federal prison for engaging in a mortgage fraud scheme involving 65 real estate transactions with properties located mostly in economically-depressed neighborhoods on the city’s south side which netted him personally more than $700,000. The defendant, FRED HAYWOOD, worked as a loan officer or processor for several different mortgage brokerages during the scheme, which occurred between 2001 and 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: Shreveport, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Robert E. “Red" Stevens, 61, former elected member of the City Council of Monroe, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today, to accepting cash bribe payments from an FBI cooperating witness in exchange for help with matters pending before the City Council. The guilty plea was entered in federal court in Shreveport before United States District Judge Donald E. Walter.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles Rangel today made the following statements after President Obama nominated Mike Froman to be United States Trade Representative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: Indictment Alleges That Defendants Manufactured and Distributed “Designer" Drugs.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: EPHRATA, Wash. - As of 10:00 am today, water flows to the Columbia Basin Project’s Main Canal have been restored. The Bureau of Reclamation expects the canal and related facilities to be fully operational by this weekend.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: MONTE VISTA, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Zapata Falls campground will be closed May 10 through 12 while Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado build a new user trail. The campground will reopen to the public on Monday, May 13.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JAEQWAN SHEPPARD, also known as “Quanny" and “Q," 20, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: RAMIRO NAVA-DELGADILLO, age 33, a citizen of Mexico, was charged in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury today with illegal reentry by an alien previously removed, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Today the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado State Director Helen Hankins presented Nate Dieterich, hydrologist for the Grand Junction Field Office, with the annual State Director’s Safety Award.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: Berlin, Maryland - The highly anticipated repair work on beach parking lots damaged during Hurricane Sandy has begun. Visitors to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge will observe representatives of Heard Construction, Inc reconstructing beach parking areas on the Virginia end of Assateague Island.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: James Kennedy, 37, of Willow Grove, PA, was charged today by Indictment with mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that from 2007 to 2011, the defendant took money from his employer's accounts, without his employer's knowledge or consent, and kept the proceeds for his own use.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on May 2, 2013, Craig Grimes, age 36 of Omaha, was sentenced to 4 years, 8 months in prison for possessing a firearm in Omaha on March 15, 2012, after having previously been convicted of a felony offense. Following the prison term, Grimes will serve three years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: A Highland Park Police officer pleaded guilty today to conspiring with three other police officers to commit extortion and protect a shipment of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on May 1, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Darius Two Eagle, age 21, was sentenced to 36 months in custody, 2 years of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: LAURA A. DIGGS, age 41, a resident of Paulina, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to five years probation with the first six months to be served in home confinement for one count of false statements on tax returns and one count of assisting in the preparation of false...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - The beloved Volcano House will fully reopen on the rim of Kīlauea caldera in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park next month, following a multi-million dollar upgrade and completing yet another chapter in the epic history of this iconic hotel.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: SELMA, AL - The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail invites you to "Why is Voting Important", a character education program. The program will take place at the Selma Interpretive Center, 2 Broad Street Selma, AL, 36703, on May 11, 2013 starting at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A woman who operated four medical clinics in Reseda and Northridge was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison for distributing the powerful and widely abused prescription narcotic oxycodone.
