News from May 2013
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Scenic Road Provides Access to Spectacular Vista.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. sentenced John Wesley (48, Zephyrhills), a former wide receiver...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Due to heavy snowfall and power, heat and phone outages in different areas of Rocky Mountain National Park, both the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center and the Fall River Visitor Center on the east side of the park will close at noon today. The Kawuneeche Visitor Center on the west side of the park will remain open.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced SAMUEL LEE COOPER, JR., 36, to 76 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. On July 11, 2012, COOPER pled guilty to possessing a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 1, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, LARKIN TROY CHANDLER, a 46-year-old resident of Crow Agency, appeared for sentencing. CHANDLER was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the indictment yesterday of JOSEPH MCCRIMON and JAMES SHERROD in connection with their...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Ezra Robert Gramm, 39, of Springfield, pleaded guilty before U.S.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park resource managers plan to release two new predatory beetle species to aid in control efforts to stop the spread of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), an invasive insect pest that has devastated hemlock forests throughout the eastern United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Ruben Jimenez Martinez, 36, of Garland, Texas, appeared in federal court this afternoon, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez, on a federal criminal complaint stemming from his unauthorized entrance into a restricted area of Dallas Love Field Airport on Sunday evening, April 28, 2013. He was ordered detained. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 110 grants to agricultural producers and rural businesses that will help create jobs and develop new products. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today's announcement is one part of the Department's efforts to strengthen the rural economy.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA -- Everglades National Park's Chekika Day Use Area and Long Pine Key Campground have been closed for the summer season.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Ninh Nguyen, 58, of Houston, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of access device fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Nguyen pleaded guilty Oct. 4, 2012, admitting he possessed 15 or more credit card account numbers that had been stolen or obtained with intent to defraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A grand jury has returned an indictment charging a physician in Manhattan, Kan., with unlawfully distributing prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that a federal jury yesterday found Curtis Lee Dallas (32, Orlando) guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and using that firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Dallas faces a minimum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 25, 2013. Dallas was indicted on Aug. 22, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Amelia Jackson, 43, of Rochester, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with knowingly making false material statements and certifications and knowingly concealing outside employment in connection with an application for and receipt of Federal Employee Compensation. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that totaled more than $1 million over the past year and to illegally possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced that the Committee will convene for a hearing, “Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage," on Wednesday, May 8 at 11:30 AM in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today the sentencing of three more members of an Eastern Idaho drug trafficking organization. The defendants appeared this week before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today released the “Making Medicaid Work" blueprint to modernize the Medicaid program. The in-depth report, which is based on extensive feedback from states and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kenneth Williams, age 64, of Baltimore, and Raymond Sadler, age 61, of Middle River, Maryland, both U.S. Marine Corps veterans, pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining veterans benefits. Veterans Sandra Tyree, age 64, of Rosedale, Maryland; Kenneth Webster, age 67, of Pasadena, Maryland; Paul Heard, age 64, of Baltimore; and John Bratcher, age 54, of Conowingo, Maryland pleaded guilty on Monday, April 29, 2013, to the same charge.
