News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Torron Frieson, also known as Torron Frierson, 35, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 7 ½-year prison term on charges stemming from a robbery earlier this year of a liquor store and market in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area will open the Great Kills Park's boat ramp to the public for the first time since Hurricane Sandy beginning Saturday, May 25. "We are so happy that we are able to open the boat ramp to accommodate our local boaters and anglers," said Gateway Superintendent Linda Canzanelli.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in special programs occurring inside Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, on June 8, 2013. Come join the 2nd South Carolina String Band as they perform mid-19th century music with authentic instruments. The songs and instrumental...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Honoring a Tradition of Life Saving at Point Reyes National Seashore.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: While I intend to support this mark, and believe it represents an improvement over the budget request-it is still a far cry from the bill I believe we would want to craft were we operating under a more reasonable allocation.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Document Confirms United States Colored Troops Presence at the Gap.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Summer is almost upon us and the National Park Service Outer Banks Group is ready with a summer schedule full of a variety of programs for park visitors, including history talks, nature walks, recreational programs, and a multitude of children's programs. The summer schedule runs from June 1 - Sept 2, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada is deferring oil and gas lease sales on the Winnemucca and Carson City Districts until September 2014. A sale scheduled for Sept. 10, 2013 was postponed when the single parcel nominated was withdrawn when it was discovered that it is submerged under water for part of the year making it ineligible for leasing.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for calling this important hearing. The American people expect the IRS to exercise its responsibilities in a fair and nonpartisan manner. When the IRS breaches that trust, it damages the ability of the agency to implement the nation’s tax laws effectively and efficiently.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An individual found in Pittsburgh has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: MAY 22 - (BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Marvin Wooten, also known as “Smash," 43, of Norwalk, was sentenced today...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: JASON LONG, age 36, of St. Charles Parish, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Helen G. Berrigan to forty years in prison for receiving videos and images depicting the sexual victimization of children and, separately, recording sexually explicit images and videos of a child, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Lakesia Binion, 34, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of making material false statements, was sentenced to 10 months of home confinement to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on four bills that would streamline government red tape and expand development of America’s onshore oil, natural gas, and renewable energy resources as part of a true all-of-the-above approach to energy production.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) welcomed President Obama’s decision to nominate Dan Tangherlini to be Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA). Chairman Carper has called on the Obama Administration to quickly work...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Frederick J. Zirkelbach, 48, of Ridgeway, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The indictment, returned...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Tyrone Johniken, a/k/a “Hassan Muhammed," and “Roland," age 30, of Baltimore, today to life in prison for a racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Death Valley, CA-A fire broke out near historic Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park on Tuesday, May 21st around 4 pm. As of Wednesday morning, about 26 acres of heavy brush had burned north of the Castle grounds. Firefighters from the region were called in to fight the blaze which at times was about 70 feet high.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Atlanta, Ga., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of interstate transportation of stolen property, fraudulently transmitting postal money orders, and making, uttering and passing counterfeit security, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -Nazar Lopushansky, 30 of Manchester, has been sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one year and one day in prison, after pleading guilty to six counts of mail fraud, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
