News from November 2013
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Big Bend National Park and Fort Davis National Historic Site will observe Veterans Day with a fee free weekend starting Saturday, November 9 through Monday, November 11. Park entrance fee will be waived for these days.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: On Oct. 28, 2013, Michael A. Burns, 45, of Carbondale, was arraigned in federal court in Benton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Burns was charged by indictment, on Oct. 23, 2013, with Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin. At the Oct. 28, 2013, court hearing, Burns was ordered held without bond pending a Dec. 30, 2013, jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Rahil Akhtar, 37, of Eagle, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of acquiring and obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud and deception, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Akhtar was a dentist licensed to practice in the state of Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RUFUS SPEARMAN, 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 52 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: On Oct. 31, 2013, Sherman L. Allen, Jr., a/k/a “Larue," 29, of Marion, IL, was arraigned in federal court in Benton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Allen was charged by indictment, on Oct. 23, 2013, with Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. At the Oct. 31, 2013, court hearing, Allen was ordered held without bond pending a Dec. 30, 2013, jury trial.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: In celebration of Veteran’s Day, Yosemite National Park will offer free admission to the public on Saturday, November 9 through Monday, November 11. This fee free weekend is offered to all visitors in honor of current members, retired members, and reserve members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Pipestone, MN: To honor America's service men and women, all areas managed by the Department of the Interior, including Pipestone National Monument, will not charge entrance fees from Saturday, November 9th through Monday, November 11th, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Washington, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a sentence of time served on his conviction of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the government has reached a settlement agreement with a Carrollton, Mo., man who admitted he logged trees that were located in a wetlands easement on his property.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Detective was in Denver receiving cancer treatment at time of crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: On Oct. 31, 2013, Maurice L. Robinson, a/k/a “Ray Ray," 33, Jamie Kay Kelly, a/k/a “Jamie K." and “Jamie K. Short," 45, and Harold Lawayne Barron, a/k/a “Wayne," 50, all of Murphysboro, were arraigned in federal court in Benton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Based on data from a local weather station, National Park Service fire officials have declared that the fire danger rating will be Extreme today for Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) sites in Marin County. National Park Service sites in San Francisco and San Mateo County are not affected.
By State Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Royce: “Human trafficking is today’s slavery - a global scourge that devastates the lives of over 20 million people around the world, especially women and girls, many here at home.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal grand jury in Jacksonville has returned an indictment charging William Roland Baker (62, Jacksonville) with two counts of possessing child pornography. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Jackson County, Mo., attorney was sentenced in federal court today for bank fraud, which involved stealing funds from the Sam and Lindsey Porter foundation, as well as bankruptcy fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida announces today that Delmer Holmes (44) and Patricia (74), both of Naples, pleaded guilty to conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Uniontown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that on Nov. 1, 2013, Tyrone A. Jones, 24, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, in United States District Court in Benton, after pleading guilty to two counts of manufacturing and passing counterfeit United States currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - The former Treasurer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nevada-based First Global Financial Corporation was convicted today for his participation in a fraudulent kickback scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Fire managers at Rocky Mountain National Park plan to take advantage of potential upcoming winter weather conditions to burn piles of slash. Approximately 1,000 piles are from several hazard fuels and hazard tree mitigation projects on the east side of the park. Slash has been cut and piled by park fire crews and contractors during the last two years. When winter conditions finally arrived in April, nearly 800 piles were burned.
