News published on Federal Newswire in November 2013

News from November 2013


News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. November 4, 2013. Debra Mills. Catoctin Mountain Park Announces Winter Activities Schedule and Road Closures. Road Closures. Manahan Road Closed for the Winter Season from 12:00 noon, November 18. Park Central Road Closed for the Winter Season from 12:00 noon...


News Release: Tampa, Florida- Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Kenyon Lamont Williams guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States, filing false claims with the United States, and wire fraud. In addition, Williams was found guilty on two counts of wire fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of forty-nine years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has been set for Jan. 24, 2014.


Wright Brothers NM Fees Waived for Veterans Day Weekend

News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today that Wright Brothers National Memorial will be joining national park units across the country in honoring current and former servicemen and women and their families.Entrance to Wright Brothers National Memorial will be free to all park visitors Saturday, November 9 through Monday, Nov. 11, 2013.


News Release: A Collinsville, Illinois, man was sentenced on November 4, 2013, on a charge of Production of Child Pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Martin L. Evanick, a/k/a "Vlad," 32, was sentenced to a term in prison of 235 months...


Tis the Season to cut a Christmas tree on public lands

News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service are once again offering Christmas tree permits for sale beginning Nov. 4, 2013. The cost of a permit is $10 with a limit of two permits per household. Permits are valid only for the areas of the state in which they are purchased.


News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Nathan Jackson, 27, and his sister, Hailey Jelinek, 20, from Fairbanks, Alaska, were sentenced on Nov. 1, 2013, in U.S. District Court. Jackson was sentenced to 123 months in prison and three years of supervised release. He had previously pleaded guilty to both counts of an indictment...


Gettysburg Attorney Charged Federally With Defrauding Clients Of Over $3 Million

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of an Information in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg today charging Wendy Weikal-Beauchat, age 46, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with wire fraud and money laundering.


News Release: Entrance fees to Glacier National Park will be waived Saturday through Monday, November 10-12, Veteran’s Day Weekend, in honor of those that serve and have served in the United States Military.


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Guilty Plea Agreement With SAC Capital Management Companies

News Release: SAC Management Companies Agree To Plead Guilty To All Counts In Criminal Indictment, Pay $1.8 Billion, And Terminate SAC Capital’s Investment Advisory Business.


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) began in 2006 to celebrate Veterans Day by offering free entry as a way to honor members of the US Armed Forces who currently serve, or have served, our Nation during times of war and peace. This year the tradition continues, and all 401 national park units across America...


Fast Food Restaurant Robbers Plead Guilty

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that TREVIN MAURICE GIBSON of Greenville, MICHAEL RONDALE GIBSON of Greenville, PRENTISE JAVAUGHN WILKINS of Williamston and DESHAUN ENTREA SPRUILL of Robersonville each pled guilty to firearms charges resulting from a string of robberies of...


Candlelantern: A Savannah Tradition

News Release: Fort Pulaski Sets Dates for Candlelantern.


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON– The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), together with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) today announced the partnership of the “If You See Something, Say Something™” public awareness campaign with the 2013 ING New York City Marathon.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Booker Tarvin a/k/a Shanky, of Jackson, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride and “crack" cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen. Tarvin was also ordered to pay $11,159 in restitution to the FBI.


Park Programs November 2013

News Release: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2013.


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “The thoughts and prayers of the entire Department go out to the family of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee who lost their life in the senseless shooting at Los Angeles International Airport earlier today, as well as the additional individuals, including TSA employees, who were injured in the incident.


APHIS Finalizes Bovine Import Regulations in Line with International Animal Health Standards

News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2013 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today a final rule that will complete efforts to modernize the Agency's import regulations for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), demonstrating to the international ...


News Release: The owner of a Louisiana medical equipment supply company and a marketer who worked for the company have been indicted for allegedly engaging in a $3 million Medicare fraud scheme.


News Release: Oneike Mickhale Barnett pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Ft. Lauderdale to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the Justice Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations ...


News Release: The Justice Department announced that on Nov. 1, 2013, it asked a federal court to bar Sergio Fernando Sosa and his company, Sergio Centro Latino, from preparing tax returns for others. The civil injunction suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, alleges that Sosa, who has been ...