News from November 2013
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Open House on Dec. 3; Comment Period Open until Dec. 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: $4.2 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Trail of Tears, Part 1 and 2 on Friday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: A Lake Orion resident pleaded guilty yesterday to tax evasion charges, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Carolyn Weber, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area, along with many partners, is pleased to announce that construction of a Mason Neck Gateway Kiosk will begin shortly. Planning for the Gateway exhibit began almost seven years ago and will highlight the area's history and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Fredrick Darnell Ford, 38, and Shamika Y. Fulford, 34, both from Jackson, were sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III for their roles in connection with a drug trafficking operation in the City of Jackson, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia -During the upcoming winter holiday season, the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 2013; Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2013; and New Years Day, Jan. 1, 2014.The park entrance, prison site, and picnic area will also be closed on these three days.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Stephanie Patterson, age 41, of Royersford, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today to violations of 18 USC § 286 (False Claims Conspiracy), 18 USC § 1341 (Mail Fraud), and 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B)...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: In light of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s forthcoming 2013 report detailing the latest scientific findings and projections related to climate change, President Obama signed an Executive Order on November 1 directing federal agencies to take a series of actions aimed at making it easier...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: VANDALE THOMAS, age 40, a resident of Prairieville, Louisiana, was charged today by a Federal Grand Jury in a twelve (12) count Indictment alleging corruption which took place during THOMAS’s tenure with New Orleans Traffic Court, announced U. S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Palermo, 29, of Rochester, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with witness tampering by attempting to kill another person to prevent that person’s testimony in an official proceeding, and threatening to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Michael Sonnier, 32, of Westlake, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to 120 months in prison...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - To help all understand and enjoy Petrified Forest National Park, experts in their respective fields are being invited to share their knowledge and enthusiasm in a reinvigorated in-park 'speaker series'. Presentations are scheduled for the first Wednesday of every month, and last approximately one hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Thanh Van Nguyen, 46, of Biloxi, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 16 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud in connection with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Nguyen was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $171,577.92 and perform 100 hours of community service.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement in response to Chairman Camp’s letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Delery, Department of Justice Civil Division, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Ronald Verrochio, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Special Agent in Charge Alysa D. Erichs, U.S. Immigration and Customs...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of 14 members to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Thirteen appointees will serve 3-year terms and one will serve a 2-year term.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Cunningham, 26, of Hagerstown, Md., pled guilty today to traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Slade E. Barnett, Jr., age 48, of Camano Island, Washington, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday morning to introducing a pollutant into a sewer system that he knew would cause property damage. He faces up to three years in prison for the conviction. U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell set sentencing in the case for Jan. 16, 2014.
