News from November 2013
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: A significant rockfall occurred at the Hickman Bridge Trailhead off Utah Highway 24 on March 23, 2013. Several hundred tons of material fell, blocking the only trail access to Hickman Bridge. The trailhead was officially closed upon discovery of the rockfall.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two Sioux Falls, South Dakota, men were found guilty of drug charges as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, and their two co-defendants were sentenced after pleading guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jesse James Starr, was sentenced on Nov. 25, 2013, to nearly 12 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Murder.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: A newly formed subcommittee of the Bureau of Land Management's Boise District Resource Advisory Council will meet four times by mid-January to consider and seek resolution to siting issues for the Gateway West Power Project across a portion of southwest Idaho. The Gateway West project is a proposed high-voltage...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: In a continuing effort to protect Roseate Spoonbills in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park will close Carl Ross Key and Frank Key Channel to public entry during the winter nesting season. These temporary closures are intended to provide added protection for two of Florida Bay's most significant spoonbill colonies.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Eleanor Roosevelt on Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, man convicted of Mail Fraud and Misbranding of a Drug was sentenced on Nov. 25, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nannette Brown, 44, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $500,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, man convicted of Mail Fraud and Misbranding of a Drug was sentenced on Nov. 25, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nannette Brown, 44, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $500,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A couple who owned a now-defunct suburban title company, a disbarred attorney, and an attorney are among nine defendants who have been indicted in two separate mortgage fraud cases, federal law enforcement officials announced today. Seven defendants were charged together in one case, and two in the second case, together alleging schemes to fraudulently obtain at least four residential mortgage loans totaling more than $1 million from lenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2013
News Release: Edward Hill, 27, of Robesonia, PA, was charged today by information with distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, between May 3, 2013 and July 10, 2013, Hill distributed over the Internet pictures that depicted children being sexually abused, and he possessed in excess of 600 images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with Camelot Child Development Center of Oklahoma City and Edmond, Okla., under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The settlement resolves allegations that Camelot violated the ADA by prohibiting a child with Down syndrome ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2013
News Release: Stanley Electric Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based company, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $1.44 million criminal fine for its participation in a conspiracy to fix prices of lamp ballasts installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2013
News Release: Several California companies and individuals that formerly supplied beef to the National School Lunch Program have agreed to settle allegations of inhumane handling of cattle, circumventing appropriate inspection of nonambulatory disabled (“downer”) cattle and false representations regarding their eligibility to process beef, the Justice Department announced today. The announcement follows approval of the last of these settlements by a California probate court.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 27, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday requested public comment on proposed changes to part II of the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR policy) that are designed to enhance the efficiency of the payment system. The proposed changes are largely related to the posting rules for automated clearing house (ACH) and commercial check transactions.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 27, 2013
News Release: Commercee Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, LinkedIn "Driving Exports Is Key to Growing Small Businesses and the American Economy " The role of the Department of Commerce is to help set the conditions for U.S. businesses to succeed, grow, and create jobs. Whether that is by providing data that ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 27, 2013
News Release: Commercee Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, LinkedIn "Driving Exports Is Key to Growing Small Businesses and the American Economy " The role of the Department of Commerce is to help set the conditions for U.S. businesses to succeed, grow, and create jobs. Whether that is by providing data that ...
