News published on Federal Newswire in November 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pomona man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug trafficking charge for possessing more than one-half pound of methamphetamine that he was planning to distribute.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: Michael Sparks is the third former Mingo official to plead guilty in connection with federal corruption probe.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Reclamation has selected Max Spiker as the Power Resources Manager. Spiker will work with the Senior Hydropower Advisor and Reclamation offices in managing Reclamation's hydropower operation and maintenance program, reliability compliance program and renewable energy program.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Raymond Donovan Williams, 32, of Chickasaw, was convicted in federal court today for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Williams’ jury trial started before Hon. Kristi K. Dubose this morning, and ended with the jury verdict of guilty on both charges returned shortly before 5:00 p.m. today.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a 45-minute, ranger-led interpretive program about traditional log construction. Please meet Park Ranger Bill Herman at the Oscar Blevins farm to learn about many of the old world traditions used to shape log structures during the mid-eighteenth...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Nov. 14, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, DUSTIN JAY AFTER BUFFALO, an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: Newly Seized Photographic Evidence Shows $800,000 In Criminal Cash Proceeds In Suitcase Sent To Cyberattack Organizer.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mythili Raman, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ"), announced today that MARIA DE LOS ANGELES GONZALEZ DE HERNANDEZ (“GONZALEZ") pled guilty...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal Indictment charging Diane Cobb and Paul Sloane Davis with fifteen counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, and wire fraud, and charging Diane Cobb with five counts of aggravated identity theft, was unsealed today in federal court, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) held the first-ever Congressional hearing on the emerging technology of virtual currencies. The hearing, “Beyond Silk Road - Potential Threats, Risks, and Promises of Virtual Currency, " explored...

By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: Four artists from around the country were selected to serve in 2014 as Artists-in-Residence in Zion National Park. These artists were selected from a pool of over 80 applicants representing a broad spectrum of art forms. Please look for the following artists during their residency dates.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: Defendant Led A Robbery Crew That Preyed On Innocent Brooklyn Residents.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Nov. 13, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Tina Marie Ladeaux, a/k/a Tina M. Cooper, a/k/a Tina Cooperboyd, age 41, of Rapid City, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on Oct. 31, 2013, and pled guilty to Concealing Person from Arrest.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Nov. 12, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, THOMAS ANDREW QUINTON, a 32-year-old resident of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, pled guilty to travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Sentencing has been set for February 7, 2014. He is currently detained.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: Grand Teton National Park will soon update its cost-recovery rate for backcountry camping permits and for special park use permits to reflect the actual cost of operation for these programs. Adjusted charges for these specific permits will become effective beginning Jan. 1, 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Gladstone, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for producing, distributing and possessing child pornography. Barry Alan Darlington, 73, of Gladstone...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) today released the 2013 National Drug Threat Assessment, which provides an up-to-date look at the many challenges local communities face related to drug abuse and drug trafficking. Highlights in the report include drug abuse and trafficking trends for drugs such as heroin, prescription drugs, and the many ever-changing synthetic drugs manufactured overseas and imported to the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2013

News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, announces that William Deboris Gordon, III (41, Ocala) today pleaded guilty, in two separate criminal cases, to charges of attempted possession of five kilograms or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession of firearms...

By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2013

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement on the death of two miners at Star Mine Operations LLC's Revenue Mine in Ouray, Colo.: "An apparent explosives accident claimed the lives of two Colorado gold miners today, and sent other miners to the hospital. I ...