News from October 2013
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Penny Pritzker, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC), voicing his concerns surrounding the lack of leadership at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney(s Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Oct. 23, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, KARRIE MARIE STOLTENBERG, a 40-year-old resident of Billings, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing has been set for March 3, 2013. She is currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that defendant Bhardwaaj “Deo" Seecharan, 53, of Orange County, was sentenced yesterday for his participation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Oct. 23, 2013, David Gabriel Morago, age 34, of Redwood Valley, California, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner to 110 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute at least 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Morago was also ordered to serve four years of supervised release following the imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: We Must Stay on the Path to Clean Air
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: OCT 24 (MIAMI) - With public participation at an all-time high after six prior events in three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at thousands of sites across America on Saturday the 26th. These...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Since the 1960s, Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier, also known as the Frisco Pier, provided recreational fishing and sightseeing opportunities on the shores of Cape Hatteras National Seashore.The pier was last fully operational, under Concessions Contract No. CC-CAHA002-98 (Contract), in 2008, with the exception...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Oct. 21, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, TONY RAY MANY GUNS, a 36-year-old resident of Browning and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today followed up on requests to multiple federal agencies for information related to their current and planned climate activities and their role in the president’s Climate Action Plan. The committee invited 13 federal agencies to testify at...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration Resident Agent in Charge Michelle Spahn announced today that the public will have another opportunity to prevent prescription pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, or...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Antonio Victor Mirelez, age 26, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced today after having previously pleading guilty to the crime of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced that former Jefferson Parish, La. Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Gary J. Shine pleaded guilty today before Federal District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to assaulting a detainee at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna, La., thereby depriving the detainee of his civil rights.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean West Virginia, Oct. 24, 2013 - The New River Gorge National River recently solicited public input on a proposal to charge fees at the park's new flagship campground, the Meadow Creek Campground, near Sandstone, WV.Most of the feedback from government representatives, stakeholders and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Clifford Dale Bercovich and Howard Webber were charged on Oct. 3, 2013, with conspiracy, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, charges were unsealed against Romanian fugitive Nicolae Popescu, the leader of an international organized crime syndicate that ran a multimillion dollar cyber fraud scheme, and six other fugitives charged with participating in the same scheme. Interpol has issued red notices to foreign law enforcement partners seeking assistance in the apprehension of these fugitives, and the FBI has also released “Wanted" posters to facilitate their arrests.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that U.S. District Judge James J. Brady sentenced KIAMANI A. BEASLEY, age 28, of Jeanerette, Louisiana, to 12 months and a day imprisonment and 12 months of supervised release following imprisonment. The sentence results from BEASLEY’s conviction for embezzlement from a federally funded entity in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Today, the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, John F. Walsh, announces the recovery of $255,000 as part of a settlement of allegations that Merial I. Currier and Currier Gravel Pit, Inc. operated a gravel mining pit on public land, without obtaining authorization from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Carlos Luis Alomar-Baello (43, Davenport) and Carla Michelle Alvarado (33, Kissimmee) with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. If convicted, Alomar and Alvarado each face a minimum penalty of ten years and a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH CASOLO, 45, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for extorting approximately $200,000 from a Fairfield County businessman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dallas Chase Barth, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a felony information charging Barth, a non-native, with assaulting an Indian with a dangerous weapon on Aug. 28, 2013, in Taos Pueblo.
