News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -Timothy LaFond, 35, formerly of 3 Pleasant Street in Rochester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to possessing stolen firearms, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Vancouver, WA - Fort Vancouver National Historic Site re-opens to visitors today. Visitors can again access the national park's public areas, roads, facilities, and public services during regularly scheduled hours of operation. Along with the 400 other units of the national park system, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - Both a former program director and treasurer of the Chicago Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association have been sentenced to prison terms for their respective roles in a scheme that defrauded state grant programs of at least $377,573, from 2005 to 2009. On Oct. 8, 2013, U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ocean County, N.J. man who is a reputed associate of the Genovese Crime Family today admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy and tax evasion scheme and agreed to forfeit $400,000 to the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service employees who work at the Home of FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill and the Vanderbilt Mansion returned to work this morning, following the lapse in Congressional appropriations which kept the parks closed for 16-days. "We are very happy to be back on the job," said Superintendent...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Death Valley, CA-Death Valley National Park re-opens to visitors today. Visitors can access public areas and roads immediately while facilities and other public services are brought back online. Death Valley National Park has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Channel Islands National Park reopens for visitors today. The five islands within Channel Islands National Park have been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional Appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Alabama state leaders from all three branches of government came together at the Smart on Crime Reentry Policy Summit this week to discuss the urgent need to control prison crowding, corrections spending, and recidivism rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Ryan Moore received more than $330,000 cash in connection with pill distribution plot.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Scott Niemic, 36, of Swansea, Mass., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence on October 9, 2013, to committing five “note-job" bank robberies, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Vincent B. Lisi, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston field office of the FBI; and Warwick Police Chief Colonel Stephen M. McCartney. A “note-job" bank robbery occurs when a note demanding money is passed or an oral demand is made but no weapon is shown.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Glenn Werley, 47, of Sarasota, Florida, was charged by Information, filed October 7, 2013, with one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. While working as the cafeteria manager for Bucks County Technical High School, the Information alleges, Werley defrauded the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program of $179,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Matthew Kolodesh, a/k/a "Matvei Kolodech", 51, of Churchville, PA, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud Medicare of more than $14 million through his home hospice business, announced United States Attorne ZaneDavid Memeger. A federal jury delivered its verdict today. Kolodesh's business...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Oct. 17, 2013- New River Gorge National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and the Bluestone National Scenic River re-open to visitors today. Visitors can access all public areas and facilities including visitor centers, restrooms, river accesses and campgrounds. The three parks have been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - On Oct. 15, 2013, U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. sentenced Raymond Edward Braun (40, Wimauma) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Braun pleaded guilty on July 2, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced that on Oct. 15, 2013, Anthony Simms (37, formerly of Riverview) pleaded guilty to seven counts of passing forged Treasury checks, seven counts of theft of government property, and seven counts of aggravated identity theft. Simms...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area re-opened early Thursday morning. Popular trailheads and visitor contact stations had been closed since October 1 due to the government shutdown.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, 43, contractor Bobby Ferguson, 44, and Bernard Kilpatrick, 72, have all been sentenced for their roles in the wide-ranging Detroit public corruption scandal, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging four defendants with conspiring to steal merchandise using stolen personal identifying information of medical patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today a city-wide operation that dismantled a massive drug trafficking organization in the Indianapolis area. The arrests are part of “Operation Five Dollar Footlong," which targeted a group that allegedly imported thousands of pounds...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Two Topeka men have been indicted on federal charges in connection with the July 28 robbery and shooting at a Valero gas station in Topeka, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom and Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor announced today.
