News from October 2013
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent, Darlene M. Koontz, announced that due to the federal government shutdown the park will delay the Wilderness and Backcountry Stewardship Plan open house scheduled for October 15 in Red Bluff. The open houses scheduled later in October may also be postponed should the government shutdown continue beyond October 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Betty Dugan, 54, of Concord, New Hampshire has pled guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to charges that she knowingly used false information to obtain benefits from government programs that are solely intended to provide financial assistance to impoverished individuals and families, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal jury today found two men guilty of gang crimes including murder in Dodge City, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Javier Martinez, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 65 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Grand Marais and Munising, Michigan - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore re-opened to visitors today. Visitors can access public areas and roads immediately while facilities and other public services are brought back online. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore had been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: San Francisco, CA -San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park re-opens to visitors today! Great weather makes this the perfect time to experience San Francisco’s historic waterfront. Visitors can access public areas immediately; facilities and programs will be back online as soon as possible. The Park has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - An Orange County physician who admitted that he illegally prescribed dangerous, addictive painkillers to “patients" he barely examined during meetings that were often held at Starbucks stores was sentenced late today to over 11 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: On Sept. 16, 2013, Devereaux L. Davis, a thirty-six year old Columbia, Illinois, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, for failure to register as a sex offender, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Davis...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that on Oct. 3, 2013, former Lee County Commissioner Tammara Ann Hall, a/k/a Tammy Hall (53, Cape Coral), pleaded guilty to wire fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Crystal Ferreira, 27, of Fall River, Mass., faces up to 30 years in federal prison when she is sentenced in January, having pled guilty on October 4, 2013, to embezzling more than $437,000 from a Columbus Credit Union branch office in East Providence where she was employed as a supervisor...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following statement today after the Senate passed bipartisan legislation to end the government shutdown and avert a default on the nation’s debt.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Nicholas R. Sabatine, III, 62 of Nazareth, PA was charged today by Information with one count of filing a false tax return, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Brian Campbell, 74, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, to conspiring to engage in money laundering activities. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $500,000 or both.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Point Reyes Station, CA - Point Reyes National Seashore is open to visitors today. Visitors can access public areas and roads immediately while facilities and other public services are brought back online. Point Reyes National Seashore has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - DR. HARRY OSAGHAEMORGAN, Richmond Heights, MO, was indicted October 9 by a federal grand jury on five felony counts of causing, or attempted to cause, the dispensing of Schedule II and IV controlled substance drugs outside the normal practice of medicine. The drugs involved were large quantities of oxycodone, morphine, oxymorphone, Xanax and Valium.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Ashford, WA - Mount Rainier National Park is open! Main access roads are now open with limited services while operations are brought back on-line. Services such as food and lodging are available in communities outside the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that Raymond Negron, 32, of Manchester, New Hampshire was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to twelve...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that on Oct. 10, 2013, a federal jury today found Charlie Vernon, Jr. (Tampa, 53) guilty of possessing with the intent to distribute more than an ounce of crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Vernon faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 6, 2014. Vernon was indicted on Feb. 28, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that on Oct. 17, 2013, Max R. Schauf, 56, of Bridgeport, Illinois, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, a $5,000 fine and 3 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to three counts of...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Devils Tower, WY - Devils Tower National Monument re-opens to visitors. Visitors can access the visitor center while and other facilities are brought back online. Devils Tower National Monument has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
