News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Stephen Ardrey, 30, of Springfield, Mo., was ordered detained today by U.S District Court Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan during his initial appearance in federal court on charges of sex trafficking children and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that yesterday five residents of the City of Rutland were arrested during an early morning federal-state-local operation and presented in United States District Court for arraignment on indictments charging violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act. The five defendants and their respective charges are.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Mount Airy man was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment for filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Ripley Rand.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. B On Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, Nasser Qayed, 41, of Detroit, Mich., was sentenced by the Honorable Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 21 months in federal prison for his convictions of receiving and concealing stolen goods traveling in interstate commerce. Additionally, the court ordered him to pay $121,000 in restitution.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Anthony K. Mastrogiovanni, 30, of Crofton, MD, today to 25 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for the sexual exploitation of minors to produce child pornography. Judge Motz also ordered that upon his release...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Hydropower generation capacity has increased at Bureau of Reclamation facilities in the West with the addition of Lease of Power Privilege development by non-federal partners, development of new technologies, and improved efficiencies at existing Reclamation powerplants. Through LOPP, more than 111,200 megawatt-hours of hydropower may be generated annually, enough electricity for more than 9,858 households.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has provided some initial findings into its investigation of light aircraft crash in Grand Teton National Park on Wednesday, September 11. The NTSB is the lead investigator and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Grand Teton National Park are both assisting with the crash investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kathryn Keneally, the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of Justice, and Richard Weber, the Chief of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced today the filing...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that a proposal submitted by Joseph Stead of Milford, Pennsylvania to lease the 45.3-acre Cliff Park Golf Course has been awarded by the National Park Service. The new lessee hopes to re-open the course to golfers this fall.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) report on social media at DHS entitled "DHS Uses Social Media To Enhance Information Sharing and Mission Operations, But Additional Oversight and Guidance Are Needed" (OIG-13-115)...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Teachers across the Big Bend National Park area have a new tool to help them engage their students in classroom and place-based learning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Twelve members of a national cocaine trafficking organization have been charged in a large-scale investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation code-named “Operation Holy Trap.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: FRANKFORT, KY - Former Kentucky Department of Agriculture Commissioner, Richard Dwight Farmer, Jr., admitted in federal court today that he misappropriated public resources during his tenure in office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Krisohn Adakai, 21, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Beclabito, N.M., was sentenced yesterday to eleven years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for her second degree murder conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt announced today that an Ankeny couple has been sentenced for their involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Trail Ridge Road is open for essential travel, but Rocky Mountain National Park has closed and has evacuated most remaining visitors in the wake of major rainfall and flooding in the park and neighboring Estes Park, Superintendent Vaughn Baker announced Friday.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Sept. 16, 2013. On Wednesday the committee will examine the Obama administration’s climate plan and will continue its review of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On Thursday the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Jury Finds that He Made False Statements on Payroll Certifications.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Trail Ridge Road, which is Hwy 34 through the park, is OPEN for essential travel only. Trail Ridge Road will remain open as long as weather and road conditions permit. Trail Ridge Road is wet with low visibility. If traveling on Trail Ridge Road watch for potential debris. Conditions continue to change.
