News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

News from September 2013


News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Recent heavy monsoonal rainfall has caused damage to portions of the South Kaibab Trail approximately one-half mile below Cedar Ridge and to the North Kaibab Trail below Supai Tunnel.


23 Individuals Indicted And Arrested For False Statements In Loan Applications And Bank Fraud

News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Twenty-three individuals, including street brokers, loan officers, realtors, appraisers, straw buyers and sellers have been charged in a 15-count indictment unsealed today and returned by a grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 4, 2013, U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico announced today. These charges stem from a scheme used by the defendants to obtain money from mortgage lending institutions.


News Release: Yosemite Veterans and 30 Disabled Veterans Plan to Summit Iconic Peaks in Commemoration ofSeptember 11.


News Release: Memphis, TN - An early morning sweep by law enforcement officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and numerous local law enforcement agencies resulted in the apprehension of 14 individuals involved in a drug distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and A. Todd McCall, Special Agent in Charge of the Memphis Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena, on Sept. 10, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, MARTIN LLOYD OLD HORN, a 22-year-old resident of Hardin, was sentenced in Cause No. CR 13-28-BLG-SEH to a term of.


News Release: St. Louis, MO -Twenty-five area people have been arrested on three indictments involving federal drug and weapons charges involving the distribution and manufacture of large amounts of methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Missouri, from October 2010 to September 2013. Several of the individuals indicted are members of the Saddle Tramps Motorcycle Club, including Arvil B. Matthews, the President of the Club.


Former Lorain County Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty

News Release: A former Lorain County corrections officer pleaded guilty today to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, said Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland Office.


Cummings Issues Statement on Proposal that Syria Relinquish Chemical Weapons

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to news reports that Syria has accepted a Russian proposal to give up chemical weapons...


News Release: Longtime Massey division president is highest-ranking official convicted in ongoing federal investigation; Sentence is one year above the top of federal advisory guidelines range.


News Release: DALLAS - Erika Susan Perdue, 42, of University Park, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney, to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Levin Statement on GOP Plan to Tie Debt Ceiling Increase to Obamacare Delay

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement today after Majority Leader Cantor reportedly told House Republicans that GOP leaders will demand a delay of the Affordable Care Act’s implementation in exchange for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling...


News Release: Three executives of Hollywood Pavilion LLC (HP), an inpatient psychiatric hospital located in Broward County, Fla., were sentenced today for their roles in a $67 million Medicare fraud scheme.


Two Jackson County Residents Sentenced On Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: On Sept. 10, 2013, Rachel L. Mills, 34, of Campbell Hill, IL, and Joseph R. Green, 48, of Elkville, IL, were sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on an indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.


UPDATE Cape Royal Road at Grand Canyon National Park Closed

News Release: UPDATE: Cape Royal Road at Grand Canyon National Park Closed.


News Release: Spruce Hill Summer Hike - Sunday, September 22nd, 2013.


News Release: Philadelphia - On October 5, to honor the anniversary of the Battle of Germantown, Independence National Historical Park will open the Germantown White House for one day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Germantown White House has been closed this year due to budget restraints.This is a special one day opportunity to tour this historic residence.


Violent Repeat Offender Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Illegal Gun Possession

News Release: Defendant Previously Served 10 Year Sentence For Assaulting Toddler.


News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Superintendent John J. Donahue announced that on Saturday, September 14 at 7 p.m.,local photographer Allison Owczarczak will presentPhotographing Park Historyat the Bushkill Meeting Center on Route 209. Owczarczak, an avid photographer and natural historian, is the Director of Education...


Volunteers Needed for Homestead Deer Count

News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Sept. 10, 2013. Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. Volunteers Needed for Homestead Deer Count. Homestead National Monument of America will conduct its annual fall deer survey onSaturday, Sept. 28, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. Please come and help the monument count deer. No...


National Park Advisory Commission Meeting to be Held September 19

News Release: National Park Advisory Commission Meeting to be Held September 19.