News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
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, THOMAS JOSEPH SPOTTED EAGLE, a 30-year-old resident of Pablo, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest of Eleftherios (Ted) Zachariadis (46, Lake Alfred) for possession of child pornography. If convicted, Zachariadis faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Zachariadis was charged by criminal complaint on September 9, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt National Park invites curious minds of all ages to spend a crisp autumn weekend exploring our universe. Astronomers, park rangers, historians, and explorers of all kinds will gather for the first Dakota Nights: An Astronomy Festival Friday, September 27 through Sunday, September 29.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: On Saturday, Sept. 21, Point Reyes National Seashore is joining with the California Coastal Commission in hosting a beach for the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, and this year the beach selected is the beautiful Limantour Beach. We will meet at the Limantour Beach parking lot at 9:30 am. We plan to end at about 1 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Dale Johnson, age 46, of Los Angeles, California, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel last week to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, federal law enforcement authorities announced. Johnson, who is free on bond, is scheduled to be sentenced by...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding the FCC’s announcement of a voluntary agreement regarding interoperability in the 700 MHz band...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: Two Co-defendants Scheduled for Sentencing in November.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Director, Helen Hankins, will retire Sept. 30, the agency announced today.A 42-year veteran of the BLM, Hankins has served in many leadership positions throughout the Bureau, including such states as Alaska, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado.“The BLM has benefited...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act - Next Steps." The hearing comes on the heels of the August 13 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the Nuclear...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - Two defendants who were convicted at trial earlier this year were sentenced today to federal prison for fraudulently running a sham minority-owned cable television installation business that obtained $8.3 million in subcontracts from a cable company that serves residents on the city’s north...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Quincy L. Burrell, 36, of Richmond, Virginia, was sentenced today to 360 months’ in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for charges of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Christopher H. Monfort, 41, of East Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of burglary of a railcar and manufacturing 50 or more marijuana plants, was sentenced to 78 months in prison and ordered to pay $4,669.26 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on September 9, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: On Sept. 10, 2013, Percy C. Jefferson, 35, of Pembrook, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on an indictment charging conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act - Next Steps." The hearing comes on the heels of the August 13 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the Nuclear...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS - - A home builder was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kent J. Dawson to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release for embezzling from a federal housing grant program that was to be used to build affordable housing for the Navajo people near Chilchinbeto, Arizona, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Luis Alberto Navarro, 32, of Tucson, Az., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jimmy Garcia, 51, of Denver, Colo., was sentenced earlier today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to ten years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his cocaine trafficking conviction. Garcia’s sentence was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough,, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the El Paso Division of the DEA, and Chief Patrol Agent Scott A. Luck, El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today heard from a number of groups responsible for the implementation of the president’s health care law on the readiness and functionality of the federal health exchanges. With open enrollment scheduled to commence on October...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding the FCC’s announcement of a voluntary agreement regarding interoperability in the 700 MHz band...
