News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Husband and wife Robert Watson, 54, and Marie Watson, 52, pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City in connection with a tax fraud scheme arising out of their operation of the Teazers Sports Bar & Grill in Ogden, Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 57-year-old Shreveport, LA, man has been sentenced to pay over $14,000.00 in restitution and serve 48 hours of community service as conditions of a two year probated sentence for federal wildlife violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Rehabilitation of the Lower McDonald Creek Bridge near Apgar Village on the west side of Glacier National Park will begin September 16 with work continuing through the first week of November. This bridge provides access to the Camas Road.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: MCDONOUGH, Ga. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Atlanta Health Careers Institute LLC for one serious and one failure-to-abate health violation following a May inspection at the company's facility in McDonough. The agency initiated the inspection as a follow-up to an August 2012 inspection and has proposed penalties of $62,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The Justice Department announced today that Kevin Casaus, 24, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 15 months in federal prison followed by 1 year of supervised release for his conviction on obstruction of justice and falsification of records charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Michael A. Lilley, 49, of Millington, TN was charged today in a criminal complaint with sex trafficking of minor girls from as many as three high schools in West Tennessee, 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: New Haven, Conn. - The United States Attorney’s Offices for the District of Connecticut, Eastern District of Virginia, Middle District of Florida and Western District of Kentucky announced that Amed Villa pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis in New Haven to federal conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: TYNEKIA BUCKLEY, age 41, a resident of New Orleans, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Unauthorized Access to a Protected Computer today in a one-count Bill of Information, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Bernardo Williams-Jauraqui was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for failing to register as a sex offender. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Williams-Jauraqui to 21 months in prison. After his release from prison Williams-Jauraqui will begin a 5 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: - PORTLAND, Maine - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Joshua Snow -, 30, of Lynn, Massachusetts was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 12 years in jail and six years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. Snow - pled guilty to the charge on May 9, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: The gliders will be available through the peak fall Atlantic storm season to collect data on ocean conditions, which will help improve scientists’ understanding of hurricanes and pave the way for future improvements in hurricane intensity forecasts.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - One hundred and sixteen wooden posts marking around 4. 5 miles of the Highland Creek and Centennial Trails through Wind Cave National Park were installed this summer by two high school Student Conservation Association (SCA) crews.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - David Ovist, 45, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, was sentenced today for his role in a $2.5 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved four other investors who were also sentenced recently. U.S. District Court Judge Anna J. Brown sentenced David Ovist to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Douglas Alan Butler, 54, a U.S. citizen from Michigan, has entered a guilty plea to traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: The new Great Lakes Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) tool features the most comprehensive collection of environmental contaminant data in the region, as well as information on natural resources, habitats, weather, water levels, and currents.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two gang members have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a federal racketeering case in Dodge City, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. - Marcus Tyler Cochran, 21, of Decatur, Mississippi, pled guilty in U.S. Magistrate Court on September 4, 2013, to shooting a mature bald eagle in violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, Luis Santiago, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Steve Adcock, Chief of Law Enforcement for Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on September 9, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, the following individual appeared.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to his membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve is seeking applications from visual artists and writers for the 2014 Artist-in-Residence Program. This program provides the opportunity for established artists and writers to use an historic roadside cabin as a base to explore and seek inspiration from the park. Many of the works created by previous artists-in-residence are displayed in the Denali Visitor Center and the Eielson Visitor Center.
