News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a man from Fairbanks, Alaska, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for his role in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Patchogue, NY - The National Park Service (NPS) has released for public review an environmental assessment (EA) that proposes to dredge the existing navigational channels and their associated marinas and docking facilities at three sites on Fire Island. The purpose of the projects is to re-establish safe, public access to NPS facilities in the aftermath of multiple storm events, including Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jonathan Gildart was sentenced on September 4, 2013, to 87 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine in San Francisco’s Castro District, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Monday, September 9, 2013. LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Brennan LeBlanc, 37, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to trafficking in counterfeit...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a White River, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for seven counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Abusive Sexual Contact, and Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an owner of the Hereford House restaurant and two men he hired were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in an arson conspiracy that destroyed the landmark downtown Kansas City restaurant on Oct. 20, 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Waynesboro, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Joshua Mustovich, 31, from Fairbanks, Alaska, was sentenced on September 6, 2013, in U.S. District Court to 87 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release. Mustovich had previously pled guilty to count one of an indictment charging him with drug conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office is planning to initiate a prescribed burn in the West Rim Pines fuels treatment project area as early as next week. Expected weather and fuel conditions should allow fire managers to complete 284 acres of prescribed fire treatment in the project area, which is located six miles northeast of Dove Creek, Colo.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Defendant Took Photographs Of Children In Public Settings Which He Used To Create Images Of Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), will be preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts of constructing and operating the WMAT Rural Water System. The project is being funded by the Bureau of Reclamation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JOSEPH VACCA, Former Deputy Commissioner of the St. Louis Parks Division, and THOMAS STRITZEL, Former Chief of the St. Louis Park Rangers, pled guilty to charges that they defrauded the City of St. Louis of approximately one-half million dollars by submitting false invoices for materials and services supplied to the Parks Division. Both defendants appeared before United States District Judge Jackson in St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Six Mexican Nationals convicted of hostage taking and conspiracy to commit hostage taking of a college student have been sentenced to significant federal prison terms, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - The owner of ABC Disposal Inc., a Kankakee waste management company, has entered pleas of guilty to six counts of filing false income tax returns and one count of structuring cash withdrawals to avoid detection by the Internal Revenue Service. Joseph S. Deno appeared in federal court in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, and pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David G. Bernthal. Sentencing has been scheduled for Jan. 9, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An Oklahoma man has pleaded to robbing a bank in Cherokee County, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: For Threatening Witness in Confrontation on Street.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: The Twenty-first Annual "Haunting in the Hills" Storytelling Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, at Bandy Creek Campground in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The day's events will begin at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) and feature craft demonstrations, workshops and sales. The ever...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Terrance Trent Batiste, 21, and Joshua Demond Clay, 28, both of Houston, have entered guilty pleas in relation to the November 2012 robbery of Amegy Bank in Houston, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A third defendant - Kendrick Deswhan Castille, 19, also of Houston - previously also entered a guilty plea in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PATRICK PINTO, 45, of Bohemia, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to two years of probation, the first six months of which PINTO must spend in home confinement, for bribing an executive of U.S. Bank. PINTO also was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. September 10: Live Webinar on the Hydrogen Safety Events Database. Webinar Sponsor: Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled "What We Can Learn from the Hydrogen Safety Events Database" on Tuesday, Sept. 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00...
