News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: State Route 120 (SR-120) from Groveland, CA into Yosemite National Park will reopen to all vehicular traffic at noon, Friday, September 6, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Defendants Used Law Enforcement Credentials To Obtain Military-Grade Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles And Other High-Powered Weapons For Smuggling To The Philippines.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: It is a profound honor to speak to you all tonight, both as a member of the federal law enforcement community, and also as a citizen of this great Republic. As others have noted long before me, speaking in praise of men and women for their specific acts of courage and heroism, as you have asked me to...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - September 4, 2013 - A large and powerful storm cell triggered a massive mud and rock slide in the community of Stehekin Thursday night. Many vehicles in the long term parking area and at the mouth of Imus Creek were buried. Businesses affected were Discovery Bikes and Stehekin Reservations...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of False Statement was sentenced on Sept. 3, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Following a two-day trial in U.S. District Court, on Sept 5, 2013, Marcus Lyonel Story, 33, of Johnson City, Tenn., was convicted of knowingly possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Story had already pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: BOISE -The United States Justice Department and U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that they reached an agreement with the Jerome County Sheriff’s Office to resolve the allegations that Jerome County violated the employment rights of Idaho Army National Guard Member Mervin Jones while he was recuperating from a knee injury that he sustained while performing military service.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Joevaughn Butler, age 33, of Laurel, Maryland, today to 152 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine. Judge Bredar enhanced Butler’s sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK- U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Sept. 6, 2013, Dylan A. Romero, 34, Bismarck, N.D., was found guilty by a federal jury on a charge of possession of firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court in St. Paul, a 47-year-old Shakopee man was sentenced for using other people’s food stamps. On September 5, 2013, United States District Judge Paul A. Magnuson sentenced Chin Son Kim to three years of probation on one count of food stamp fraud. Kim was charged on April 18, 2013, and pleaded guilty on June 12, 2013. Kim was ordered to pay restitution of $29,816.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A loan officer admitted today to conspiring to defraud financial institutions as part of an approximately $2 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and “straw buyers" to make illegal profits on town homes and other real estate in three states, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Climate scientists, local residents and national park rangers will come together to discuss the impacts of climate change on New England communities as part of a free, public lecture series to begin on the evening of September 17th. Salem Sound Coastwatch and the National Park Service will host five separate lectures on climate change each Tuesday evening at the NPS Regional Visitor Center (2 New Liberty St) from 7:30pm - 9pm, September 17th - October 15th.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former Pennsville, N.J., police officer was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for obstructing the FBI’s investigation of his alleged possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Aug. 27, 2013- The 2013 Gauley Season begins onSeptember 6, 2013. National Park Service Rangers will provide daily patrols during the scheduled releases to provide safety oversight of boaters and commercial outfitters on the river. As part of the park's river safety program, NPS rangers and local emergency personnel may request a reduction of the scheduled water releases from Summersville Dam in the event of an emergency.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - James Brian Rivers, 23, of Dallas, who remains in custody following his arrest earlier this summer on a federal complaint alleging that he used a prepubescent child to produce child pornography, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of production of child pornography and one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: - Agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $50,663.31.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Challenge: Two Tribes-the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI)-had plenty of used vegetable oil and grease on hand and a desire to convert the waste to biofuel to reduce the environmental impact of their energy use. In considering biodiesel, they also wanted to ensure that vehicles required no modifications to run on this form of clean fuel.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are committed to empowering Indian Country to energize future generations. Leading the Charge is a regular Office of Indian Energy newsletter feature spotlighting the movers and shakers in energy development on tribal lands.
