News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Elvy Gomez, 40, of Providence, R.I., was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of community confinement for embezzling more than $95,000 from stolen federal tax checks, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; John Collins, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation; and Brian S. Deck, Acting Resident Agent in Charge of the Providence Office of the U.S. Secret Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The father and son operators of Clevett Worldwide Mailers LLC, a Succasunna, N.J., bulk mailing house, today admitted to defrauding clients of more than $1 million through a fraudulent bulk-mailing scheme in which they shredded millions of pieces of mail rather than delivering them, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA More than 170,000 volunteers will take part in the 20th annual National Public Lands Day onSaturday, Sept. 28, 2013. As the nation’s largest one-day volunteer event in support of public lands, more than 2,000 sites in all 50 states and the District of Columbia will host a wide array of activities. The volunteer efforts will equal $15 million in improvements.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Tylerton James Clement, 20, of Crowley, La., was sentenced to 84 months in prison and five years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Richard T. Haik for making a video of minors having sex and transporting the file. He is also required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: A former Wayne County official was sentenced to more than three years in prison for obstructing justice in the investigation of a bribery and extortion scheme, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - September 6, 2013. Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. New Citizens to be sworn in as part of Constitution Day at. Homestead National Monument of America. Homestead National Monument of America is honored to host a United States Citizenship and Naturalization Ceremony onMonday...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Jeanette L. Margenthaler, 42, of Equality, Illinois, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to 7 years in prison for unlawfully possessing pseudoephedrine with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - James E. Wade, 30, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to an armed robbery charge stemming from a hold-up that took place last spring outside a Northwest Washington restaurant, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: CARLSBAD,New Mexico - On Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, Carlsbad Caverns National Park will recognize National Public Lands Day by offering free general entry to the cavern. This year marks the 20th anniversary of National Public Lands Day, the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 33-year-old Red Lake man was sentenced for endangering the health of a baby. United States District Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Chad Joseph Sumner to 40 months in prison on one count of child endangerment. Sumner was indicted on January 8, 2013, and pleaded guilty on April 12, 2013.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today applauded the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for withdrawing from the flawed federal program for estimating recreational red snapper harvest in the Gulf of Mexico. The federal program tasked with red-snapper stock assessments say they have been overharvested this summer and will shut down the fall season.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Siarhei Baltutski, a/k/a Sergey Boltutskiy, 41, of Minsk, Belarus, was sentenced today to XX months in prison for conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Baltutski pleaded guilty on Jan. 25, 2013. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond ordered.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: A brief travel closure on the section of Teton Park Road that crosses over Jackson Lake dam in Grand Teton National Park will occur on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Tuesday, September 17 and Thursday, September 19. This temporary delay will take place between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and last for 30 to 45 minutes.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement thanking Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano for her service as she prepares to step down later today...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Chad S. Williams, 42, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and six years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Americans will celebrate National Public Lands Day (NPLD) for the 20th consecutive year on Sept. 28, 2013. Local residents may participate by volunteering with the Bureau of Land Management staff at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area, (SRMA) Lorton, Va. Anyone who would like to volunteer...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 9, 2013. The committee will continue its extensive work on three important policy issues - the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository, the readiness of the health law ahead of October 1 enrollment, and the changing landscape of America’s video marketplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Randy Daniel Shattuck was sentenced on September 5, 2013 to 21 months in prison for destroying evidence, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Monquel Cook, 23, of Washington, DC, was sentenced today to a 22-year prison term for his role in the killing of a man during a robbery, as well as a separate attempted robbery of two other men, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Martin Travis Brown, 44, of Fort Collins, Colorado, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on September 5, 2013, on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing between 1.5 kilograms and 5 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable...
