News from September 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 30-year-old Lufkin, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for robbing a post office in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWIN TING and JUSTIN SMITH pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court for their respective roles in high-stakes illegal gambling businesses connected to organized crime enterprises. TING pled guilty before...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman convicted of Theft from Indian Tribal Organization was sentenced on Aug. 29, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, United States District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Aug. 28, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, JONATHAN JAMES HENDERSON, a 28-year-old resident of Great Falls, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: ANIL PATEL, age 46, formerly a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Sarah S. Vance to tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Dana Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Brothers Johnny Charles Butler, 46, and James Robert Cleveland Butler, 44, of Quinlan, Texas, were sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 35 years and 25 years, respectively, in federal prison, following their guilty pleas earlier this year, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: More Than $700,000 For Programs To Investigate And Monitor Sex Predators.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today a $55,000 settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Dominion Hospital, which is located in Falls Church, Virginia and is part of the HCA Virginia Health System, to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in the provision of medical services.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Gary Casdell Fite, II, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Dana Hoover, a/k/a Dana Strawn, age 51, of Cushing, Iowa, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 29, 2013, and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged her with Distribution of a Controlled Substance.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that William Rahn, age 27, of Parmelee, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 29, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office has announced that yesterday, Chief United States District Court Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Benjamin H. Weisinger, 48, of Lyndonville, Vermont, to 216 months in federal prison for production, receipt and possession of child pornography. Weisinger was convicted of the charges in April after a four-day jury trial. The production of child pornography conviction carried a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is proposing to increase the fees currently charged for group camping. Due to the increase in demand and use of the two group camps at Bandy Creek Campground, it has been proposed to increase the nightly rate from $75.00 to $125.00. Each group camp can...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Ogden, Sandy, and St. George Get Funding. SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) to Ogden, Sandy, and St. George to support law enforcement...

By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: The one year countdown to Rocky Mountain National Park's 100th Anniversary celebration has begun! To kick off this countdown, Rocky Mountain National Park is pleased to share the winners of its 100th Anniversary Employee/Volunteer Photo Contest. These winning images, along with the Anniversary logo, will be used to represent the Centennial of the park in various ways throughout the celebration year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA -On Sept. 14, the National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will host the Campfires and Candlelight signature community event for the 30th consecutive year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Twenty-four members and associates of the Nine Tray Gangsters, a subgroup, or “set" of the Bloods street gang, were named in an indictment, which was unsealed today. The indictment includes charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering, violence in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to...