News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Co-Conspirator Previously Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: As part of its ongoing cloud computing forum and workshop series, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting "The Intersection of Cloud and Mobility," October 1-3, 2013, at its Gaithersburg, Md., campus. The workshop will bring together experts in the field of cloud and mobility for plenary talks, panel discussion, facilitated breakout discussions and networking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Andre Willis, age 35, of Montgomery, Alabama and Kenmore Strother, age 26, of Prattville, Alabama were arrested for their involvement in a conspiracy to fraudulently use credit and debit card numbers announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: On Aug. 30, 2013, Jesus Esquivel-Cervantes, a/k/a “Gordo," a/k/a “Pandita," 33, a citizen of Mexico, who most recently resided in St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Distribution of Methamphetamine, and a Money Laundering Conspiracy, Stephen R. Wigginton, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Stephen Tanabe, a former deputy with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, was convicted today by a federal jury in San Francisco, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The jury found Tanabe guilty of two counts of extortion under color of official right, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951;...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Ronald Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), announce the indictment of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, has recently awarded one grant to Louisiana State Police and two grants to Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 20-year-old man, of Washington, D.C., has pled guilty to charges stemming from a sexual assault against a five-year-old relative, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: A Bowling Green man was ordered to pay more than $14,000 in restitution and sentenced to three years of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to illegally converting funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that DAVID J. CRESPO, 59, of Guilford, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to one count of mail fraud stemming from his sale of fraudulent artwork. CRESPO was an art dealer who conducted business under the name Brandon Gallery in Madison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today that an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Loretto, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of heroin in prison. He was then sentenced to twelve months plus one day consecutive to the 351 months sentence he is currently serving for conspiracy to commit robbery, attempt to commit robbery, and use of a firearm during and in relation to criminal violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two Mission, South Dakota, women convicted of Second Degree Burglary have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Inclement weather including rain, lightning, and wind on Thursday, August 29 caused minor damage to various trails, structures, and roads on the west side of Glacier National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL CARRIER, 34, formerly of Danielson, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by seven years of supervised release, for possessing and distributing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: A recent study of one of California's most devastating wildland fires by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) strongly suggests that measures for reducing structural damage and property loss from wildland urban interface (WUI)* fires are most effective when they are based on accurate assessments of exposure risks both for individual structures and the community as a whole.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 20-year-old man, of Washington, D.C., has pled guilty to charges stemming from a sexual assault against a five-year-old relative, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: ST. GEORGE, UT - Paul Ashton, age 34, of St. George, Utah, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and discharging a firearm in connection with the October 2010 kidnapping and death of Bradley Eitner, was sentenced to life plus 10 years Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court in St. George. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart imposed the sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Two earthquake authorities from academia and the private sector have been appointed by Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to serve on the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Sept. 3, 2013. Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. See Premier Big Band at a Free Concert. at Homestead National Monument of America. Enjoy the enticing music of the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra at the Homestead National Monument of America’s Education Center onSunday, September...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Played out on a computer over hundreds of generations, a survival-of-the-fittest programming method adapted by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers has spawned, of all things, the design for a more efficient rooftop air-conditioning system.
