News from September 2013
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy hosted a second tribal renewable energy project development and finance workshop September 18-20 at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, this time focusing on community- and facility-scale development. Our previous...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: A Richland County woman was sentenced on Sept. 24, 2013, to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Justin Kenneth, 21, a member and resident of the Navajo Nation who resides in Prewitt, N.M., was sentenced this morning to nine years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his aggravated child sexual abuse conviction. He also was ordered to pay $2,411 in restitution. Kenneth will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Smack Over, Ark., man was sentenced in federal court today for a $257,000 fraud scheme that involved switching bar codes on products at Wal-Mart stores then selling the products on eBay.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Federal fire officials from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit are planning three prescribed burns in October. The burns could start as early as Oct. 1 but will depend on weather and vegetation conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Sept. 30, 2013, Alisha Crow Ghost, 23, Cannonball, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of second degree murder. Crow Ghost pleaded guilty to the charge on June 24, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: Olympic National Park - Two years after dam removal began, thousands of Chinook salmon have returned to the Elwha River and found their way into newly accessible stretches of the river and its tributaries to spawn.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced that Kyle Alexander, age 24 of Bethel Heights, Christopher Randolph, age 19 of Bethel Heights, and Noe Tovias, age 29 of San Benito, Texas, were sentenced today for offenses involving the possession of methamphetamine with...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Mehran Koranki, formerly of Yukon, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding Nortel Networks by submitting bogus warranty claims for computer parts, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Mary Nolan, a family law attorney in San Ramon, California, pleaded guilty in federal court on Sept. 27, 2013, to four counts of tax evasion and one count of unlawful interception of communications, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Sept. 30, 2013, Phoenix Martinez, 19, Cannonball, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of arson. Martinez pleaded guilty to the charge on June 7, 2013.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: The following hearings scheduled for the week of Sept. 30, 2013 have been postponed...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: A retired educator and husband of a federal prosecutor in Albuquerque, New Mexico, faces potential federal prison time after a federal jury convicted him late Friday afternoon of leaking information regarding a criminal investigation to a target announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: EMINENCE MO: The Alley Mill back porch over the turbine housing has been reopened after cedar posts were placed underneath to strengthen the porch and insure visitor safety. "This effort is one step toward rehabilitating and restoring the mill, dam, and spillway," said Superintendent Bill Black.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Housing Authority for the City of Ruston, La., has engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American tenants, in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. The Ruston Housing Authority...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Alfredo Valentin, Jr., a/k/a Alfredo Valentine, a/k/a Fred Valentin, a/k/a Fred Vegas, 44, of Penfield, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of one kilogram or more of heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: Allegedly Liquidated $125,000 Client Account Without Permission.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: BALTIMORE - - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Lenny Cain, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, on Sept. 27, 2013, to 160 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, and for possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RAWSON EDWARD WATSON, a citizen of the United Kingdom, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute cocaine using aircraft registered in the United States. WATSON arrived in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: Investigation Yields Seizures of Crack, Heroin, and Cocaine.
