News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Maria Patricia Medina, 40, has entered a guilty plea to one count of misprison of a felony, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Medina was the former chief of staff for former Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Terence S. Opiola, the Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Northeast, announced today that CARL OSBORNE pled guilty to five counts of impersonating a federal officer in order to detain others. OSBORNE pled guilty in White Plains Federal Court before United States District Judge Cathy Seibel.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A Montgomery County man appeared in federal court here today on a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Martin M. Mazarura, 33, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Omaha for preparing false individual income tax returns. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Mazarura to the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons for a...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Ranson Chandler, Jr., age 37, of Salisbury, Maryland, today to 123 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Eminence MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways sought advice from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and National Park Service's Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation about the sycamore tree against the Alley Mill and its impacts on the foundation. The feedback received determined the park's decision to remove the tree for the preservation of the mill.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Superintendent Reed Robinson temporarily closed climbing routes on the west face and the northwest shoulder of Devils Tower to protect nesting prairie falcons. Over one hundred and fifty climbing routes remain open on the Tower.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Michael...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department today announced $4 million to engage America’s research universities in the effort to accelerate the development of the emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy industry in the United States. This funding will support high-impact research projects designed to enable the capture of renewable wave and tidal energy, while supporting the growth of a globally competitive MHK workforce.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS subcommittee), today issued the following statement on the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK -- Free tours of Wind Cave will be offered Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, as part of National Park Week. Tours of the cave will be offered at 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. These moderately strenuous tours will last around 60 minutes and start from the visitor center.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Road now open for bicyclists. The Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park is open to bicyclists. Vault toilets are available; however, there is no running water. Visitors are urged to bike with caution while in the park. The roadway may be wet due to melting snow and wildlife may be present on or...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - BRALAND NORMAN pled guilty to charges involving the December 2013 shooting on Delmar Avenue in St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Tendayi Mandere, a citizen of Zimbabwe, pled guilty today to violations of 18 USC § 286 (False Claims Conspiracy) and 18 USC § 1028A(a)(1) (Aggravated Identity Theft). Mandere will be sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: James L. Santelle, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 4, 2014, Jose Antonio Cortez-Ruiz (age: 26) was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Cortez-Ruiz had previously entered guilty pleas to counts of distribution of cocaine and aggravated illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Runnveer Singh, made his initial appearance today in federal court after being charged with 24 counts of aiding and assisting in the filing false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - An eight count indictment was unsealed in federal court this morning charging Dr. Toni Daniels with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances, distribution of controlled substances, and willful failure to file a tax return, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that it filed the Government's Sentencing Memorandum in United States v. Mericle.
