News from April 2014
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Foreign Agricultural Service. Foreign Service Selection Process Information Session. DATE: Monday, April 7th, 2014. TIME: 1:00 - 2:00 pm (EST). LOCATION: Patriots Plaza III, 355 E. Street SW, Auditorium A, 1st floor, Washington, DC. No RSVP is necessary. Who should participate?...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Jeffrey T. Byrne, 43, pleaded guilty today to charges of making false claims against the United States Coast Guard (USCG).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: As darkness falls on Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore), the glorious night sky becomes visible. A four-hour lunar eclipse is the feature for the National Lakeshore’s first Star Party of the year. This unique program will take place during the early morning of Tuesday, April...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River announces the premiere of its new park movie on Friday, May 23, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (EDT) at the park's visitor center, located at 208 North Maiden Street in downtown Wartburg, Tennessee.The film, which lasts approximately fifteen minutes, will be shown every half-hour...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE-- Asaf Nass, the operations manager for AY Transport, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit extortion in a moving fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag. The sentencing hearing follows an earlier sentencing hearing on March 5, 2014 in the same case in which Randy Goldberg, the chief executive officer of National Moving Network, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for his involvement in the same scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Derian Eidson, 50, of Yorba Linda, California, a suspended member of the California bar, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 121 months of imprisonment and a fine of $200,000, following conviction at trial on two counts of money laundering, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that yesterday a federal jury found Santana James (23, Montego Bay, Jamaica) guilty of conspiracy to possess 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. James...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, March 31, 2014-Flowers are blooming and spring is in the air. Check out how local studentscelebrate the glories of springtime in Appalachia through art at the Youth Arts in the Parks exhibit at Tamarack throughout April. In partnership with Tamarack and the school systems of...
By State Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that he will convene a hearing on Wednesday, April 9 to examine U.S. foreign assistance priorities and strategy. The hearing entitled, “U.S. Foreign Assistance in FY 2015: What Are the Priorities, How Effective? " will begin at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 31, 2014, the Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF) intercepted a Zodiac type vessel off the coast of Dorado while attempting to smuggle a load of cocaine into Puerto Rico. Two Venezuelan nationals and 1,774 kilograms of cocaine were seized during the interdiction, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, a jury found a 52-year-old North Oaks man guilty of defrauding investors to persuade them to invest in a purported wind energy project. Instead of building the wind energy project, the defendant used the investors’ $1.5 million to pay for his personal expenses...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: APR 02 (NEW ORLEANS) - Twelve individuals indicted in the Eastern District of Louisiana face drug and conspiracy charges as a result of an extensive three-year investigation that targeted a heroin drug trafficking organization in New Orleans, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U. S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite Jr.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: This week the House of Representatives is considering the Save American Workers Act (H.R. 2575), bipartisan legislation to repeal the health care law’s 30-hour definition of “full-time" employment and restore the traditional 40-hour work week.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Montrose, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office is planning to conduct a prescribed burn in the Nucla/Cahone fuels treatment project area as early as Tuesday, April 8 or as conditions allow through the end of Spring 2014. The project area is located ten miles west of Norwood...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, a former federal contract employee, was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for the unauthorized disclosure of national defense information, announced Ronald C. Machen Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Region 4 News Release: 14-458-ATL (61)
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - On March 31, 2014, the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) intercepted a Zodiac type vessel off the coast of Dorado while attempting to smuggle a load of cocaine into Puerto Rico. Two Venezuelan nationals and 1,774 kilograms of cocaine where seized during the interdiction announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W. Va. - Lucas R. Lynch, 31, of St. Albans, West Virginia plead guilty today to the federal charge of felon in possession of firearms, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Lynch, who is prohibited from possessing guns due to a prior felony conviction in 2003, conspired with Keary...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Christopher A. Henry, Special Agent in Charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation - Nashville Field Office; David T. Resch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;...
