News from April 2014
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 25, 2014
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 25, 2014
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: Louisville, New York City and Philadelphia to Receive Funding to Raise Awareness, Provide Education, Increase Enforcement

By DOT News Wire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the closing of a $79 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for the 95th Street Bus and Rail project.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On April 25, 2014, Franklin D. Schmidt, Jr, a 49 year-old resident of Atlantic, Iowa, was sentenced by United States Senior District Court Judge Robert Pratt to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Judge Pratt also ordered Schmidt to serve five years of supervised release following the period of imprisonment.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: NORRISTOWN - A fourth man was charged federally, yesterday, in a case involving sex with a minor who was exploited. Mark Wilczopolski, 22, of Birdsboro, PA, is one of four men charged federally and locally. Two additional men are charged by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. In a joint...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― A longtime member of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang who managed a heroin distribution spot between 2008 and 2010 at the corner of North St. Louis Avenue and West Ohio Street on the city’s west side was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, TIMOTHY ALLISON, was responsible for supervising the distribution of 39 kilograms of heroin, a federal judge determined before imposing the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 25, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A Cahokia man was sentenced on April 24, 2014, on a three-count superseding indictment charging Production of Child Pornography (Count 1), Receipt of Child Pornography (Count 2), and Possession...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Christopher Saridakis, 45, of Wilmington DE, was charged today by information with securities fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, Saridakis, a senior executive at GSI Commerce, Inc. (“GSIC"), provided material, non-public information regarding eBay’s pending acquisition of GSIC.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ercell D. Overton, 33, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 28 years in prison on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a taxicab driver and a subsequent shoot-out with police, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. President: I am deeply troubled and alarmed by the recent atrocities in South Sudan, including attacks on vulnerable populations and United Nations personnel. I urge you to take immediate action, pursuant to the Executive Order that you issued on April 3rd, to sanction high-profile individuals...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On April 25, 2014, Heather Jean Reekers, a 38 year-old resident of Glenwood, Iowa, was sentenced by United States Senior District Court Judge Robert Pratt to 60 months in prison, and five years of supervised release, following the period of imprisonment, for conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 25, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Monty D. Hamson, 44, and Denise A. Huston, 40, both of Mt. Vernon, IL, were indicted on April 8, 2014, on methamphetamine related charges in a four count Indictment returned by a Federal...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert Mericle was sentenced to one year in prison by Senior District Judge Edwin M. Kosik. Judge Kosik also ordered Mericle to pay a $250,000 fine and to report to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on May 14, 2014.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that, for the second consecutive year, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area has been awarded a substantial grant from the National Park Foundation. The grant, in the amount of $20,000, will allow school children to experience the beauty...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 25, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Buffy A. Bastien, 41, of Murphysboro, IL, was indicted on April 8, 2014, on bank embezzlement charges in an Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, Stephen...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 25, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Christopher S. Brown, 32, of Xenia, IL, was indicted on April 8, 2014, on methamphetamine related charges in a two count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton...