News from April 2014
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Federal fire officials from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit are planning to conduct a prescribed fire on the Palisade Watershed, Thursday, if conditions remain favorable.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal jury today found former Army soldier Naeem Williams, 34, guilty of the felony murder of his five year old daughter, Talia Williams, on Wheeler Army Airfield. The jury found Williams guilty of killing his daughter on July 16, 2005, by engaging in child abuse that included beating...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - Three Chicago men are facing federal charges for their alleged roles in a series of armed robberies of various retail businesses in Chicago and several suburbs late last year and early this year, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The indictments charge nine armed robberies...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Gerardo Lopez, 28, of Half Moon Bay, charging him with four counts of bank robbery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA - The National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is pleased to announce National Junior Ranger Day, Saturday, April 26, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week on pending U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief’s Reports and Post Authorization Change Reports (PACRs).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - Defendants Deandre Coleman, 22, and Jamaal Davis, 23, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr., to five years of probation. Coleman previously pled guilty on Jan. 21, 2014, admitting that on July 9, 2013, he sold a confidential informant working with...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury found Erdinc Coskun, 43, of Turkey, guilty yesterday, of two counts of preventing or hampering his deportation from the United States. United States District Judge Dee D. Drell presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Rodney Watts, 42, the former Chief Investment Officer of GDC Acquisitions, LLC (“GDC"), was sentenced today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to 37 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. As part of the sentence, Watts was ordered to pay more than $15 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: DAYTON, OHIO - A federal grand jury has indicted Eric A. Spicer, 44, of Beavercreek, Ohio, charging him with using fraudulent and forged documents to obtain a machine gun illegally. Spicer formerly held the rank of major with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Navid Salehvaziri, 32, of Tehran, Iran, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with devising a fraudulent scheme to sell pirated copies of sophisticated printing software owned by Kodak worth hundreds of thousands of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Portage, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 37 months in prison and three years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to traffic in oxycodone, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against John W. Ng, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., charging him with hate crime offenses related to anti-Semitic threats he made against a Jewish woman who owns and operates the Nosh Jewish Delicatessen and Bakery in Albuquerque.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Martin E. Lyons (46, St. Petersburg) to 15 years in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition. Lyons pleaded guilty on Dec. 12, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial will run spring programs from Monday, April 28, through Thursday, May 22, 2014. A variety of programs are offered-all free.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ramsey Litzin, 20, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Pinedale, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a felony information charging him with involuntary manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: GALVESTON - Kimberly Fontenot, a Brazoria County resident, has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of defrauding clients of her so-called investment advisory firm, Stellar Grants Inc., announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Fontenot, 53, entered a plea of guilty Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Charles L. Palmer, 23, of Farmington, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assaulting a federal employee who was engaged in the performance of his official duties.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: An Indictment was filed today charging Marquis Wilson, 23, Malcolm Moore, 23, Martril Foster, 21, and Calia Kane, 19, all of Philadelphia, PA, with conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, armed bank robbery, carrying and using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and aiding and abetting...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Channel Islands National Park welcomes Corinne Heyning Laverty for a special lecture in May about the history of the Channel Islands Biological Survey. Noteworthy discoveries of the survey include the "Lone Woman's" whalebone hut on San Nicolas Island and Big Dog Cave on San Clemente Island.
