News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest and unsealing of a fifteen-count indictment charging Roeshell Denise Williams, Sheree Peterson, and Yajaira Crespo, all of Clewiston, Florida, with conspiracy to make false claims to the U.S. Department of the Treasury...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore will open the Cape Lookout Lighthouse for the season on Wednesday, May 14, 2014.The lighthouse will be open for climbing on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from May 14 to Sept. 20, 2014.Climbing hours for the Lighthouse will be from...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced that CRAIG OLEKSOWICZ was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Edgardo...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Congressman George Miller (D-CA), and colleagues in the House and Senate in sending a bicameral letter...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Volunteers are needed April 26 for the annual community clean-up at the Hubbard Mesa and Fravert Reservoir area north of Rifle, Colo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: CHAD MICHAEL HOTARD, age 28, a resident of Luling, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge H. Ginger Berrigan, arising from his conviction for two counts of production and one count of distribution of child pornography, announced U. S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Russellville, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for being an illegal alien in possession of firearms and for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A total of eight men residing in Weslaco have entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute narcotics, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting a Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance program information session on Tuesday, May 20, at the Bandy Creek Interpretation and Education Building starting at 5:00 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be conducting a series of wildflower and birding guided walks as part of the McCreary County, Kentucky, Tourism Commission's Wildflower Discovery Weekend. A number of state and federal agencies as well as volunteers will be working with the McCreary...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Gilberto Duran-Contreras, 51, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to unlawfully manufacturing more than 1,000 marijuana plants, and damage to government land, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. The defendant appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy W. Dale at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Crispin Fierro, 32, of Deming, N.M., pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to a marijuana trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union City, N.J., man who operated a supposed charitable organization, or “gemach," admitted today that he ran it as an unchartered bank, accepting millions of dollars in deposits - including nearly $1 million of his own money - which he shielded from state or federal regulation, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Arriyon Meeks-Ortiz, 34, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for possession of an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Prescribed Burn Rescheduled for Early May.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) today released the following joint statement after the Department of Labor announced a final rule concerning respirable coal dust...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alvert Miller, 39, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a second degree murder charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Miller will be sentenced to 72 months in federal followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) South Carolina District Office and other DEA offices throughout South Carolina, are partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold an eighth National Prescription Drug...
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Delegation meets with VP Biden, Travels to Eastern Ukraine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Defendant Photographed And Distributed Video Of Molestation Of 3-year-old.
