News from April 2014
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Patchogue, NY - On September 9, 2013, the National Park Service (NPS) released an environmental assessment (EA) for public review that proposed to dredge existing navigational channels and their associated marinas and docking facilities at three sites on Fire Island. The purpose of the dredging project...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula on March 26, 2014 before U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, TODD SEAN FRANKLIN was sentenced to 121 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 53-year-old Kountze, Texas man has pleaded guilty in connection with his role in theft of government property, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge elementary school teacher was charged today with transporting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: A Dearborn Heights doctor was convicted today in federal court on charges of illegal drug distribution, health care fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Mohammad Hassan Khalid, 20, a Pakistani citizen and U.S. lawful permanent resident who resided in Maryland, was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Khalid participated in a scheme to support, recruit and coordinate members of a conspiracy in their plan to wage violent jihad in and around Europe. He pleaded guilty on May 4, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: As part of National Park Week, "Go Wild" for the unique plants and animals of Haleakalā, many of which are found nowhere else on earth. Explore a trail at the Summit or at Kīpahulu. Participate in numerous activities at park visitor centers. National Park Week extends from April 19 to April 27, 2014. To start the celebration, all national parks will waive entrance fees on April 19 and 20.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Selma, AL - The Selma Interpretive Center has reopened after weeks of renovations. The center has been closed since March 26, 2014. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 2, 2014 at 2:00 pm. This event marks the completion and installation of permanent exhibits that interpret the Selma Voting Rights Movement and features the story from the beginning of the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Porter Seed House Inc., Bolivar, Mo., has paid $700 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas Webb, 33, of Hyattsville, Md., pled guilty today toa federal charge stemming from the theft of more than $44,000 from a non-profit organization where he worked as an administrative assistant, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Rodney Howard, 45, of Akron, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with importing, conspiracy to import, and smuggling into the United States, alpha-PVP, a synthetic drug also commonly known as “bath salts." The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: CHARLES “CHUCK" MIZELL, JR., age 44, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, JAMES CREEL, age 48, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, WILLIAM DARRYL KING, age 47, a resident of Angie, Louisiana, TENILLE NIELSON, age 34, a resident of Franklinton, Louisiana, JACQUELINE MYERS, age 27, a resident of Franklinton...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, April 17, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On April 16, 2014, Amber M. Salts, 27, of Washington Park, Illinois, pled guilty in federal court, in East St. Louis, to failure to register as a sex offender, the United States Attorney...
By State Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a report today titled "Rebalancing the Rebalance: Resourcing U.S. Diplomatic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific Region. " The report examines the progress made, and the challenges that remain, for the Obama Administration’s strategic policy of “rebalancing" to the Asia-Pacific.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula on March 28, 2014 before U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, SHANNON LEROY RAMSLAND, 34, of Aloha, Oregon was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Freeman Eugene Jockisch, 69, of Theodore, was convicted this morning of attempting to entice a 15-year old girl on the Internet. Jockisch, formerly a Mobile County Commissioner, was convicted following a one-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Matthew Cenac, 23, of Easton, PA, was charged today by Information with the possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Isa Noel, 25, to 151 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, to be followed by five years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: REGINA M. PREETORIUS, 47, of Augusta, Georgia was sentenced yesterday to 280 months in prison by U. S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall for her role in a multi-million dollar investor fraud scheme. After a lengthy jury trial in September 2013, Preetorius was convicted of eight counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and three counts of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on April 3, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters, Karrie Marie Stoltenberg, a 40 year-old resident of Billings, Montana, was sentenced to a term of 24 months imprisonment, three years supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Stoltenberg was sentenced in connection with her guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
