News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: A man who possessed more than twenty firearms, including at least six military style assault rifles; thousands of rounds ammunition; and about 90 high capacity magazines, as an unlawful user of marijuana, was sentenced today to serve nearly four years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, July 10, 2014 - Do you know what lies beneath the waterline? Discover about life on the river in a stream stomp with a ranger. This hands-on activity and other ranger-guided programs in the park provide a fun way to experience the park and learn more about the area’s rich natural...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Tracy Dunn, Special Agent in Charge, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Law Enforcement, announce that Eric Burman, 60, of Boca Raton, pled guilty and was sentenced today by Senior U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha today announced the appointment of Bethany N. Wong as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Rhode Island. An experienced litigator in civil and criminal matters, Ms. Wong has been assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Civil Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ithaca, New York, man appeared in federal court today on charges he allegedly engaged in abusive sexual contact with a sleeping woman aboard a flight from Tokyo, Japan, to Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Darren Scott McMullin, 30, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 58 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and for violating his supervised release, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. McMullin was indicted in March of 2014 for unlawfully possessing a.38 pistol. At the time...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: Tucson, AZ - The Deer Head Fire remains at approximately 1,097 acres and is 55% contained.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - The National Park Service has selected Belton Chalets, Inc. to operate Granite Park and Sperry Chalets under a new ten year concession contract in Glacier National Park. The existing concession contract will expire on Dec. 31, 2014, and the new concession contract will take effect Jan. 1, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that attorney ALBERT BALDEO, a former Queens District Leader, was found guilty today in federal court of tampering with witnesses during the investigation of his alleged campaign fraud by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"). BALDEO was convicted of seven counts of obstruction of justice in Manhattan federal court after a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Anthony Michael Payment, 21, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing an unregistered firearm, a sawed-off shotgun, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Payment to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment for two proposed CO2 wells near Gardner, Colo.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $2 billion in the third quarter of fiscal year 2014...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: To make a better optical fiber for transmitting laser beams, the first idea that comes to mind is probably not a nice long hydrogen bath.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: WHAT: In honor of the 98th anniversary of the founding of the National Park Service, on Sunday, Aug. 24, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial will host special celebratory activities. The National Park Service was created on Aug. 25, 1916.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Esteban Villegas-Gamez, 39, a Mexican national living in Bellevue, Idaho, was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Villegas-Gamez at the federal courthouse in Boise. Villegas-Gamez pleaded guilty to the charge on May 19, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: 1 DEAD IN POSSIBLE DROWNING AT LAKE MOHAVE.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Winters War Eagle, 22, of Owyhee, Nevada, was sentenced today to six months in federal prison followed by one year supervised release, of which 180 days could be served in a half-way house, with up to $2,000 in restitution, for Simple Assault of a Person under the Age of 16 years, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. War Eagle pleaded guilty on May 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that two Detroit, Michigan men were sentenced to federal prison today for their roles in conspiracies to distribute heroin in the Huntington, West Virginia area. Daniel M. Flowers, 44, and Cecil Rice, 34, appeared before Chief Judge Robert C. Chambers who imposed the sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JODY EUGENE SMITH, Pevely, Missouri, was sentenced to 720 months in prison on multiple child pornography charges, including production, attempted production, receipt and transportation. Smith pled guilty to the charges in April and appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Henry Autrey.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 11, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today a final decision to decrease membership on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board from 103 to 100 members. The law authorizing the board requires the board’s size to change with shifts in cattle inventory levels.
