News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

News from August 2014


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park would like to invite the public to participate in a FREE, one hour, family friendly canoe tour with an interpretive ranger on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. This year, The Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military...


Vietnam POW Wayne Waddell to Speak at Annual POW/MIA Convocation

News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day is Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. In honor of that day, the National Park Service, the Friends of Andersonville, and Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) are hosting the 2014 National POW/MIA Convocation at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 17 in the Jackson Hall Auditorium on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University. The public is invited.


Indiana Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Destructive Devices

News Release: COLUMBUS -Andrew Scott Boguslawski, 44, of Moores Hill, Indiana was sentenced in U.S. District Court to serve 24 months in prison for illegally possessing 13 unregistered destructive devices when he was stopped by an Ohio State trooper on Jan. 1, 2014 on Interstate 70 in Madison County, Ohio. Boguslawski ...


Jefferson County Man Arrested, Charged For Synthetic Marijuana

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 32-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been arrested for possessing Lego-shaped blocks of synthetic marijuana in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: In total, 10 defendants sentenced and $2 million forfeited relating.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Emmette Brown, 42, of Glenn Dale, Md., pled guilty today to a federal mail fraud charge stemming from a scheme in which he was able to take control of a home in Northwest Washington and sell it, making a profit of more than $178,000 for himself, all without the knowledge of the original owner who was overseas caring for his seriously ill mother.


Former Deputy Sheriff Sentenced To Federal Prison For Soliciting Kickbacks

News Release: ATLANTA - Former Fulton County Deputy Sheriff Reginald Warren has been sentenced for demanding bribe payments from security officers he scheduled to work at the City of Atlanta's public swimming pools.


News Release: HOUSTON - Kathleen Creel, a former employee of Wilhelmsen Ships Service Inc., has been charged with defrauding her company and causing a loss of more than $4.1 million, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


Business Opportunity Announced for Hospitality Contract on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park

News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga has announced the availability of a prospectus for a business opportunity in the park, to provide lodging, food services, retail, transportation, mule rides, and other services on the South Rim. This business opportunity is...


North Carolina Drug Supplier To Henrico Drug Dealers Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Carlos A. Cooke, age 38, of High Point, North Carolina, Virginia, was sentenced to 24 years in prison on his guilty plea to conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, August 8, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AARON MOORE, also known as “S-K," 29, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna...


News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


BLM Issues Draft State Protocol Agreement to Implement the National Historic Preservation Act

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) complies with the National Historic Preservation Act through a national Programmatic Agreement (PA) between the BLM, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. The BLM in Arizona implements this...


Former Microsoft Financial Manager Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Insider Trading

News Release: Recruited Friend To Make Trades And Split Profits On Non-Public Information.


National Park Service Seeks Nominations to Federal Advisory Commission for the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service is seeking nominations for individuals to be considered for appointment to the advisory commission for the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. Appointments to the 15-member federal advisory commission serve terms of four years. Written nominations are being accepted until September 8, 2014.


Indiana Man Sentenced For Illegal Possession Of Destructive Devices

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, August 8, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS -Andrew Scott Boguslawski, 44, of Moores Hill, Indiana was sentenced in U.S. District Court to serve 24 months in prison for illegally possessing 13 unregistered...


News Release: This past week, Grand Teton National Park staff launched Menor's ferry boat and park visitors may once again experience crossing the Snake River in the same fashion provided by Bill Menor through his ferry service of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The replica ferry serves as a central feature of the...


Faces behind the Monuments: Monuments at Chickamauga Battlefield

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Many of the monuments at Chickamauga Battlefield bear faces-soldiers standing ready to fight, to live, to die, and to protect. Yet who were these faces? How did they come to be at Chickamauga Battlefield? Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend...


News Release: A Youngstown man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy that brought heroin from Chicago and other areas to Youngtown, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.