News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A joint investigation by ATF agents and Central Falls Police has resulted in the arrest and detention of a Central Falls resident for allegedly trafficking crack cocaine and the seizure of more than 128 grams of crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Divisionof ATF, and Central Falls Police Chief Colonel James J. Mendonca.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Today, the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House committees on government oversight sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan in light of serious concerns that certain Offices of Inspectors General are experiencing problems obtaining documents from their respective...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Washington D.C. - The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a special resource study and boundary study of the Shepherdstown Battlefield in West Virginia and Maryland, located near the town of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. As part of the study, the NPS will hold a Public Meeting to explain the study...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that TRINA MARIE BOURG, age 45, of Houma, Louisiana, was indicted today for crimes involving the solicitation of illegal bribes from immigrants and their family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ricardo Lamagna, 21, a member and resident of Sandia Pueblo, made his initial appearance in federal court this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with assaulting a tribal police officer with a deadly weapon. Lamagna remains in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for Aug. 11, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce the waiver of entrance fees to enter Point Park on top of Lookout Mountain, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.Experience the majestic views from Chattanooga's surrounding landscapes found in our nation's first national military park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jonathan Dawkins, 32, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to nine years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a man in May 2012 in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Dana Sue Hales and three other Houston area residents have been sentenced in relation to a theft and fraud ring that operated in Northeast Harris County and elsewhere, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Hales, 42, pleaded guilty for her role in the overall scheme as did Lindsay Ann Grice, 27, Joseph Scott Ryder, 46, and Jason Craig White, 34.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - LIEUTENANT PARRISH SWANSON and OFFICER RAYMOND STEPHENS pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute and attempted distribution of heroin.
By State Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the situation in Iraq...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Russian national for hacking into point of sale systems at retailers throughout the United States and operating websites that distributed credit card data of thousands of credit card holders appeared today for arraignment in U.S. federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan of the Western District of Washington and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Dear Director Donovan: We write to express our grave concern about difficulties that certain Inspectors General (IG) have encountered in trying to obtain documents from their respective agencies. Timely and complete access to information is essential if Inspectors General are to perform their missions,...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Obed Wild and Scenic River was awarded the 2014 keeper of the Light award for its National Park in your Backyard experiential education program, which makes contact with every sixth grade class in Morgan County. The Keeper of the Light Award for Interpretation is the highest honor bestowed by the National...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Global positioning instrument surveys of the Deer Head Fire indicate that it has grown slightly to 1,076 acres. The lightning caused fire is being managed for natural resource benefits, in the federally-designated Wilderness area of the Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: A Florida resident who threatened family members over a $20,000 debt and used firebombs to torch one home and threaten another, was sentenced today to fifteen years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. SANG NGOC UNG, 54, of Margate, Florida pleaded guilty in April 2014 to Collection of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: 92 defendants have been charged to date in Operation Sledgehammer I-VI.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, AK -This notice is to inform campers of recent bear activity at the Vivid Lake outflow stream between the mouth of Tidal Inlet and Gloomy Knob in the West Arm of Glacier Bay. On August 5th a visitor camping along the narrow beach encountered several passing bears, and was directly approached by a brown bear. The camper did not attempt to make any loud noises prior to discharging bear spray. The bear was not sprayed, but left the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Armstrong County man was sentenced in federal court to eight months of imprisonment, to be followed by eight months of home detention and then 18 months of supervised release, on his conviction for wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Duane Akuffo, age 28, of Bowie, Maryland, today to two years in prison for bank fraud, in connection with a scheme to obtain more than $500,000 in fraudulent car loans from credit unions. Judge Blake also entered an order that Akuffo forfeit $357,356.
