News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

News from August 2014


Sentencings for August 21-26, 2014

News Release: Ryan M. Bennett, 23, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Aug. 26, 2014, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing 793.8 grams of methamphetamine. Bennett was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 60 months...


So Atlanta is Ours and Fairly Won - General Sherman Captures Atlanta

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a one-hour special program at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 6, 2014 that will discuss General William T. Sherman's capture of Atlanta.Visitors should meet at Sherman Reservation, located near the intersection of North Crest Road and Lightfoot Mill Road on Missionary Ridge.


Texas Resident Charged With Illegal Reentry

News Release: Florencio Marcos-De Luna, 37, of Plano, Texas, was charged today by indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about July 28, 2014, Marcos-De Luna, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about Feb. 23, 2010, Oct. 24, 2011, and April 19, 2012.


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News Release: Work to temporarily relocate the Enchanted Valley Chalet in Olympic National Park to protect the East Fork Quinault River is scheduled to begin Monday, September 1.


Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Receives 2014 Ticket to Ride Grant from the National Park Foundation

News Release: Hagerstown, MD (Aug. 28, 2014) - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is one of 65 national parks selected to receive a 2014 Ticket to Ride grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park's...


Former Lee Police Chief Charged With Fraud And Money Laundering

News Release: BOSTON - The former Chief of the Lee Police Department (LPD) was charged today in U.S. District Court in Springfield with wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.


Armed Robber Exiled To 27 Years In Prison

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Steven Vondell Williams, age 48, of Washington, D.C., today to 27 years in prison for conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, interference with interstate commerce by robbery, possession and brandishing a firearm...


Evening Program: Historians as Detectives

News Release: Photographs can provide important information about people, places, and events for anyone trying to uncover mysteries of the past. Join a ranger for an interactive program that will demonstrate the role that photographs played in the restoration of the Russian Bishop’s House and give participants an opportunity to sharpen their own detective skills by viewing and analyzing some of these historic photographs.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jonathan Madrid, 28, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Madrid was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison to be followed by four years of supervised release.


News Release: Melvin Anthony Ramos, 55, of Linwood, PA, was charged today by Indictment with possessing a firearm in a federal facility and making false statements, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, on Aug. 11, 2014, Ramos entered the William J. Green, Jr. Building...


Final Defendant Sentenced To Federal Prison In San Antonio's Duffle Bag Mafia Drug Distribution/Firearms Smuggling Operation

News Release: In San Antonio, 37-year-old Jesus Carmona of San Antonio received 101 months in federal prison for his role in a drug distribution and firearms smuggling operation announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Robert Elder, Houston Division, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Janice Ayala, San Antonio Division and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.


50th Anniversary Employee and Alumni Reunion at Big Spring

News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Hundreds of individuals have worked or volunteered at Ozark National Scenic Riverways during the last 50 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act establishing the park as a unit of the National Park Service in 1964. "These folks may have worn the National Park Service green...


Brunswick Men Indicted on Federal Tax Charges

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II and Deputy Assistant.


John Acosta-bermudez Imprisoned For Reentry After Deportation

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John Acosta-Bermudez, 52, a Colombian citizen who has landed immigrant status in Canada, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington to 13 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge that he reentered the United States after having been deported. Mr. Acosta-Bermudez has been detained without bail since his arrest last March.


Martin Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison on Weapons Convictions

News Release: Memphis, TN - Anthony Taylor, age 46, of Martin, Tenn., received a federal prison sentence of over 21 years, or 262 months, following his conviction on Jan. 28, 2014, by a jury on two counts related to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a stolen firearm, announced United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Edward L. Stanton III, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Glenn Anderson.


Delaware Woman Indicted On Drug Charges

News Release: Kristen E. Jacobs, 32, of Bear, DE, was charged today by indictment with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, and attempt to possess oxycodone with intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, the defendant and her co-conspirators obtained personal...


News Release: In San Antonio, 37-year-old Jesus Carmona of San Antonio received 101 months in federal prison for his role in a drug distribution and firearms smuggling operation announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Robert Elder, Houston Division, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Janice Ayala, San Antonio Division and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.


News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The National Park Service is seeking public comment on an engineering evaluation/cost analysis report for four former firing ranges within Lake Mead National Recreation Area.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the ongoing unrest in Ukraine...