News from August 2014
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: The Washington Department of Natural Resources continues to lead interagency efforts fighting the 50 acre Enterprise Fire located along the shore of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area near Fruitland, WA. No structures have been lost at this time but the area remains under a level 2 evacuation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Newark, N.J. - A man who admitted using a note to rob the Valley National Bank in Clifton, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 55 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Boston - A North Dartmouth man was arrested today and charged with conspiring to commit an offense against the United States and embezzlement from an organization that received federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Alexy Diaz, 31, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by an armed career criminal, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Mark Labenz, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for robbing four Philadelphia banks between December 2009 and January 2014. Labenz pleaded guilty on March 19, 2014 to the following robberies: Dec. 31, 2009, Citizens Bank at 2102 Cottman Avenue; December...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Superintendent Cheryl A. Schreier has announced a change in the hours of operation at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Beginning Sunday Aug. 10, 2014, the Evening Lighting Ceremony at Mount Rushmore will transition to an earlier start time of 8:00 PM. The Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center, bookstore and museum as well as the Information Center's closing time will change to 9:00 PM.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - A Lakeside Park man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison, for selling crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Joshua Payne, age 21, of Mount Airy, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to four counts of robbery and one count of using a firearm during a robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service has selected DNC Parks & Resorts at Grand Canyon, Inc., a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, Inc., to provide a variety of visitor services at Grand Canyon National Park for the next 15 years. This is one of two concessions contracts that are expected to be awarded this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a pas de deux of atomic ions that combines the fine choreography of dance with precise individual control.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Painter and art teacher, Jessica Bryant from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, will continue to highlight this year's Art in the Park Program at Rocky Mountain National Park with presentations held August 13 and August 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Today, a federal grand jury in Milwaukee returned a 15-count superseding indictment charging two Milwaukee men, Paul Carter aka “Pimpin’ Paul" and David Moore aka “King David" with conspiracy, sex trafficking and related offenses spanning from the years 2007 to 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Former Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Robert Mulgrew, 56, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for defrauding the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (“DCED"). Mulgrew pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2013 to mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Four East Texans have been charged in connection with a violent bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -A man from Mexico pleaded guilty to charges that he falsely claimed to be an American citizen, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Thirteen defendants, including nine former police officers, have been sentenced to federal prison this week for accepting thousands of dollars in cash payments to provide protection during staged drug deals that were part of a federal undercover operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Eva Melissa Sugar, age 61, of Aurora, Colorado, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States in connection with the collection of taxes, United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dominique Dickens, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to committing a series of robberies in the summer of 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Yesterday afternoon former hedge fund manager Lawrence R. (Larry) Goldfarb was sentenced to 14 months in prison for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
