News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former immigration officer was convicted on Friday afternoon in federal court for taking bribes from Cambodian immigrants in exchange for immigration benefits, including granting the immigrants temporary legal status, while he was working in the Santa Ana federal building. The former immigration officer and his wife were also convicted of witness tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Guns from local firearm dealers were sent to Central America for resale.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Acting United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler, today announced the conviction and sentencing of an Indianapolis man for making false statements in connection with the purchase of firearms and then unlawfully exporting those firearms from the United States to Honduras. Alex Martinez, 41, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site celebrated Rose Kennedy's birthday on July 20 with a variety of special programs, including backyard talks, walks and an exhibit. Visitors were also invited to sample tea and cookies inspired by the "Kennedy Teas," an exhibit focused on Mrs. Kennedy's...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Grab your flashlight and experience a lighthouse at night by joining the National Park Service on a Full Moon Climb at the Cape Hatteras or Bodie Island Lighthouse on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014.Hear stories of keepers of old, view the working light close up in the lantern room, and catch the reflection...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, the National Park Service (NPS) released the final version of its plan to manage white-tailed deer populations at Antietam and Monocacy national battlefields (Md.) and Manassas National Battlefield Park (Va.). The plan is now open for public review until Sept. 3, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that JAMES MONAHAN, the owner of a real estate investment company called Panam Management Group, Inc., was sentenced to 58 months in prison. MONAHAN previously pled guilty on May 29, 2013, to one count each of wire...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: As the Port Oneida Fair ends in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore), the special sky viewing begins. Join park rangers and the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) for guided exploration of the daytime and night sky. The next Solar Viewing and Star Party in the National...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the Committee’s Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, today released the following statement applauding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) implementation of new protections to protect the health and safety of coal miners and prevent black lung disease.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office has a large guest in the lobby. A 9' replica of the vertebra from Amphicoelias fragillimus is on display in the field office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On July 31, 2014, Toni J. Johnson, 33, of Murphysboro, was sentenced on a methamphetamine violation, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. Aug. 1, 2014. Debra Mills. Official News Release. Catoctin Mountain Park Invites Individuals and Groups to Join the Barberry Brigade. It has been stated that the invasive of non-native, alien plants is the most irreversible human impact on earth's ecosystem. Catoctin...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Independence, Mo., man has been indicted on charges related to producing child pornography by secretly recording videos of unsuspecting victims in restrooms...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public comment a draft update of its primary guide to assessing the security and privacy controls that safeguard federal information systems and networks. Public comments are due by Sept. 26, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding the breakdown of trade facilitation talks in Geneva because of India’s opposition...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX- On July 31, 2014, John Cary Dean, 28, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayesto 6.5 years in prison. Dean pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2014 to two counts of possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana, one count of manufacturing marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking offenses, all felonies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday, charging Michael Bailey, 59, of Sacramento, with receipt and distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating approximately three hours, a federal jury of five men and seven women found David Cunningham guilty of three counts of receipt, distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Robert Jay Berman (64, St. Petersburg) has been arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with attempted persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, he faces a mandatory...
