News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Lynsey H. Haslip, formerly “Lynsey H. Dabback," 32, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was charged today by information with misapplication of bank funds by an employee, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The information alleges that in 2009 Haslip, while employed as an Assistant Branch Manager at PNC Bank in West Chester, Pennsylvania, misapplied a total of $172,100 from bank customers’ accounts.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department today announced a new report showing steady progress for the U.S. offshore wind energy industry over the past year. The report highlights 14 projects in advanced stages of development, together representing nearly 4,900 megawatts (MW) of potential offshore wind energy capacity for...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY -Women's Rights National Historical Park will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-Oct. 15, 2014) with an artwork exhibition and gallery talk by the renowned artist Andrea Arroyo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A fourth grade teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia was sentenced today to ten years in prison, followed by ten years of supervised release, for enticing and coercing a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit online chats.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Effective immediately, campfires are allowed in established fire rings in campgrounds and day-use areas throughout Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Charcoal grills are also allowed at this time;however, other forms of open flame such as tiki torches and lakebed campfires are still banned.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DINO BOUTERSE, who is the son of the President of Suriname and reportedly served previously as the head of Suriname’s Counter-Terrorism Unit, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court in connection with...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Paul Lewis from the University of Tennessee will be at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area on Saturday, Aug. 30, for our always popular dark skies astronomy program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, the United States won court approval of a settlement agreement to reform the ways in which the Portland Oregon Police Bureau (“PPB") interacts with individuals with actual or perceived mental illness. The agreement was entered jointly by the United States and the city of Portland...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Scott Brandon Hutcheson, 37, of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Florida European Export Import Co. Inc., of Miami, Fla., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: A leader of a street gang that operated on the east side of Detroit was found guilty today of aiding and abetting an armed robbery, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Karl Stehlin (59, Tampa) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of twenty years in federal prison on each count. The indictment also notifies Stehlin that the United States intends to forfeit $2,000,000, which is alleged to be traceable proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: ALAMOSA, Colo. - The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 11 at the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, 10900 East U.S. Highway 160, Alamosa, Colo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Keir Johnson, 24, a member of a criminal street gang based at 14th and Girard Streets in Northwest Washington, was sentenced today to a 54-year prison term on murder and other charges stemming from a conspiracy to assault, kill, and threaten rivals and obstruct justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announces that a federal jury earlier today found Lafayette attorney Daniel James Stanford, 56, guilty of conspiring to distribute synthetic drugs, conspiring to introduce misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announce that Joel Steinger, a/k/a “Joel Steiner," (Steinger) was sentenced to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit $15 million by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr. A restitution hearing is scheduled for Nov. 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Michael Moshe Shimshoni (56, Tierra Verde) pleaded guilty today to failing to provide a federally approved lead-based paint hazard brochure to a tenant. Shimshoni faces a maximum penalty of one year in federal prison and a $25,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that William Martin, age 59, of Yemassee, Keith Gebhardt, age 54, of Yemassee, and Mark Argetsinger, age 63, of Beaufort, were sentencedin federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for the unlawful trapping and killing...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act of 1964, Grand Teton National Park will offer several fun and informative events on September 3rd. Visitors and local residents are welcome to join park staff in celebrating this milestone in the American conservation movement.
