News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

News from August 2014


Mentor Man Charged With Enticement And Failure To Register As Sex Offender

News Release: Larun E. Miller, 45, of Mentor, was charged with enticement and failure to register as a sex offender, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., woman was convicted in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to illegally make firearms available to her boyfriend, a convicted felon.


Drones Banned in Southeast Utah National Parks (Lake Powell)

News Release: Launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft within Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments, are now prohibited.


Monument Receives 2014 Ticket to Ride Grant from National Park Foundation

News Release: Colorado National Monument Receives 2014 Ticket to Ride Grant from the National Park Foundation.


News Release: On June 20, 2014, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis signed a policy memorandum that directs superintendents nationwide to prohibit launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service.


Mobile County Man Sentenced to 33 Months After Guilty Plea to Possession of Firearm After Felony Conviction

News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces that James R. Robinson, a 35 year old resident of Mobile, was sentenced today. Mr. Robinson pled guilty on May 15, 2014, to possession of a 9mm Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol found on his person after police stopped him to investigate his suspicious reaction ...


Federal Jury Finds Kirtland, N.M., Man Guilty on Sexual Assault Charges

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., returned a verdict this afternoon finding Steven Michael John guilty on sexual abuse charges after a three-day trial. The jury’s verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Director John Billison of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.


Man Indicted For Assault, Threats And Starting A Fire At Gettysburg National Park

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gary L. DuRocher, 41, formerly a resident of Maryland, was charged in an Indictment by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg. On Aug. 11, 2014, DuRocher was charged in a Criminal Complaint, arraigned, and...


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Colorado man has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally trafficking in paddlefish caviar after being caught in an undercover operation in the Warsaw, Mo., area.


News Release: Drones Banned in Colorado National Monument.


Artist-in-Residence Programs Continue At Rocky Mountain National Park With Photographers James and Jenny Tarpley

News Release: Photographers James and Jenny Tarpley from Marion, North Carolina will be the final artists for this year's Art in the Park Program at Rocky Mountain National Park with presentations held August 27 and September 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.


Chairman Royce Statement on Killing of American Journalist James Foley

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following the killing of American journalist James Foley...


Indictment: Kansas Man Created False Identities In Scheme To Re-sell DVDs And Blue-ray Movies

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Derby, Kan., man has been indicted on federal charges of creating dozens of false identities in order to qualify for discounts on the purchase of DVD and Blue-ray movies by joining the Disney Movie Club and Columbia House DVD Club and then re-selling the movies, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


News Release: A seven-count federal indictment was returned charging a Concord Township man defrauding Taupa Lithuanian Credit Union out of $2.3 million, law enforcement officials said.


News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Alejo Polanco was sentenced today to 27 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. In August 2013, following a two-week trial, Polanco and co-defendant Emilino Vasquez were...


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal gun laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty To Transportation For Prostitution

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Thomas Alexander Roberts, age 34, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, appeared before U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on Aug. 14, 2014, and pled guilty to one count of an Indictment that charged him with Transportation for Prostitution.


Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced For Possession Of A Firearm By A Felon

News Release: A man who unlawfully possessed a firearm was sentenced today to almost three years in federal prison.


News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The National Park Service closed Eldorado Canyon Road Aug. 4 due to major storm damage. Visitors who choose to violate the closure, may be cited, fined and could face up to six months in jail.


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Vance David Baumbach, 37, formerly of Oxford, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 15 years in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for receiving child pornography. After serving his prison term, Baumbach...