News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office today announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Join poet and author Chris Ransick to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act through poetry. Mr. Ransick will be speaking at 7:00 p.m., Monday, Aug. 25, in the Moraine Park Campground Amphitheater.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Edna Calaustro was sentenced to 24 months in prison and Mele Saavedra was sentenced to 3 years’ probation yesterday for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks involving the Medicare program, and health care fraud, announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces that Donterrio Evans, a 30 year old resident of Mobile, was sentenced today. Mr. Evans pled guilty on May 22, 2014, to possession of a.40 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol found in his possession after police arrested him on unrelated robbery charges. At that time, Mr. Evans had been convicted of Receiving Stolen Property. As a convicted felon, he was prohibited from possessing firearms.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Brendan Bolger (40, Chicago, IL) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire, mail and bank fraud. Bolger faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on August 4, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Rochester, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Richard E. Riedman, 40, of Webster, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute, methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Teton County Sheriff's Office and Grand Teton National Park initiated a unified command action to coordinate a County/Park searchfor a missing person today, August 20. Aleksandr Sagiev, age 21, of Russia was last seen at 1 pm on Sunday, August 17 in Moose, Wyoming using his cell phone near the bar at Dornan's Pizza &Pasta Restaurant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Radric Davis, a/k/a Gucci Mane, has been sentenced to three years and three months in federal prison on firearms charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jordan McCloud, 22, of Rochester, NY, has been charged in a criminal complaint with producing child pornography and possessing child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, a fine of $250,000 or both.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Congaree National Park is seeking entries for the 12th Annual SwampFest Student Art competition. Co-sponsored by the Southeast Rural Community Outreach (SERCO) and the Friends of Congaree Swamp (FOCS), the competition is an opportunity for young artists from the Midlands to showcase their talent while...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Superintendent Patrick M. Kenney announces that permits for temporary duck blinds will be available at the Harkers Island Visitor Center beginning Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and thereafter Monday through Friday, except holidays.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Aeropostale Executive Steered Over $350 Million In Business To A Major Supplier In Exchange For 50% Of Profits.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Defendant allegedly transported juvenile from North Carolina and used force and threats against victim to ensure her compliance.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: While many mobile device apps such as a calendar or collaboration tools are very handy and can improve productivity, they can also introduce vulnerabilities that can put sensitive data and network resources at risk. The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) is preparing recommendations...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Monday Aug. 18, 2014, Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis sentenced defendants Francisco “Cisco" Hassell III, 29, Edwin Hendrickson, Jr., 28, and Rusiel “Romeo" Encarnacion, 33, to ten years in prison for their roles in two armed robberies. Each defendant received a three...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven yesterday sentenced Terrance Timmons (30, Sarasota) to six years in federal prison for possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Timmons to forfeit two firearms and twenty rounds of ammunition. Timmons pleaded guilty on May 20, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of KHEMALL JOKHOO, 36, to 175 months in federal prison for attempting to steal more than $700,000 by using the identities of more than 60 victims. On November 5, 2013, a jury in United States District Court in Minneapolis convicted...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding a recently filed environmental lawsuit alleging that National Park Service (NPS) permitted water diversions through the Hetch-Hetchy Project are harming endangered ...