News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man convicted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child was sentenced on Aug. 11, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Kansas City, Mo., police detectives and an agent with the U.S. Department of Agriculture have received the Guardian of Justice Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Bobby Deon Horn (32, Sanford) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Horn pleaded guilty on May 28, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Abusive Sexual Contact.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Transported a Confidential Source Who Claimed to Possess Cocaine in an FBI Sting.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Sadith Chavez-Perez, 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today to 71 months for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Dee V. Benson, visiting from the District of Utah, also ordered Chavez-Perez to serve five years of supervised release following her prison term. Chavez-Perez pleaded guilty on May 20, 2014. She is subject to deportation upon completion of her sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Brittany Ann Jackson, 26, of Biloxi, and Dontrelle Deshaun Sanford, 24, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, to charges in an indictment filed against them earlier this year, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, Secret Service Resident Agent in Charge Mark McKee, and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Gabriel L. Grchan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Shrewsbury man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Worcester today for taking $57,948 in Social Security payments to which he was not entitled.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-The last three miles of the Cascade River Road will be closed to all vehicle and foot traffic September 8 through late October, 2014. The road closure will begin at the Eldorado parking area near milepost 20 and will affect hikers and climbers approaching the area from either the east or west side. Access for those wishing to climb Eldorado Peak and other peaks accessed via Eldorado Creek will not be affected.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender was sentenced on August 4, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft within Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments, are now prohibited.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2014--Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that $2 million in conservation funds will be sent to Ohio to help implement conservation techniques that will help improve water quality. The Secretary said USDA is also partnering with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service today announced funding for seven international projects through the 2014 Food for Progress Program. In total, more than 1.6 million people will directly benefit from the program this year.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Funding Supports Local and Regional Food Systems, Beginning Farmers and Ranchers LOUDON, N.H., Aug. 19, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted the importance of rural entrepreneurs to the U.S. economy and announced investments to help rural businesses grow, diversify and create jobs. ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Private Landowners Help Conserve Species, Way of Life in Rural Montana MONTANA, Aug. 19, 2014 -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today its finding that the Upper Missouri River Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the Arctic grayling does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the owners and operators of the Alger Meadows Apartments in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have agreed to pay $550,000 in damages and civil penalties and to terminate property manager Dale VanderVennen’s role in managing the complex to settle a lawsuit alleging that VanderVennen sexually harassed female tenants in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: A Newington, Connecticut, man was indicted last Thursday by a grand jury in the District of Connecticut for one count of corruptly interfering with the due administration of the internal revenue laws, two counts of filing false tax returns and five counts of willfully failing to file tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $52.1 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for spark plugs, standard oxygen sensors, and air fuel ratio sensors installed in cars sold to automobile manufacturers in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.
