News from August 2014
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Eustace Conway, an American naturalist and featured personality on the History channel show Mountain Men, will join the all-star line-up at the 22nd Annual "Haunting in the Hills" Storytelling Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Mr. Conway will appear live on the Bandy Creek Field Big Stage at 3:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Jennifer Lillian Balfe, 19, of Meridian, Idaho, pleaded guilty on Aug. 19, 2014, to bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Balfe was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on May 20, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a competition to create a Forensic Science Center of Excellence dedicated to collaborative, interdisciplinary research. The center's mission will be to establish a firm scientific foundation for the analytic techniques used in two important branches of forensic science, pattern evidence and digital evidence.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The National Park Service is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment for a proposed Utility Line Relocation and Temporary Water Line for Boulder City Bypass Project at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A 32-year old Raleigh County man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty today to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. David Alan Hunt, of Sophia, West Virginia entered a guilty plea before United States District Court Judge Irene C. Berger.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Bring your family and friends and celebrate the National Park Service's 98th birthday at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. One night of free camping at the Alum Ford Campground and free backcountry permits have been authorized for Monday, August 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La.-United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley was the keynote speaker at the Volunteer Instructors Teaching Adults (VITA) awards luncheon held today at the Petroleum Club.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, N.Y., man is scheduled to appear in federal court today to face charges stemming from a violent crime spree spanning three states, in which he attacked, kidnapped, and raped a woman, assaulted a National Park Service employee and set fire to a used car dealership office before crashing on the George Washington Bridge, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department's Tax Division announced that GIRAY BIYIKLIOGLU, a/k/a “Johnny Bryan," age 31, a Turkish national and resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jay...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: What: A series of three evening concerts presenting some of the finest names in traditional and contemporary sea music.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Richard Hollern Admits Participating in a Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Judge orders defendant to pay over $7,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Defendant illegally flipped hotels using straw buyers, conducted Ponzi scheme with escrow accounts and extorted Pittsburgh hotel owner.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Marlique Jermaine Bridges of Mobile was sentenced following a May 2014 guilty plea to a charge of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Bridges was previously convicted in Mobile County of Robbery, First Degree in 2012. By virtue of this conviction, Bridges is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, John Venizelos, also known as “John V," “Big Man," and “John from Staten Island," an alleged associate of the Bonanno organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced to 11 years in prison to be followed by five years...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON, DE - Michael A. Stortini, the former managing member and part owner of the Frank Robino Companies (“FRC") - a Delaware real estate development company - was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews to 24 months of imprisonment for embezzling $606,500 in...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Homestead/Key West: Acting Superintendent Bob Krumenaker is inviting everyone who loves Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks to come enjoy free entrance this Monday, Aug. 25, in celebration of the 98th birthday of the National Park Service.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: The public closure at Baxter's Pinnacle and Descent Gully near the mouth of Cascade Canyon was lifted on Saturday, August 16. This area closure went into effect May 6 to protect an active peregrine falcon nest. Due in part to the protection provided by this wildlife closure, the adult falcons successfully...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - In a 5th Superseding Indictment, unsealed today in the United States District Court, approximately 52 members and associates of the Hoover Crips Street Gang and the Donald Walter’s Drug Trafficking Organization were charged with 238 criminal offenses, including drug conspiracy, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, weapon offenses, retaliating against a witness, and conspiring to promote dog fighting.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Shannon T. Murray, age 42, of Elkview, West Virginia pled guilty today in federal court in Charleston to aiding in the distribution of oxycodone. At the hearing, Murray admitted that in February of 2013, he transported oxycodone...
