News from August 2014
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Mineral, CA -Lassen Volcanic National Park will celebrate its new Artist-In-Residence program with a special exhibition opening at the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center on Friday, August 29. The exhibition will feature seven digital illustrations by Lassen's first Artist-in-Residence (AIR), Melissa Lockwood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: An enrolled member of the Makah Tribe was sentenced today to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised release for assault with a dangerous weapon, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. KENNETH A. WARD, 44, was taken into federal custody on Dec. 26, 2013, following the assault on Makah...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Defendants allegedly distributed over 11,000 oxycodone pills for a total value of over $735,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JORDAN SIMON, 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joe Heaton to serve 32 months in prison for mail fraud involving mineral rights, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. According to court...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Ventura, CA - Santa Barbara Island is closed to public access due to damage from the high surf associated with Hurricane Marie.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Peter McGlynn, 46, of Raymond, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 42 months of probation for obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-With e-cigarette use among middle and high schoolers still on the rise, nine Members of Congress responded to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that adolescents who had used e-cigarettes were more likely to express intentions to smoke...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Jeffrey Washington, 36, of New York, NY, pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is starting a public scoping period on the proposed addition of 4.5 miles of new non-motorized trails to the Oil Well Flat trails system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Lafayette, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury 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: Fitzgerald Barnes, David Deane And Charles Phillips Admit To Rigging Bids On Athletic Apparel At Monticello High School.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in a federal drug trafficking case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Boston - A former Pepperell man was charged with concealing $3 - $4 million in bankruptcy filings.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Dominique Taylor, 29, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the IRS before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Karen L. Kivett, age 61, was sentenced for the crime of filing a false claim for income tax refund, and her husband, William E. Kivett, Jr., age 66, was sentenced for the crime of failing to file...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Justin Gage Jangraw, a former U.S. Army officer who operated a business that sold military-grade weapons parts and accessories, pled guilty today to violating the Arms Export Control Act by selling restricted items without a license. He also pled guilty to a separate charge stemming from his unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents that he obtained while he was in the Army.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: TO FACILIATE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING.
