News from August 2014
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: NIGHT SKY TREASURES. CARLSBAD, New Mexico - "Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another," claimed the famous philosopher, Plato. Join the "Star Party" at Carlsbad Caverns National Park where you can compel your soul and look upward to the night sky starting at...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: A man who produced and had for sale thousands of counterfeit movie DVDs and music CDs pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: The Defendant Allegedly Transported Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine By Boat And Submarine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Larry Donald Havier, Jr., 37, of Worley, Idaho, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Havier to forfeit $4,250 in drug proceeds to the Government. He pleaded guilty to the charge on May 27, 2014.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), Chairman of the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, will lead a Subcommittee roundtable policy discussion in Pennsylvania this week to examine the impacts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) anti-fracking policies on state and local governments, individuals, and the industry, and to explore opportunities and solutions for moving forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Alan Leroy McVay, 47, of Medford, Oregon was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner after his conviction for malicious destruction of property by explosion for the bombing of the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office. The court also ordered McVay to pay $14,854.20 in restitution to Jackson County for the damage to the District Attorney’s office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: Paleontology Interns Map an Ancient Fossil Deposit at Dinosaur National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A Wichita area man was sentenced Monday to 110 months in federal prison for trading files over the Internet with a Missouri man who was producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Carondelet Health Network, an Arizona non-profit corporation doing business as Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., has agreed to pay the United States $35,000,000 to resolve civil allegations that the hospitals violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting false bills to Medicare and other federal health care programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - James Alfred Beckman, Jr., 39, of Mattawan, Michigan was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for multiple counts of Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Child, Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Child, and Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography, U.S. Attorney Patrick...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Edward Stone, 25, made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court today where he is charged with three bank robberies. The indictment, which was returned July 31, 2014, alleges that during a three-week period in June 2014, Stone robbed two TD Bank branches in Braintree, and one in Hingham.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the August 6, 2014 indictment of DENNIS CHARLES HELMER, a/k/a “Jeff Jones," a/k/a, “Mr. Diamond," a/k/a, “Dennis Dimon," 53, for devising an elaborate coin fraud scheme and defrauding victims of over $1 million. HELMER is charged with 16 counts of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: Winfield D. Ong to head up office’s criminal division.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: Patchogue, New York -Fire Island National Seashore (FINS) celebrates its 50th birthday this year. The Seashore, established in 1964, will kick off a year-long celebration of this special anniversary in September. Anniversary events include a "Fifty Years of Fire Island" Lecture Series, special programming and exhibits, a FINS employee alumni reunion, and a closing celebration to be held on Fire Island and in gateway communities on Long Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession With Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 11, 2014, by Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - National Park Service rangers are searching for a missing 31-year-old Southern California man who was last seen in the water near Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mohave.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Sawed-Off Shotgun and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Sierra Danyelle Halsey, 23, of Suffolk, Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for production of child pornography and obstruction of justice.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: Poetry Workshop and Reading conducted by Poet Peter Sears, Oregon Poet Laureate at the Chateau at Oregon Caves Superintendent Vicki Snitzler of the National Park Service at Oregon Caves National Monument is pleased to announce that Poet Peter Sears has joined the Monument's Artist in Residence Program.As...
