News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Dwayne Penn, formerly a police officer with the Clayton County Police Department assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, was sentenced today to ten years of prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that ALLISON FAITH BATTLES, age 29, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Making A False Statement, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2) and Theft Of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EMORY JAMES, also known as “Emmo," 42, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument has been recognized by the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) as the Parashant International Night Sky Province-Window to the Cosmos. The million-plus acre Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument located in northwestern Arizona remains one of the most remote areas in the contiguous United States and earned the International Dark Sky Park Gold-tier status, the highest level of award representing the darkest skies.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: VAN BUREN MO:Preparations are underway for Ozark National Scenic Riverways to accomplish several prescribed burns this spring.The burns will be carefully planned and monitored by the park's Fire Management staff and will be performed between late February and mid-April. The ignition and timing of these prescribed burns is dependent on the weather and vegetation meeting certain conditions. During the prescribed burns, park operations will continue as usual.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- The former jail administrator of the Clay County Detention Center pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating the civil rights of inmates by using his authority to sexually abuse or otherwise deprive the inmates of their constitutional rights, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and Wudalianchi National Park in China have announced a sister park agreement to strengthen their shared volcanic heritage by promoting international cooperation and support for the mutual benefit of both parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), today graduated its first class of four Search Enhanced Evidence K-9 S.E.E.K. handlers in a ceremony at its National Canine Center in Front Royal, Va. The S.E.E.K. program trains explosives detection K-9 handlers to work their ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN FRANCIS WILLIAMS, 58, of Montville, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: FEB 21 - (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) - - Donnel Johnson, a/k/a, "Creep," age 31, from Fairbanks, Alaska, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, to 216 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release on charges related to a drug conspiracy. Johnson was also ordered to forfeit vehicles and jewelry derived from drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced Kenyon Lamont Williams to 15 years in federal prison for a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $1,575,304.49, the proceeds of this tax fraud conspiracy. In addition, the court ordered Williams to pay $1,013,285.00 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced Barry Anthony McGill (30) to 8 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. The court also ordered McGill to forfeit two computers traceable to the offense. McGill pleaded guilty on Nov. 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the news from Kyiv that an agreement between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition leaders has been forged.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: TROY, NEW YORK - RICHARD S. ELY, age 27, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison by the Honorable Mae A. D’Agostino, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, Joseph Anarumo, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Brice Johnson, 19, of Springtown, Texas, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with willfully causing bodily injury to a person because of the actual or perceived sexual orientation of that person, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Sarah R. Saldaña, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and Diego Rodriguez, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Dallas Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Pharmaceutical company Endo Health Solutions Inc. and its subsidiary Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Endo) have agreed to pay $192.7 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from Endo’s marketing of the prescription drug Lidoderm for uses not approved as safe and effective by the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The National Park Service will burn piles of woody debris between Monday, February 24 through Wednesday, February 26 at Indian Gardens within Grand Canyon National Park depending on weather conditions. The piles of debris consist of tree branches, twigs, and leaves removed during hazardous fuels reduction projects around Indian Gardens Ranger Station, Indian Gardens Campground, and along the Bright Angel Trail over the past few years.
