News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Jan. 24, 2014, three additional individuals involved in an oxycodone distribution conspiracy were sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge. Ashley Nicole Gray Patterson, 29, of Morristown, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 70 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -Daniel Preston, 36, of Monument, Colorado, pled guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and the distribution of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Fane Dacosta (40, Daytona Beach) guilty of twenty-five counts of aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, and three counts of failure to file his personal tax returns. Dacosta faces a maximum...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK- U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Jan. 30, 2014, Steven J. Paul, 59, Bismarck, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors. Paul pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 23, 2013.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Fresh Anjou pears, harvested in late summer from orchards in Oregon and Washington, will usually be available in supermarket produce departments through early spring of the following year. That's thanks to, in part, science-based, long-term-storage technologies that help postpone ripening.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - An Assistant United States Attorney in the Beaumont Office of the U.S. Attorney has been appointed to serve as the next Jefferson County District Attorney, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Jan. 28, 2014, Shawn Michael Carrico, a 47 year-old resident of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two men convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance were sentenced on Jan. 27, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $3 million to spur geothermal energy development using play fairway analysis. This technique identifies prospective geothermal resources in areas with no obvious surface expression by mapping the most favorable intersections of heat, permeability, and fluid.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on Jan. 27, 2014, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced LILIANA DELIA DEIAC, 43, of Jamaica, NY, to 18 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. She pled guilty to Making...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announce today that after a two week trial before U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore, a federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Felon Convicted At Trial After Arrest Target Shooting In National Forest.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 the National Park Service will begin accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park. The permits are for specific launch dates within calendar year 2015. A total of 461 permits...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of New York. Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAWN M. GUARINO, also known as Dawn DeCapua Guarino, 54, of Branford, pleaded guilty today before U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: A Mason County resident with multiple prior felony convictions was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in Seattle to eight years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. JOHN CHRISTIAN PARKS, 38, of Belfair, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park will take advantage of low snow levels and begin work on the Northwest Gateway Forest Restoration Project. This fuel reduction project is located in the northwest corner of Lassen Volcanic National Park where forest conditions present a severe risk of high...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota, man convicted of Larceny was sentenced on Jan. 21, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Darrell Lee Lynch, 65, of Columbus pleaded guilty in U.S. District court to one misdemeanor count of copyright infringement, admitting that he sold pirated DVD movies during work hours at the Defense Logistics Agency in Columbus where he was employed.