News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: NEW BERN - July 9, 2014 - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced the final two defendants of a six-defendant federal prescription pill distribution conspiracy. THOMAS FRANCIS PARADIS, 34, of Kinston, NC...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former court administrator for the Jackson County Circuit Court was sentenced in federal court today for a fraud scheme in which she embezzled more than $140,000 from the circuit court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Following a two-day jury trial, a local man was convicted today of using the internet to knowingly persuade, induce and entice a minor girl to engage in sexual activity with him during March 2013, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -A former warehouse manager was sentenced to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing more than $900,000 worth of aircraft parts in return for cash, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), announced yesterday that Dr. Michael Windley, a veterinarian at the Companion Animal Clinic, 470 Highway 29 South, Cantonment, Florida was arrested on state drug charges consisting of four counts of possession, delivery, and manufacture of a controlled (893.13.1a) and four counts of fraud in obtaining (893.30).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) announced today that a 22-year-old native and citizen of Mexico has been charged with illegal reentry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Charles Dean Partin, 38, of Clayton, Alabama was convicted today in federal court for traveling to Tennessee and Ohio to have sex with a minor child, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. He was also convicted of transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: From July 26 through August 9, 2014, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) welcomes the public to the inaugural exhibit of artwork by the Black Rock Desert Artists in Residence.The BLM Artist in Residence program promotes awareness through art of the exceptional places protected within the BLM's National...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: One Victim Was Strangled To Death During A Home Invasion.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: The National Park Service (NPS) intends to evaluate the impacts of constructing a scenic overlook pullout on Government Hill (Mile 2.5 on the Denali Park Road). A small pullout currently at this location can accommodate approximately two vehicles.This pullout is often overcrowded...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today welcomed the Senate’s confirmation of Darci Vetter to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a competition to create a Community Resilience Center of Excellence dedicated to collaborative, interdisciplinary research aimed at developing tools and standardized methods that will enhance the ability of localities to reduce the impact of disasters and to speed recovery in their aftermath.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Marvin T. Howard, age 28, of Youngstown, Ohio, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Michelle Rutledge, 47, of Berlin, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in Brattleboro to 24 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a charge of wire fraud. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nicole Pompey, 34, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $42,000 in restitution to HSBC Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE - Barbra Alexander was sentenced today to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $6,306,770.96 in restitution following a trial in which she was convicted for her role in an investment fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting a free brown-bag lecture on Monday, July 14 from 12- 1pm at the Community Building in West Glacier. The public is invited to join Bob Chinn, a retired educator, for a multimedia presentation showcasing butterfly and moth species in Glacier National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: I thank Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member Moran for your work on this bill. Chairman Calvert, congratulations on introducing your first bill and for following the Committee tradition of consulting the minority even if the outcome is not something we can support at this time. During this last Interior and Environment Subcommittee markup for Mr. Moran, I am sorry to see him go and wish him success in all his future endeavors. We are losing a true stalwart for the environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Eugene Dykes, Jr., 27, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by indictment with two counts of assaulting federal agents while they were engaged in their official duties, on or about Oct. 17, 2013, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment charges that the defendant used a dangerous weapon, that is, a motor vehicle, to forcibly assault federal task force officers.
