News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -A Shreveport man pleaded guilty on Monday for failing to register his correct address for his sex offender identification, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of tax violations, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: On Tuesday, July 29th, Lake Clark National Park Service park rangers put down a sub-adult female brown bear near Silver Salmon Creek following an incident on private land adjacent to the park. Tuesday morning, a visitor at a private lodge was approached and bitten by a bear. The visitor's injuries were...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jay.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On July 29, 2014, Paulynn Wright, 42, of Knoxville, Tenn., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Sentencing has been set for 2:00 p.m., on Dec. 3, 2014, before the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ambridge resident was indicted on July 29, 2014, by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal immigration laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Administration’s announcement today to apply visa restrictions against human rights abusers in Venezuela.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDREW W. NIELSEN, 50, of South Windsor, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Release Date July 30, 2014. Daniel Kawaiaea 808-882-7218 Ext. 1001. HO'OKU'IKAHI I PU'UKOHOLĀ (To Unify at Pu'ukoholā). Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site will celebrate its 42nd anniversary with the park's annual Ho'oku'ikahi i Pu'ukoholā Establishment Day Hawaiian Cultural Festival. The festival...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Acadia National Park has been named "America's Favorite Place" by ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) based on a nationwide poll of viewers. GMA asked viewers to nominate their favorite place in America in an online poll earlier this month, and the five finalists were Acadia National Park, Chicago's Lakefront, Glacier National Park, Gulf Shores, and Lake Tahoe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - More than 400 law enforcement officers this morning conducted an operation that led to the arrest of 17 members and associates of the El Monte Flores gang, an organization that takes direction from the Mexican Mafia prison gang and controls criminal activity in the cities of El Monte and South El Monte.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: The Big Oak Flat Road (Highway 120) in Yosemite National Park has been reopened to vehicular traffic on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. The road was temporarily closed due to fire activity related to the El Portal Fire. All other roads within the park, including the Tioga Road, are open and clear, with the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Sandy and Casey Parsons were arrested today on a federal criminal indictment charging them with fraud, announced Ripley Rand, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina. The 76-count criminal indictment was unsealed today following the couple’s arrest by FBI and IRS-CI agents in Fayetteville, N.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Melinda Sue Priddy, 43, of New Meadows, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to theft of $138,910.00 from the Social Security Administration, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A multi-million dollar effort by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to secure dangerous chemical facilities from terrorists is a near-total failure, according to a new Congressional report, “Chemical Insecurity.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Patricia Margaret Drake (24, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to three counts of bank fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Drake was indicted on May 7, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Case is One of Many Prosecuted by United States Attorney Wigginton’s Metro-East Armed Robbery Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. July 30, 2014 14-051. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Public Input Sought On Bison Quarantine Proposal. The National...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) blasted Republican leadership for wasting time on legislation to undermine the Endangered Species Act while neglecting to address the funding crisis facing federal agencies tasked with fighting wildfire...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Video of Peterson's Remarks. “Thank you M__ Speaker. “H.R. 935, The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act, will relieve farmers, foresters and other pesticide applicators from a potentially costly regulatory burden that would do little, if anything, to protect the environment. “The legislation simply makes...
