News from July 2014
By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a way to help pickle producers replace most of their pickling salt with calcium chloride. This is helping turn an environmental problem into an environmental plus for the pickle industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Terrill Eugene Brown, 61, of Visalia, pleaded guilty today to causing the distribution and dispensing of oxycodone and structuring financial transactions to evade a reporting requirement, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Fresno County District Attorney Elizabeth Egan announced. In addition, Brown agreed to forfeit more than $182,000 and three BMW sedans that were involved in or obtained as a result of his criminal activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANNOUNCES FIRE RESTRICTIONS.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANNOUNCES FIRE RESTRICTIONS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Amir Ali Faraz, age 45, of Laredo, Texas, today to 20 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute heroin and marijuana, possession with intent to distribute heroin, using a phone in furtherance of drug trafficking and interstate travel to promote drug trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: Kevin N. Boardman, 45, of Wilmington, DE, was charged by indictment, filed on June 26, 2014, with multiple counts of mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Boardman is a pilot who served as Director of Aviation and Chief Pilot at a family-owned investment management company...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: House Republicans this week will vote - at a cost of $287 billion - to make permanent a temporary tax provision whose very effectiveness is tied to it being a temporary provision, hence why the provision is called Bonus Depreciation. The vote contradicts the position that Republicans took in the Tax...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Former Mingo County prosecuting attorney C. Michael Sparks was sentenced today to a year in federal prison, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. The sentence comes after Sparks admitted his role in a scheme to coerce a Mingo County drug defendant, George White, into firing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Jesus Duenas-Barajas, 53, a Mexican National illegally residing in Houston, has entered a plea of guilty to submitting a false statement on a U.S. passport application and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be conducting public meetings to receive input from interested parties on issues, concerns, and suggestions pertinent to coal mine drainage mitigation and treatment. The first meeting will be on Monday, July 14, 2014, and will take place at the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - One marijuana cultivator pleaded guilty and one was sentenced today for cultivation operations in Kern and Stanislaus Counties, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: MONROE, La. -A West Monroe man was sentenced to 120 months in prison and to five years of supervised release for possessing more than 50 images of child pornography on his home computers, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - Sixth-grade teacher, Quijano Taotua, from Manulele Elementary School has joined the National Park of American Samoa as its first Teacher-RangerTeacher. This six-week summer professional development opportunity provides place-based learning experiences and access to the resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Ceredo woman was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for her role in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Helen Louise Adkins, 43, previously pleaded guilty in January 2014 to distribution of heroin before Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers in Huntington.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: New chart 16145 fills in historically sparse depth measurements, using new survey data recently acquired specifically for this chart.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: Welches, Ore. -- As a part of the Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell's events to underscore the importance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to support communities' conservation, outdoor recreation and clean water projects, National Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA- Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today that Frank William Johannissohn, 66, of Tallahassee, Florida, has been charged by a federal grand jury with mail fraud, possession of an authentication feature with intent to defraud the United States, making false statements to the United States Office of Personnel Management, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - WARREN J. GLADDERS, Wentzville, MO, pled guilty to three armed bank robberies committed in July, August and September 2013. On July 7, 2013, Gladders took approximately $7,000 from the Reliance Bank located in Creve Coeur, Missouri. On Aug. 2, 2013, Gladders took approximately $5,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Ceredo woman was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for her role in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Helen Louise Adkins, 43, previously pleaded guilty in January 2014 to distribution of heroin before Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers in Huntington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An accountant from Toms River, N.J., was arrested today by special agents of IRS - Criminal Investigation and the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General (SSA OIG), on charges she allegedly stole $905,000 from client tax refunds and social security benefits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
