News from July 2014

By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, July 7, 2014- National Parks are exciting places to play! Get a taste of such outdoor adventures in this weekend's Outdoor Adventure Fest, an event coordinated by the National Park Service, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, and featuring the Subaru/Leave...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - The former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation was charged today with filing false tax returns.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, July 7, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARCOS MARTINEZ-GUTIERREZ, 43, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S.

By EPA Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a markup this week to consider a draft of the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act, H.R. 4450, the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014, and H.R. 4013, the...

By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a markup this week to consider a draft of the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act, H.R. 4450, the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014, and H.R. 4013, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months probation on his conviction of conspiracy to possess firearms by a convicted felon, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) In celebration of Lake Superior Day, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore interpreter Andrea Chynoweth will lead a guided walk at Miners Beach on Sunday, July 20, at 1 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa is asking people who were sickened by eggs produced by Quality Egg, LLC between about the beginning of 2010 and August 2010 to contact their office.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Theowners of an Overland Park hotel pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge of employing undocumented workers, who they paid less than other employees, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and distributing heroin, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today. Antonio Smith, 32, will also serve three years’ supervised release after his prison term, under a sentence imposed by Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers. Smith previously pleaded guilty to the two charges on March 31, 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Symery Saykganya, 58, of Modesto, was sentenced today to two years for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana following his guilty plea earlier this year. According to his plea agreement, Saykganya was found at a marijuana grow site in a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and David Pharo, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Office of Law Enforcement, announce that Oscar H. Cordova-Cobian, 42, of Caracas, Venezuela, was arraigned today in Miami on charges he exported...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Wednesday, July 2, 2014, the last of ten defendants from the Des Moines, Iowa, area was sentenced on federal drug trafficking charges announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Andres “Andy" Gomez, III, age 26, of Altoona, Iowa, was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson has announced that the Violent Crime and Human Trafficking Conference will be held on Aug. 12, 13, and 14, 2014. All sessions will be held at the Washington Pavilion - Mary W. Sommervold Hall, located at 301 S. Main Avenue in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: In Austin today, 25-year-old Gabriel Soza Ruedas, Jr., pled guilty to pointing a laser at an aircraft flying overhead announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division. Ruedas faces up to five years in federal prison and a maximum $250,000 fine for the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today, July 7, 2014, that John Joseph Brennan III, of Sacramento, California was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for his role in a drug conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - The National Park Service (NPS) is continuing its recovery efforts following Hurricane Arthur. Many recovery efforts have been completed and Superintendent Pat Kenney is pleased to announce that Shackleford Banks will reopen to camping on July 7, 2014. Repairs and clean up continue in other areas, including the Long Point and Great Island Cabin Camps, the Harkers Island Nature Trails, and the Cape Lookout Village Historic District.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 29-year-old Vestal, New York, resident was sentenced to serve 20 months in prison and to forfeit $275,000 today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo for his role in a money laundering conspiracy involving proceeds from the unlawful sale of synthetic marijuana.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: Embrace Citizenship - Experience America Through Your National Parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and distributing heroin, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today. Antonio Smith, 32, will also serve three years’ supervised release after his prison term, under a sentence imposed by Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers. Smith previously pleaded guilty to the two charges on March 31, 2014.