News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A former employee of an East Texas hospital has been indicted for criminal violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more commonly known as HIPAA, in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: Fourteen local residents recently completed training to become Kia`i Ala Hele (Trail Guardians). These volunteers will hike popular trails in the Summit District to help visitors discover Haleakalā.
By State Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following the Department of Homeland Security award of a lucrative federal immigration-related contract to US Investigations Services LLC (USIS), the firm that conducted the background check on Edward Snowden...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: Petrified Forest National Park continues the Artist-in-Residence program, currently in its ninth season, to provide artists opportunities to utilize the park for inspiration.Professor Brad Bachmeier is the park's current resident artist, and in celebration of Wild West Days will be offering a presentation in nearby Holbrook.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today against Michael Brandon Kiper, 29, of Lemoore, charging him with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of receipt of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - Charles Loewen (“Loewen"), age 57, the owner of Paradise Stone & Tile, resident of Maui, and former National Football League player for the San Diego Chargers, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, a $10,000 fine, and $235,288 in restitution for felony charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Yoel Emilio Baez-Hernandez (41), a Cuban citizen with lawful permanent residence in the United States, guilty of conspiring to bring 73 Cuban aliens to the United States, and bringing 13 Cuban aliens...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: PLEA. * Bruce T. King, 36, of Fort Wayne, Indiana pled guilty to the felony offense of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The magistrate is recommending that the district court accept the tendered guilty plea. Parties have 14 days in which to object to the magistrate judge’s recommendation. This...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: MISSING LAS VEGAS MAN RECOVERED FROM LAKE MEAD.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: CARLSBAD, New Mexico - At about 7 a.m. on July 3, visitors entering Carlsbad Caverns National Park spotted a badly damaged sports utility vehicle about 200 feet down a steep embankment, below Walnut Canyon Road, near the visitor center. They alerted an employee who was arriving for work, and she made her way down the hillside. She found a male victim lying outside the vehicle, breathing but unconscious. She immediately called for help.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Eastern National, a partner to the National Park Service, would like to invite the public to meet author Richard Baumgartner on Independence Day weekend. He will be at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, through Sunday July 6, 2014 to talk about and sign his books.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced an agreement with SunTrust Mortgage Inc. that resolves a criminal investigation of SunTrust’s administration of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).
By State Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Wednesday, July 9, the Committee will convene a hearing to examine human rights in Southeast Asia. The hearing, entitled “Spotlighting Human Rights in Southeast Asia, " will begin at 10:00 a.m.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on the June employment report showing that the economy added 288,000 jobs last month, with the national unemployment rate falling to 6.1 percent from 6.3 percent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on June 30, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - The National Park Service (NPS) has completed the evacuation of Cape Lookout National Seashore in preparation for Hurricane Arthur. The storm continues to track towards Cape Lookout National Seashore. As of 5pm Wednesday, July 2, Cape Lookout National Seashore was closed to the public...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Elias Alvarez-Ramirez, 53, of Turlock, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. to 19 years and seven months in prison for conspiring to manufacture more than 15,000 marijuana plants and distributing approximately 3.5 pounds of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 176,000 metric tons of corn to Egypt during the 2014/2015 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - United States Attorney Ripley Rand of the Middle District of North Carolina announced today that Lisa Turner Wright, 51, of Franklinville, North Carolina, was sentenced to a 12 month prison term by the Honorable Catherine C. Eagles in federal court in Greensboro, North Carolina, on June 30, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, and Ronald J. Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Miami Division, announce that Ajay...
