News from July 2014
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Five national parks on Hawai'i Island and Maui will simultaneously commemorate the first national holiday in Hawai'i, Lā Hae Hawai'i (Hawaiian Flag Day), on Thursday, July 31. The event is free, but entrance fees apply at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, and Haleakalā National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. -A former Fort Polk soldier was sentenced Thursday to 210 months in prison and five years of supervised release for sexually abusing a minor under the age of nine, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that James F. Pruchniewski, (66, Lakeland) today pleaded guilty to one count of healthcare fraud. Dr. Purchniewski faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted FedEx Corporation, FedEx Express, Inc., and FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., today, with conspiracies to traffic in controlled substances and misbranded prescription drugs for its role in distributing controlled substances and prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Christopher Joseph Dondero, age 36, of New Castle, Delaware, was sentenced today to a statutory maximum term of 20 years in federal prison for Possession of Child Pornography, in violation of federal law. Dondero also was sentenced to a life term of supervised release following his prison sentence. He must continue to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which he lives, works, or attends school.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The National Park Service issued a solicitation today for proposals for construction on the north grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The north grounds are part of the CityArchRiver 2015 Project that is revitalizing the Gateway Arch grounds and its surroundings. A meeting...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Florissant, CO - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 58,032 visitors to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in 2013 spent $ 3.2 million in communities near the monument. That spending supported 44 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beechview resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Bobby Gene Clark, Jr., age 47 of York, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 18, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 23 years in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for production of child pornography. After his release from prison, Clark will be required to serve a 20 year term of supervised release and be registered as a sex offender. A hearing to address restitution is scheduled for a later date.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Tourism to Great Smoky Mountains National Park creates $734 Million in Economic Benefit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Samuel G. Mamudu, 26, of Henrico, Virginia, was sentenced today to 216 months in prison, followed by an additional 24 months for a supervised release violation, for the October 9, 2013, armed robbery of the Prince Jeweler’s Jewelry Store, located inside the Chesterfield Towne Center Mall, committed while the defendant was on federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following statement on developments in Israel and Gaza...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4,564,841 visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2013 spent over $476 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 6,238 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Jason Jenkins, 32, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by information with threatening to murder a former federal official on April 13, 2014, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MARK JACKSON, Brookfield, MO, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for his possession of child pornography between January 2008 and November 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A Coos Bay business, its owner, and four employees pled guilty before the Honorable Michael J. Mosman in federal court today to conspiracy to defraud the United States. Kustom Products, Inc. (KPI), a vehicle parts supply business located in Coos Bay, Oregon, its owner, and four employees admitted that they committed fraud on contracts with the United States Department of Defense (DOD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - Senior U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced Bernadette Demps (41, Gibsonton) to 2 years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. In addition, the Court ordered her to serve a 1 year term of supervision, following her release from prison, and to pay restitution of over $34,000 to the United States Internal Revenue Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 21. The committee will explore ways to improve communication in the health care system, review modernizing environmental regulation, discuss how personalized medicine and technological advances can improve the health care system, examine state energy policies, and review a number of bills before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee.
