News from June 2014
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Everyone is invited to participate in the upcoming Kahuku events and hikes at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, offered July through September 2014. Two new hikes and special holiday programs are included, and all are FREE!.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative individuals includes a sitting United States Senator. According to emails reviewed by the Committee under its Section 6103 authority, which allows the Committee to review confidential taxpayer information, Lois Lerner sought to have Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) referred for IRS examination.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After a trial that began on June 9, 2014, a federal jury deliberated for just the afternoon on June 26, 2014, before finding Robert Russell Spence, a former resident of Duquesne, Pa., who is also known as “Slick" or “Little Russ", guilty of taking part in both a cocaine conspiracy and a conspiracy to launder drug money, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Aaron Robert Wells, 23, of Borger, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to five years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April 2014 to one count of transportation of child pornography. Judge Robinson remanded Wells, who had been on bond, to the custody of the U.S. Marshal. U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: This notice is to inform visitors of a temporary closure to foot traffic and minimum approach distance of 100 yards of the small island approximately 1/4 nautical mile south of Leland Island at latitude 58° 38.605275'; longitude -135° 59.066667' (see map). The purpose of the closure is to protect high concentrations of nesting seabirds by minimizing human caused disturbance and mortalities of chicks.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The schedule for summer ranger-led activities in Glacier National Park through July 31 has been released. The activities include a variety of hikes, talks, boat tours, demonstrations, and evening programs. Hour-long to day-long hikes led by rangers are offered in many areas of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that John Lanier Britt, age 52, of Columbia, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence, to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten of Florence accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - William David Maness, age 39, of Ripley, Tenn., was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute less than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and 25th District Attorney General Mike Dunavant.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: The federal government is looking for public comment on a draft strategic plan for the Obama administration's Materials Genome Initiative (MGI). The draft 2014 Materials Genome Initiative Strategic Plan lays out a multi-year program to address four key challenges to the MGI vision for doing materials research.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Martin Adam Hernandez, 23, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: GREENVILLE, S.C. - Charles Anderson, an attorney in Anderson, S.C. and a former Anderson city council member, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs to serve five months in prison on obstruction charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: The Sunrise area, in the northeast corner of Mount Rainier National Park is now open full time for the 2014 summer season. The Sunrise Day Lodge will begin its summer operation starting tomorrow, June 28. Operated by Rainier Guest Services, the day lodge provides a snack bar and gift shop for visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that a federal jury has convicted a Gretna man guilty of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Lornell Von Moore, 49, and Patrina Bester Hayes, 37, both of Paulding, Mississippi, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III today for conspiracy to launder drug money, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jerome R. McDuffie of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: The Wyoming Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wishes everyone an enjoyable, but safe 4th of July.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Candace Walker, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to theft of government funds before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, a fine of $100,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced that Yesid Rios Suarez was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 54 years in prison...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Timeline of the IRS’s Abuse of Conservatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Charles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
