News from June 2014
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Weekend storms brought an inch of rain to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, moderating fire danger enough that park officials are lifting the burn closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence resident previously convicted in state court on drug trafficking charges pleaded guilty in federal court today to federal drug trafficking and firearm charges and faces up to 70 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: A Criminal Complaint Is A Formal Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Upland attorney was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for stealing $129,795 from the Social Security Administration (SSA) after her grandmother died in 2000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management in Alaska was proud to honor two volunteers last week, one as the BLM’s National Lifetime Achievement Award winner and another as the National Youth Volunteer.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: MONTE VISTA, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management San Luis Valley Field Office is seeking public comments on an application to construct and operate a telecommunications site on Baxter Mountain adjacent to the town of South Fork.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Victor Duane Smith, 59, of Fresno, was sentenced today to eight years in prison by Judge Anthony W. Ishii, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for receiving child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Smith was also ordered to pay $5,000 to a child shown in five images he received.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 57 months in federal prison in connection with an armed robbery in Lawrence, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - EXCEDRIN COLLINS was sentenced to 84 months in prison for forcibly assaulting agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives with an automobile.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Kelly Louise Fitzmaurice, 34, of Pigeon Forge, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 151 months in prison for child pornography offenses. Fitzmaurice pleaded guilty in February 2014 to a federal indictment charging her with possession and distribution of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released its fourth and final report on medical self-referrals at the request of Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and House Energy and Commerce...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: On Flag Day, Saturday, June 14, 2014, Biscayne National Park, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History will kick off a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner by welcoming 21 new citizens at a ceremony...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tracy Allen Province, 46, and Casslyn Mae Welch, 47, were sentenced today for participating in a plot to carjack and murder a retired couple from Oklahoma in Aug. 2010. U.S. District Judge Judith C. Herrera of the District of New Mexico sentenced Province to five consecutive terms of life...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi today sentenced Dennis Duban, a Los Angeles-based accountant and tax return preparer, to 24 months imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and assisting in the filing of a false federal income tax return before in Honolulu, Hawaii. She also ordered Duban to pay a fine of $30,000 and perform 600 hours of community service. Duban pled guilty to those offenses in October 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park will continue its Citizen Science Program this summer, offering free research and learning opportunities for the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Former Owner of Knoxville Employee Leasing Company Faces Potential Prison Term and Obligation to Pay Restitution.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 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 in response to the establishment of a new Palestinian government between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Hamas...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - DANIEL J. KEMPROWSKI, age 25, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today in Albany to one count of receipt of child pornography and three counts of possession of child pornography before Chief United States District Judge Gary L. Sharpe, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Andrew W. Vale, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Linn County men pleaded guilty Monday to federal firearms violations, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Newark, NJ - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement regarding the United States Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Bond.
