News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - John Stephen Davis, 64, of Galveston, has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and theft of federal government benefits, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Dr. Rafael Beier, 60, of Kingston, Idaho, pleaded not guilty on June 20, 2014, to a grand jury indictment charging him with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. Beier was arrested on Thursday, June 19, at his place of business. A trial is set for Aug. 29, 2014. Beier remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for June 25, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: On Sunday afternoon, June 22, Teton Interagency firefighters responded to a report of a smoke column from the vicinity of Stewart's Draw north of Death Canyon trailhead in Grand Teton National Park. During a fast-moving thunderstorm, lightning struck a single Douglas-fir tree and ignited the Stewart Draw Fire, which is currently.25 acre in size and burning in a dead tree hanging in the forest canopy and in the accumulation of forest litter at the base of the snag.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, June 23, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A former Columbia, Illinois, resident was sentenced on June 20, 2014, on a two-count Indictment, charging him, in Count 1, with Receipt of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting a brown-bag luncheon presentation regarding effects of climate change on alpine glaciers on Thursday, June 26 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the park's community building in West Glacier. Author and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Phillip.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Bluefield, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Antonio Quintero, 36, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at McDowell, pled guilty in federal court in Bluefield to possession of a weapon. On March 7, staff members at the prison were escorting Quintero when they saw him throw something into a trash can. When they searched the trash can, they recovered a homemade knife commonly referred to as a “shank.".
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: For the first time since its establishment as a national park, campers seeking overnight shelter will be invited to stay the night within the walls of Mission San José de Tumacácori. "Camping out under the stars is a beloved tradition in national parks," says Superintendent Bob Love, "We are so excited to offer visitors the chance not just to camp here at Tumacácori, but to experience this place the way travelers did over one hundred years ago.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - One defendant was sentenced and three others pleaded guilty to child exploitation offenses in separate cases in federal court today, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cloud Computing Program (NCCP) is forming three public working groups to provide solutions to cloud computing challenges. A teleconference on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at 11 a.m. Eastern will kick off the effort. Program leaders will discuss group goals, member roles and responsibilities, meeting schedules and deadlines.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Chairman Robert C. “Bob" Goodlatte (R-Va.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.), and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, June 22, 2014- National parks are exciting places to find adventure, especially when you explore the area's rich stories of history or see what nature has to offer. Lucky for us, we have many public parks in the area. Ranger-guided walks in New River Gorge National River and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Twenty-two Springfield men were charged today in federal and state court with either distributing a controlled substance or unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, June 23, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Edward Weglarz of Lake Orion, Michigan has been sentenced for willfully filing a false Federal Income Tax return, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Acting Special Agent in Charge Carolyn Weber, of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Fruita, CO - Colorado National Monument Superintendent Lisa Eckert announced that, in light of concerns over the decision making process, she is rescinding the restriction on transportation of hazardous materials on the East Hill of Rim Rock Drive, but will be engaging the community and affected stakeholders on the issue in coming weeks.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Debra Mills. Official News Release. Catoctin Mountain Park Volunteers Win National Park Service Regional Awards. The National Park Service, National Capital Region, has announced that Catoctin Mountain Park Volunteer, H. H. "Jim" Robbins and Troop 270 Boy Scouts of America, have won 2012...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three men were sentenced today for their involvement in two separate marijuana cultivation operations based in Kern and Inyo Counties, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service and possibly San Juan County fire crews plan to conduct a prescribed fire on the southwest slope of Young Hill between June 9 and early July, weather permitting, announced Superintendent Lee Taylor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Anderson County woman was sentenced today to 162 months in federal prison for taking part in a drug trafficking conspiracy that ended in a killing, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
