News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A former employee was sentenced Monday to 21 months in federal prison for stealing at least $289,000 from a Wichita bank, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s FY2013 Projections Report, which highlighted risks to underfunded multiemployer pension plans...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating various federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: MEDIA RAFT TRIP ALONG AMERICA’S NEWEST NATIONAL WATER TRAIL, JULY 3.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The National Park Service (NPS) will once again host its annual celebration of Independence Day on the National Mall, the nation’s most important civic space and home to the Washington Monument, the Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson memorials, and other memorials that commemorate great...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Aerial observation has confirmed a small fire, roughly 1/10th of an acre, between Spruce Lake and Fern Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. The small fire is about 1500 feet northwest of Fern Lake. It is located roughly 4 miles from the Fern Lake Trailhead in a rugged, forested area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: TUCSON, AZ - On June 26, 2014, Marques West, 30, of Glendale, AZ was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cynthia K. Jorgenson to 160 months imprisonment followed by 5 years supervised release. West pleaded guilty on April 17, 2014, to one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in in prostitution.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Arts in the Park. Dates: Every Tuesday in July (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th). Time: 10:00 am & 2:00 pm. Location: Mound City Group Visitor Center. Fees: No Fees. Join us at Mound City Group in July for our annual summer art program. Throughout the program students will learn about famous artists, art styles...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Gamaliel Salas-Mendoza, aka Rene Salas (Salas), 38, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Reading man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to participating in a drug conspiracy that was responsible for distributing large quantities of heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and other drugs during a four-year time period in Monroe, Carbon, Montgomery and Berks Counties in Pennsylvania.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Glacier National Park’s Citizen Science Program announces two opportunities to help with early detection of invasive plants along park trails: Noxious Weed Blitz on July 15 and an online training course for the Invasive Plants Citizen Science program. Both opportunities are free of charge and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Stanley McCord, 42, of Alexandria, Va., has been sentenced to 18 months in prison on a federal charge of failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Michael Hughes, U.S. Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Gamaliel Salas-Mendoza, aka Rene Salas Mendoza (Salas), 38, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Sandra Fluke, who was denied the opportunity to testify at a 2012 Committee hearing on the Affordable Care Act’s required inclusion of contraception coverage in health plans, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: U.S. Bank has agreed to pay the United States $200 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that did not meet applicable requirements, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A registered sex offender was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Monday for sending obscene material to a minor while he was a patient at Larned State Hospital, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., man made his initial court appearance today on charges of bank robbery in connection with an attempt to rob a bank in Irvington, N.J., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mary Cathy Sabado, 48, a member and resident of Jemez Pueblo, was sentenced this morning to a five-year term of probation for her conviction for embezzling money belonging to an Indian tribal organization. The court will schedule a hearing to determine the amount of restitution Sabado will be required to pay to the victims of her criminal conduct.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Las Vegas -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sought competitive bids to develop solar energy projects on up to approximately 3,083 acres of public land in the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone (SEZ), located 15 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
