News from June 2014
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: SALEM, MA - "Wonderful, excellent, a great park!" are just a few of the phrases visitors have used to describe Salem Maritime National Historic Site, recently featured in the "Best of New England" issue of Yankee Magazine. The 9-acre National Park site also earned a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the largest travel review site on the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Jackson, TN - A superseding indictment was returned today by a federal grand jury against Clay McCormack, 49, of Jackson, TN, for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain loan proceeds from federally insured mortgage lenders, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Tannins from the quebracho tree can control the production of compounds that cause manure odors, according to studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. This research may someday give livestock farmers options for odor control that help protect animal health and restore harmony between rural producers and nearby residents.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service seeks nominations for individuals to be considered for appointment to the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, announce that Kawana Brown, 35, of West Palm Beach, Elton...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on corporate inversions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - At a hearing concluding late Friday afternoon, Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced Duc Luu, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Vietnam, to 14 years in federal prison for laundering monetary proceeds from sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) released the following statements after the House passed H.R. 4058, the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) released the following statement on the 2014 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conference on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) taking place this week in Washington, DC.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - A 24-year-old Houston man will be spending the next nine years in federal prison as a result of his convictions related to the April 2013 robbery of Regions Bank in Humble, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Justin Devon Hayes entered guilty pleas to aggravated bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence on Dec. 2, 2013, along with Demontray Ward, 22, also of Houston.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today following an announcement that President Obama is directing his Administration to develop an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractor...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will host a Civil War 150th Anniversary commemorative event, Invasion Stalled: Harpers Ferry and the Defense of Washington on July 4, 5, and 6, 2014. This event highlights the engaging role of Harpers Ferry in delaying Confederate General Jubal Early's 1864 march on Washington and the run up to the Battle of Monocacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Mahanoy City, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years probation, the first 14 months of which must be served by conditions of home confinement, and pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $128,105 on her conviction of conspiracy to defraud the government, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kashika Speed, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery and extortion of assets. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jovita Belmonte-Gonzalez, 43, of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, entered guilty pleas today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to heroin trafficking charges in four separate cases. One of her confederate, Nathan Andrew Maestas, 31, of Las Cruces, also pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking and firearms charges in one of the four cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A Tennessee man was arrested and charged with federal computer hacking for allegedly conspiring to launch cyber attacks on two universities and three companies since last summer, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, TIMOTHY JUSTIN FRENCH, is allegedly associated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, June 16, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD GLENN, 42, formerly of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: BULLHEAD CITY MAN PRESUMED DROWNED AT LAKE MOHAVE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Monday to giving another man a rifle and serving as a lookout while the gun was used in a liquor store robbery U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Devontae West, age 26, of Washington, D.C., today to 12 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography and conspiracy to commit bank robbery. Chief Judge Chasanow ordered that...
