News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Boyland Convicted Of Four Separate Corrupt Schemes, Which Involved Bribery, Submitting False Travel Vouchers, And Stealing Public Funding For The Elderly.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 35,158 visitors to Tumacácori in 2012 spent $1,891,900 in communities near the park. That spending supported 26 jobs in the local area. "Tumacácori is proud to welcome visitors from across the country and around the world," said Superintendent Bob Love.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On March 5, 2014, Isabel Perez-Arellanez, 43, of Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Raner C. Collinsto 70 years imprisonment. Perez-Arellanez was found guilty by a federal jury on Nov. 21, 2013 of one count of conspiracy to commit hostage taking, three counts of hostage taking, four counts of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and one count of illegal alien in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Scam involved lawyers, mortgage brokers and more than $14.6 million in property.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is beginning a two part project to repair the facilities and rebuild the eroded shoreline in the Bird Island Basin Campground. Minor disruptions of various activities in the immediate area may occur. Please note that none of the work should affect the use of the nearby Bird Island Basin boat ramp.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Four years ago, Grand Teton National Park and key collaborators-The Student Conservation Association (SCA) and Teton Science Schools (TSS) - developed and launched the first-ever NPS Academy as a pilot program for college students from across America with diverse backgrounds.Critical funding for this...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, March 6, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RAKENT BUNKLEY, also known as “Kent" and “Kent Street," 25, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is holding public hearings in March on temporary restrictions for certain sport.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Defendant shipped over $250,000 in high-tech items through United Arab Emirates.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River continues to host a preschool story time event every Friday morning, beginning at 10:30 a.m. (EDT). Story time should last for about 30 minutes. The event takes place at the Obed visitor center, located at 208 North Maiden Street in downtown Wartburg. All preschool children...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Emilio Perez-Solis, 39, of Oakland, and Hernan Cortes, 53, of Tulare, charging them with criminal copyright infringement for private financial gain, criminal copyright infringement, trafficking in counterfeit labels, documentation and packaging, and conspiracy, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that Federal District Court Judge Rudolph T. Randa sentenced Milwaukee resident Tyrone McMillian (age: 32) to 77 months imprisonment to follow his 30 year sex-trafficking sentence handed down by Federal District Court Judge Charles N. Clevert...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: To improve small U.S. manufacturers' supply chain competitiveness and the rates at which they adopt technology, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded nearly $2.5 million in funding for five pilot projects. The projects will be led by Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Pawtucket, R.I. man was indicted today, charged with failure to register as a sex offender. The indictment alleges that Ryan Hathaway, 32, is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and that he traveled interstate in late 2013 and failed to register as required.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Marc Celestin, 34, of Miami, Florida, was charged today by Indictment with eight counts of wire fraud and eight counts of making a false claim against the United States, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that from January 2011 to May 2012, Celestin used the stolen...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Kelly Taylor Gipson, 34, has been ordered to federal prison for 48 months and ordered to pay $9,651,660.15 to victims of life settlement investment fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with special agent in charge Lucy Cruz, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal investigation (IRS-CI) and Inspector in Charge Robert Wemyss, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that it has filed a criminal information charging possession of a weapon by an inmate today in federal court in Williamsport.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the first discussion draft of legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), which contains provisions that will expire on Dec. 31, 2014. The subcommittee will discuss the draft legislation at a hearing next Wednesday, March 12, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on March 5, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and other members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today introduced bipartisan legislation to help expedite the export of U.S. liquefied natural gas to our global allies, including Ukraine and other Eastern European nations currently at the mercy of...
