News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Edgar Loera and Miguel Angel Vives-Macias have been convicted by a federal jury of multiple counts in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving heroin and methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts late today after a five-day trial and less than four hours of deliberation.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Arco, Idaho - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 197,529 visitors to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in 2012 spent $6.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 91 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: FARGO - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Myers announced that on March 3, 2014, Andrew Michael Spofford, 23, Fargo N.D., was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson, to serve 17 ½ years in prison for his involvement in the drug conspiracy “Operation Stolen Youth.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney John Walsh, District of Colorado, and DEA Deputy Administrator Thomas Harrigan will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Operations, regarding the Department of Justice's marijuana enforcement policy. The testimony is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, March 4th at 11:30 a.m. MST.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON, TEXAS - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today presented a road map for lifting the prohibition against exporting American crude oil. Murkowski, in her keynote address to national and international energy leaders at the 33rd annual CERAWeek conference, called on the Obama administration to update archaic regulations blocking shipments of light oil or “condensates," and to make a presidential finding that oil exports in general are in the national interest.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that over 4.4 million visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2012 spent $454 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 6,010 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: St. George, UT - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,660,000 visitors to Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, and Pipe Spring National Monument in 2012 spent $193,218,000 in communities near the parks. That spending supported 2,394 jobs in the regional area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: A new National Park Service report shows that approximately 2.2 million visitors to Glacier National Park in 2012 spent $172 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 2,754 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Glen Livermont, Superintendent, at Pipestone National Monument, announces the Second presentation in this year's Guest Speaker Series at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center, Pipestone, Minnesota, on Saturday, March 15th, from 2:00pm to 4:00 pm. Guest speaker, Richard Meyers, PhD. will discuss "Embodying Cultural Heritage Through Higher Education." There will be a question and answer session following the lecture.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement on the potential for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to weaken Russian influence. The committee has been actively engaged on the benefits of LNG exports. In October of 2013, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Noe Alvarez Ramirez (Alvarez), 28, and Carlos Adan Lupia-Lua, 26, both of Michoacàn, Mexico, entered guilty pleas today for their involvement in separate marijuana cultivation operations in Kern and Tulare Counties, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 16,978 visitors to Springfield Armory NHS in 2012 spent $913,600 in communities near the park. That spending supported 12 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Tourism to National Historic Sites in Salem and Saugus Create $41 Million in Local Economic Benefit.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 28, 2013, Carlos Altiery, of New York City, N.Y., was sentenced to serve a total of 144 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Altiery will also be subject to supervised release by the U.S. Probation Office for eight years.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement on the potential for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to weaken Russian influence. The committee has been actively engaged on the benefits of LNG exports. In October of 2013, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 3, 2014, Robert Olie, 66, Torrance Calif., was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson, to 12 months of electronic home monitoring and three year’s supervised release for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Olie was also...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: HAMDEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Tyrell Gary, also known as "T-Buggy," 29, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: San Francisco, CA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4,129,983 visitors to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park 2012 spent $95 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 1045 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Cassville, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet. Matthew Casas, 25, of Cassville, was charged...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Dinosaur, CO - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 302,858 visitors to Dinosaur National Monument in 2012 spent $16,937,000 in communities near the monument. That spending supported 201 jobs in the local area.
