News from March 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Steven Anthony Major, 49, of Barboursville, W.Va. was arrested on Friday, March 21, 2014 on a federal criminal complaint alleging that he made violent threats against United States Senator Joe Manchin and his family members.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: The Petrified Forest National Park Cultural Demonstrator Program provides opportunities to share rich history and traditional craft making in the beautiful setting of the historic Painted Desert Inn. The following demonstrators are scheduled for this coming weekend.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury in Newark today returned a nine-count indictment charging a former Bergen County tax return preparer for his alleged role in filing false federal income tax returns and filing false personal returns, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - These five New York residents traveled from New York to St. Louis returning stolen merchandise to various retail stores using counterfeit driver’s licenses and receipts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Mayra Alejandra Soria, 30, formerly of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to steal and possess stolen mail and one count of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Soria is the last of five co-conspirators...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two members of a Dodge City street gang were sentenced Monday in a federal racketeering case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: The findings offsite link, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, show how the largest marine oil spill in United States history may have affected tunas and other species that spawned in oiled offshore habitats in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE - Liping Liu pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Watertown, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance Analogue was sentenced on March 18, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -The National Park Service today announced that the centerpiece of its 2016 Centennial will be a broad public engagement campaign to reintroduce the national parks and the work of the National Park Service to a new generation of Americans, inviting them to visit and get involved. The...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Lawyer swindled more than $1 Million dollars from clients and investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former inspector with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for taking more than $30,000 in bribes in relation to at least a dozen properties in and around the Koreatown District of Los Angeles.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: International Falls, MN - Voyageurs National Park will implement its new camping reservation and amenity fee program starting in the spring of 2014. This program will cover 34 select Frontcountry campsites, all Backcountry campsites, and all Backcountry rental canoe and rowboats. The 2014 program will not include Houseboats.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 21, 2014, Kyle Joseph Boileau, age 27, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 48 months in prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Boileau was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following the imprisonment and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - The National Park Service today announced that the centerpiece of its 2016 Centennial will be a broad public engagement campaign to reintroduce the national parks and the work of the National Park Service to a new generation of Americans, inviting them to visit and get involved.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Lindsey Alyn Thacker, 29, of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced today in United States District Court by Chief Judge Robert C. Chambers to three years imprisonment for maintaining a residence for the purpose of distributing...

By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) that would make it easier for charities and cooperatives to continue to offer pensions to their employees has cleared both houses of Congress and will be signed into law by the President. The Cooperative...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: This week the committee will convene two hearings in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana and engaging in a banking transaction involving drug money was sentenced on March 18, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Ronald Davis Pope, age 49, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography.