News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: On Child Exploitation Charge. CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Erin Upham, 21, of Manchester, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to the sexual exploitation of a child, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: “We have convened this hearing to examine the state of tobacco use and regulation in the United States - both the extraordinary public health efforts that have driven down tobacco use and the enormous challenges that remain.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: From April 24 to May 11, 2014, several Haleakalā `ahinahina (silversword) were featured in a combined Haleakalā National Park - Maui County booth at the 18th Goyang Korea Flower Show. The booth won the show's Prime Minister's Award, with prize money donated to a Korean ferry victim's fund. The prize of approximately $1000 was the second largest in the show.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Naba Raheem Lewis (34, Tampa) was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. Lewis pleaded guilty to this offense on Jan. 24, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: May 15, 2014 -Sedro Woolley, WA- North Cascades National Park rangers successfully recovered the body of a John Cooper IV, a 46 year old ski-mountaineer from Seattle who was killed yesterday after a snow slide swept him over cliffs, in a fall of over 2000 feet, while the party was attempting a ski tour on the north side of Mount Shuksan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two Wichita men have been charged with drug trafficking after a Wichita police officer posed as a delivery driver at a meeting in which three pounds of methamphetamine were to change hands, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Carl E. Moore, 42, of Gulfport, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to a total of 43 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to submit false claims to the United States and aggravated identity theft, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge elementary school teacher was indicted today on multiple counts of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: A man who unlawfully possessed five stolen firearms as a convicted felon was sentenced today to more than seven years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Glacier National Park continues its boat inspection and permit program this summer as part of an ongoing aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention program. Aquatic invasive species, including zebra and quagga mussels, continue to threaten park waterways. Recently established mussel populations in the southwest present new threats to park waters, as mussel-positive boats from that region have been intercepted in the northwest.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Brooklyn, New York, has been sentenced in federal court to 36 months incarceration, which included a mandatory sentence of 24 months incarceration, on his trial convictions for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Devils Tower, WY - Superintendent Reed Robinson has updated a temporary closure of climbing routes on the west face and southwest shoulder of the Tower after monument staff observed prairie falcons with defensive nesting behavior near McCarthy West Face. Specific routes within the closure include Good...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, joined by U.S. Marshal John Foster and members of the West Virginia State Police, will discuss the results of a sex offender registration compliance sweep conducted in Wood and Wirt counties. A press conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 16, 2014 at West Virginia State Police headquarters located at 725 Jefferson Road in South Charleston, West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: A man who robbed the Solon State Bank in Ely, Iowa, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Victor Anthony Nottoli, 51, of Hillsborough, Calif., pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of causing at least 24 tons of misbranded smokable synthetic (SSC) to be introduced into interstate commerce. Four defendants arrested last week for manufacturing and distributing SSC were indicted today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An alien found in Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to time served on his conviction of illegal re-entry after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: KING SALMON, Alaska - Effective immediately, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alagnak Wild River, and Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve are prohibiting the use of all open fires in the park and preserves due to high fire danger. This order will be in effect until the weather and fire conditions...
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Panel on Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) will hold a roundtable policy discussion next week on opportunities for aviation and P3s.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man who was convicted at trial on multiple felony offenses related to his scheme to use stolen identity information to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in tax refunds, was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced PHYLLIS STALLINGS HARRELL and PAUL LYNN TRUEBLOOD, both of Belvidere, North Carolina. HARRELL was sentenced to 72 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release...
