News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Defendant is last of 38 defendants to be sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the unsealing of a series of federal grand jury indictments in Operation I Spy, an extensive investigation into a drug trafficking network operating in the Baton Rouge region.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Steven D. Merryday yesterday sentenced Michael Gallon (49, Lakeland) to a term of 33 years and 9 months’ imprisonment for sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud or coercion and a concurrent term of 20 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. He was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervision, upon his release. Gallon pleaded guilty to the charges on February 5, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today approved an oil and gas lease suspension request from Axia Energy and Oxy USA for their lease in Mesa County about 15 miles south of Silt, just west of West Divide Creek.
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: On May 29, 2014, at the White House Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit, President Obama highlighted both the need for greater national awareness of the risks our young athletes face from traumatic brain injuries and the need for increased research on how to combat these potentially life-altering injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael A. Brown, a former member of the Council of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 39 months in prison for carrying out a scheme in which he accepted a total of $55,000 in a series of meetings with undercover FBI agents posing as officials of a company that purportedly wanted to win government contracting opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - George Shipps, 32, of Chelsea, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of transportation and possession of child pornography. Shipps, a Level II registered sexual offender based upon a 2006 state conviction for child pornography and enticement offenses, was on state court probation when he committed the federal offenses.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Snow conditions are delaying the opening of the Two Medicine Campground on the east side of Glacier National Park. The Many Glacier Campground will open Friday, May 30, in primitive status, and the St. Mary Campground is open with services.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kenneth Ronald Robinson, age 52, of Baltimore pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking involving a 14 year old girl. Co-defendants Cheralyn Crawford, a/k/a “Rachel," age 25, of Baltimore, Jeffrey Clark, age 43, of Nottingham, Maryland; and Craig Judy, age 29, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on May 22, May 21 and May 19, 2014, respectively to using the Internet to promote a minor to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Pablo Lovo, 26, Joel Sorto, 24, and Yonas Eshetu, 28, all of Washington, D.C., have been found guilty of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and Charles E. SmithSpecial Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Everglades National Park is one of 39 national parks selected to receive a 2014 America's Best Idea grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Inspired by Ken Burns' critically acclaimed documentary "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," this program...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: On May 16, 2014, Randall Hill graduated from a six-month National Park Service (NPS) program called the GOAL Leadership Academy, which stands for Generating Organizational Advancement & Leadership.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: In support of local students and in celebration of Vancouver's historical diversity, the National Park Service and the Evergreen and Vancouver School Districts are proud to again host the 12th annual Children's Cultural Parade at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Friday, May 30, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Western Massachusetts businessman, who used more than $2 million of company funds for his own purposes, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for bank fraud and tax evasion.
By USDA Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Farm Bill Implementation Continues at Brisk Pace with Universities and State Cooperative Extension Programs Now Set to Help Educate Farmers WASHINGTON, May 29, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $6 million to universities ...
By USDA Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 29, 2014 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade report. USDA projects that Fiscal Year 2014 agricultural exports will reach $149.5 billion, an estimated $6.9 billion higher than previous estimates and, if realized, a new record for ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: A current Puerto Rico Superior Court Judge and Puerto Rico businessman were charged with orchestrating a criminal scheme in which the businessman paid bribes to the judge presiding over the criminal case against the businessman according to an indictment unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: James Webb Baker Jr., 58, of Seattle, pleaded guilty today to one count of voter intimidation and one count of identification fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Prior to the 2012 federal elections, Baker created and sent 200 fake voter eligibility letters to Republican ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally for the Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada announced today that Damon Boswell of Las Vegas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to submit false federal income tax returns. Boswell was indicted on May 21, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: The government has filed a complaint against CA Inc. (CA) for violations of the False Claims Act in connection with a General Services Administration (GSA) contract, the Justice Department announced today. CA manufactures and sells information technology products and is headquartered in Islandia, New York.
