News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Kenneth Richard Rowell, a resident of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced after having previously pleaded guilty to Distribution of Methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge William Fremming Nielsen sentenced Rowell to a 120 month term of imprisonment and a 60 month term of court supervision following his release from Federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - Brandon Appleton, 25, of Rand, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Huntington to possessing cocaine and the drug MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy, with the intent to distribute them, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. On Jan. 20, 2014, investigators...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, May 19, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On May 15, 2014, Charles E. Witherspoon, a/k/a “Spoon," 62, of Elkville, Ill., was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Following a three day trial in U.S. District Court last week, a jury found Gregory Bernard Griffin, 23, of Jackson, guilty of three counts of bank fraud, three counts of wire fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, six counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont that Judge William K. Sessions III, in Burlington, Vermont, today sentenced Francis Hamblin, 31, of, Fort Ann, New York to fifteen months in prison and two years of supervised release. Hamblin previously plead guilty to possessing counterfeit currency.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Terrorism Charges Included Multiple Counts Of Providing Material Support To Al Qaeda.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakotas is seeking public comment on its impact analysis for offering several parcels for oil and gas lease in Montana. The Environmental Assessments (EA) for the Billings, Butte, Dillon, Lewistown and Miles City Field Offices are now available for a 30-day public comment period, ending June 20, 2014.
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: House Floor Remarks of U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, II
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - David Wayne Grigsby, 48, of Wise, Va., was sentenced on May 12, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U. S. District Judge, after being convicted by a jury for three counts of making false declarations before a federal grand jury. Grigsby was sentenced to serve 12 months and one...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, May 19, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On May 15, 2014, a Williamson County, Ill., man pled guilty to an indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: The National Park Service is reminding procrastinators that the entry period for the 2014 Denali road lottery, which takes place (weather permitting) on Sept. 12, 13, 14, and 15 (Friday through Monday), is open through Saturday, May 31, 2014. Entries may be made online at www.recreation.gov...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin showing the new laser light show “One River, Many Voices" May 24 at Grand Coulee Dam. The show incorporates the story of the area, beginning with how the land was formed, the original inhabitants of the area, why Grand Coulee was developed, and the numerous effects and benefits the dam has had on local communities and the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, May 19, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRUCE BROWN, also known as “Bruce Browne," “Spenser Brown," “Spenser Browne," “Agent Brice" and “Detective...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Jeffrey David Shamp, a former Senior National Account Executive with The Coca-Cola Company, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for siphoning over $400,000 in corporate American Express gift checks for his personal use.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former teacher and athletic coach at Royal Oak Middle School in Covina, who pleaded guilty to producing child pornography and using the Internet to entice a minor to engage in sex, was sentenced Monday to 23 1/2 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2014
News Release: San Juan County residents and visitors will have an opportunity to learn more about the impacts of climate change through a dynamic speaker series scheduled June through September in venues in Friday Harbor, as well as on Orcas and Lopez Islands.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2014
News Release: San Juan Island National Historical Park, the San Juan Island Library and the San Juan Historical Society will celebrate the pioneer heritage of American Camp with a Fireside Program and Historical Structures Tour of American Camp's Officers' Quarters and the other structures associated with it at American Camp on May 30-31.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2014
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in June. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Eliot L. Engel released the following statement commemorating the 70th anniversary of the deportation of more than 200,000 Crimean Tatars from their homeland in Crimea.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW ORLEANS — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Monroe, Bossier City, and New Orleans Louisiana to tour Department of Homeland Security operations, meet with private sector partners to discuss our shared security and economic interests in the area, and tour state and local infrastructure.
