News from November 2014

By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (NHS) will open for a special commemorative weekend on Saturday, November 22 & Sunday, November 23. The site will be open both days from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM. Self-guided tours of JFK's birthplace will be available throughout the day on both Saturday and...

By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: ST. LOUIS -The National Park Service announced today that KCI Construction of St. Louis, Missouri was awarded a $4.76 million contract to provide improvements to Luther Ely Smith Square, part of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. This project is being accomplished through a partnership among CityArchRiver...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Loreena Ann Yazzie, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Durango, Colo., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a child abuse charge.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Terry L. Dill, 31, formerly of Beatrice, Nebraska, was sentenced on November 7, 2014, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 70 months in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for possession of child pornography. After his release from prison, Dill will be required to serve a 5 year term of supervised release and be registered as a sex offender.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Fanderick Chiquito, 23, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Upper Fruitland, N.M., was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for his involuntary manslaughter conviction. Chiquito will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.

By DOL Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on the October employment report showing that the economy added 214,000 jobs last month, with the national unemployment rate continuing to decrease, falling from 5.9 percent to 5.8 percent, its lowest point in six years.
By State Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee event...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Following a five-day trial, a Federal jury convicted Francis Harry Dishmon, 51, of Tulsa, of attempted robbery of the IBC Bank in Miami, Oklahoma, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RICKY GUITI, age 29, a native of Honduras, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for reentering the United States without permission, after previously having been deported.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, November 7, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on November 7, 2014, Daris A. Quinn, a/k/a “DQ," 26, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: For Shootings That Left 13 People Wounded.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: MINERAL, CA - To honor America's service men and women, Lassen Volcanic National Park will join other areas managed by the Department of the Interior in waiving entrance fees Tuesday, November 11. "We invite visitors to come to Lassen Volcanic National Park and enjoy the day in honor of our veterans and their role in keeping America safe," stated Acting Park Superintendent Steve Gibbons.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Devin Robinson, Jamel Allen And Whitney Nicole Cesar Previously Convicted Of Robbing Carter Bank In Ararat In Virginia.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La.-United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley and five staff members, Aaron Broussard, U.S. Army; Robert Gillespie, U.S. Army; Samuel Glass, U.S. Air Force; Vincent Mangum, U.S. Army; and Mike O’Mara, U.S. Air Force visited the Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center today to honor veterans and remember their service. Finley also took a tour of the Overton Brooks VA facilities with Interim Director Toby Mathew and his staff.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida- U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Michael C. Vella (36, Riverview) to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. He pleaded guilty on June 20, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Wright Brothers National Memorial is proposing to increase the entrance fee into the Memorial. The proposed change would transition the entrance fee from a per-person to a per-vehicle cost structure. The proposed entrance fee would be $15 per vehicle and $10 per motorcycle. All entrance passes are valid...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that 10th Street Gang member Miguel Moscoso, 23, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO), was sentenced to 30 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant murdered Christian Portes, a member of the rival 7th Street Gang, on June 13, 2009 at the corner of Whitney Place and Maryland Street.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Doctor Continued To Write Prescriptions For Powerful Painkiller After Surrender Of His DEA Registration.