News from November 2014
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: OREGON CITY, OR -Have you heard of the "Wolf Meetings" that took place in the early 1840s? Are you familiar with how the series of meetings, held at Champoeg, helped to shape the future of the Oregon Country? If you'd like to learn more please join us for a lecture by Daniel Klug, the Chief Interpretive Ranger for Champoeg State Heritage Area. Daniel will speak about events that shaped our larger history in a small settlement along the Willamette over 170 years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that he anticipates that there will be a press conference held on Wednesday, November...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the charges filed against Christopher Wayne White, 43, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for three counts of wire...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - James Allen Myers, 67, of Carriere, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to serve a total of 360 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for one count of transportation of child pornography and six counts of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for selling stolen firearms, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Six public land management agencies representing federal, state and local authorities dedicated a new wayside exhibit with a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 1, 2014 at the roadside kiosk located at the gateway of the Mason Neck Peninsula. Members of local community service organizations and private...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Hemma Prafullchandra, chief technology officer and senior vice president of products at HyTrust, has been named to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT). Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting NIST Director Willie May appointed Prafullchandra to a three-year term.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Damien Wade Conley, age 33, of Chesnee, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Spartanburg, South Carolina, for AIMING A LASER POINTER AT AN AIRCRAFT, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 39A. United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of Spartanburg sentenced Conley to thirty-seven months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: A man who re-entered the United States illegally was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2014, to 15 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Frances Riley, 78, of Bath, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, the defendant received retirement benefits intended for her mother, after her mother’s death in February 1994 until the defendant’s fraud was discovered in 2011. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $152,600.90.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that an Indictment has been filed by a grand jury in Scranton against Charles Conden, age 48, and Cindy Conden, age 28, both of Hanover Township, and James Hughes, age 26, Nanticoke, charging them with aiding and abetting in the commission of multiple robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JOEY D. WOOD pled guilty to filing four false tax returns for himself and two others claiming refunds totaling over $23,000 for tax years 2011 and 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that Longview, Washington, landlords Linda and Bert Barber, and their management agent, Lori Thompson, have entered into a consent decree and have agreed pay $25,000 to resolve claims that they discriminated on the basis of disability by refusing to grant a reasonable accommodation to waive a $1,000 pet deposit for a tenant with mental disabilities who needed a dog as an emotional support animal.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Noah John Carney, 20, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to ten years imprisonment for attempting to induce a minor to produce child pornography. Carney will be on supervised release for ten years after he completes his prison sentence. He also will be required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - GCC Energy, LLC filed a coal exploration license with the Bureau of Land Management for approximately 4,846 acres of federal minerals in La Plata County, within the Tres Rios Field Office. As part of the licensing process, BLM regulations require a company to announce an invitation to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Jacob Powell, age 21, of Thurmont today to seven years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Judge Quarles also ordered Powell to pay more than $7,000 in restitution, to cover the medical costs and funeral expenses of the person who died after Powell and a co-defendant supplied the victim with heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PATRICK CASTAGNA, 55, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Norwalk, waived his right to indictment and pleaded...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: Point Reyes Station - Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) will host two community workshops for the Ranch Comprehensive Management Plan/Environmental Assessment on November 20 and 21. The meetings will provide an update on the Ranch Comprehensive Management Plan (Ranch CMP) and solicit further thought...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: Devils Postpile National Monument is proposing to increase campground fees in the monument. The campground fee would increase from $14 per night to $20 per night. According to the U.S. Bureau of labor and Statistics, $14 in 2000 is equivalent to $19.35 in 2014. This fee change will allow Devils Postpile to maintain consistent revenue while adjusting accordingly for inflation.
