News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Bryan Beigh, 48, a former powerhouse operator for Westward Seafoods, Inc. (Westward) was sentenced in U.S. District Court, in Anchorage, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline, to serve three years of probation and pay a $750 fine for tampering with the pollution control monitoring equipment required under the Clean Air Act at the Westward seafood processing facility in Dutch Harbor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Allen Haralson, 61, of Hattiesburg, a former kitchen supervisor for the Forrest County Detention Center, pled guilty to conspiracy to steal food and food-related items from the Forrest County Detention Center and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Don Alway.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Jason Crisp, 29, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to importation of a controlled substance, ecstasy, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Doyon/ARAMARK Joint Venture, the transportation concessioner for Denali National Park and Preserve, will begin accepting advance reservations for the 2015 visitor season for shuttle buses and the park’s four largest campgrounds on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Reservations are available by phone, on-line or mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Defendant Also Admits Possessing Equipment To Make Counterfeit IDs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, has filed a motion to dismiss the remaining counts of the Second Superseding Indictment against former Arkansas State Treasurer Martha Shoffner, age 70, of Newport, Arkansas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 4 at the Springhill Suites, 236 Main St in Grand Junction.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Nov. 24, 2014, Nathan Jones, Jr., 42, St. Michael, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson on a charge of felony child abuse and neglect. Jones pled guilty to the charge on Aug. 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Springdale, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of theft from an employee benefit plan, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Mercy Coffie-Joseph, age 41, of Largo, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud, money laundering, passport fraud and aggravated identity theft. Judge Titus also entered an order that Coffie-Joseph pay restitution of $472,148.52.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A former west suburban home builder was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for failing to pay more than $1.27 million in federal income taxes and concealing certain business interests in his personal bankruptcy case. The defendant, DENNIS WEISS, was sentenced after pleading guilty last year to one count each of filing a false federal income tax return and making false statements in a bankruptcy petition.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Applications are now being accepted for the 2015 ‘Imi i ka Lama Collegiate Internship Program at Haleakalā National Park. There will be eight positions available in the fields of Endangered Wildlife Management, Facilities Management, Interpretation, the Kīpahulu District, and Visitor/Resources Protection. One Team Leader will also be chosen. Students interested in natural resources careers are encouraged to apply.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the final menu labeling rule announced by the White House today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A former employee at Parkland Hospital in Dallas appeared in federal court this morning and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renée Harris Toliver, to a federal felony offense stemming from his theft of patient information from the hospital, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 38-year-old Texarkana, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is proposing to manage the Bear Creek Horse Camp under the park's fee program. The campground is currently operated under aconcessions contract which is due to expire at the end of this year. The park intends to use the change as an opportunity to promote public awareness and use of the facility and to highlight the wealth of recreational opportunities which are available in the Kentucky section of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Madison County man on multiple charges of producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr. and Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold an auction Tuesday, December 2 at 10 a.m. to sell 40 parcels of public land, totaling 516.18 acres. Parcels vary in size from 2.5 to 160 acres and are located in the southwestern portion of the Las Vegas Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville residents charged in a conspiracy to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin were arraigned in U.S. District Court today, before Magistrate James D. Moyer, announced United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, David J. Hale.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Today United States Attorney Bill Nettles filed an Information charging Huger resident John Nick, age 59, with Money Laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1956. The Information alleges that in 2010, Nick took payment of $40,000 in cash from an individual, who claimed to...
