News from October 2014
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: Ignitions began on the North Boundary Prescribed Burn Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, after the burn was rescheduled from a previous date. Crews were able to complete 60 acres of the burn on Monday. Ignitions are continuing as of Tuesday morning.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: MEDORA, ND: The National Park Service will resume the maintenance phase of the Elk Management Plan in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. A limited number of elk will be removed by park staff beginning October 20 and, if required, the reduction period could extend into late January. Use of volunteers was considered, but will not be necessary during this phase.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced gary starkie, 52, of Greenville to 25 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, over 30,000 students in over 70 schools across Southeast Louisiana will participate in his Office’s first district-wide Student Pledge Against Gun Violence Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - ROBERT PALMER and MARK DRIVER were sentenced to 70 months and 30 months in prison, respectively, for defrauding numerous elderly victims of approximately $3,000,000, beginning in 2004 and continuing through 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alfonso Thompson, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M. , was sentenced today in federal court to 15 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being an armed career offender. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 2nd Judicial District Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: 93 defendants have been charged to date in Operation Sledgehammer I-VI.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced today in connection with the theft of $230,000 in federal tax refund checks.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: A 69 year old male park visitor experienced a medical incident while hiking with his family on the Hog Rock Trail in Catoctin Mountain Park on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. A 911 call, received at approximately 1323 hours, requested medical assistance for an unconscious patient.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, Juan Carlos Gomez, age 20 of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 12 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announces that the Woodstock Inn & Resort, Woodstock, Vermont has agreed to complete specific modifications to come into compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA"). Title III of the ADA prohibits a public accommodation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Nicholas Moser, 25, was sentenced today four years and four months in prison by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill for involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: Boston - The last of eight defendants was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston on Friday in connection with an oxycodone trafficking ring that distributed more than 70,000 Oxycodone pills in New England.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Billy Gene McCorkle, Jr., a registered sex offender, has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: A Columbia Station man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for production of child pornography, child exploitation, extortion, identity theft and related crimes, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NY - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced a 90 year sentence imposed upon RYAN STAPLES, 37 years old, of Chateauguay, NY. The sentence was imposed today by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Thomas J. McAvoy.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -U.S. Sen. Harry Reid helped Lake Mead National Recreation Area celebrate its 50th anniversary Oct. 11 at Cottonwood Cove Marina near Searchlight, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Nova A. Montgomery guilty of five counts of tax evasion and five counts of failure to file an income tax return. She faces a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment for each tax evasion count, and one year in prison for each count of failing to file a tax return. The jury returned the verdict on Oct. 10, 2014, and a sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 14, 2014
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has reappointed three members to serve on the Mushroom Council. They will serve three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2015, and ending on Dec. 31, 2017.
