News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


News Release: Copper Center, AK -- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will hold 2 public hearings on.


News Release: SAN JOSE - Briana Irene Roy was sentenced today to nine months in prison, and ordered to pay $197,240.95 in restitution for wire fraud stemming from an employee embezzlement scheme, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Cristina Beloud.


Seasonal Road and Facility Closures Reminder

News Release: Jackson residents and park visitors are reminded that two roads within Grand Teton National Park will close to vehicle traffic for the season on the evening of Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. These seasonal closures include the length of the Teton Park Road between Taggart Lake parking area and Signal Mountain Lodge parking lot, as well as the Moose-Wilson Road between Granite Canyon and Death Canyon trailheads.


NOAA removes 57 tons of marine debris from Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

News Release: In total, they removed approximately 57 tons of derelict fishing nets and plastic litter from the monument’s tiny islands and atolls, sensitive coral reefs and shallow waters.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding a Federal Officer Involving Physical Contact.


Fort Thompson Man Sentenced For Assault Resulting In Substantial Bodily Injury To A Spouse

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to a Spouse was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced David Wayne Nelson, age 32, of Salisbury, Maryland, today to 140 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.


Aubrey Lee Price, Former Bank Director Who Faked His Own Death, Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

News Release: Statesboro, GA: Edward J. Tarver, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, and Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced that Aubrey Lee Price, 48, was sentenced today in Statesboro federal court to 30 years in federal prison for perpetrating...


News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man pleaded guilty today in connection with a scheme to produce fraudulent identification documents.


News Release: Bruno Indicted And Arrested For His Role In A Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Predicate Acts Of Murder, Narcotics Trafficking, Extortion And Obstruction Of Justice.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut,announced that DANIEL SCOTT, 26, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New...


Stockholm Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.


17 Arrested In Tuba City Drug Sweep

News Release: PHOENIX - Following a coordinated federal, tribal and state task force investigation into drug trafficking on the Navajo Nation, 20 individuals have been charged with federal drug trafficking crimes. Five remain fugitives. In addition to the 15 arrested on drug trafficking charges, 2 individuals were...


News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Dell Schanze, age 45, of American Fork, Utah, has been charged in a two-count misdemeanor information with knowingly using an aircraft to harass wildlife and pursuing a migratory bird. The charges were filed Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.


Fort Thompson Man Indicted On Assault Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation, and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner.


News Release: Acting Superintendent Kym Hall announced today that beginning Saturday, November 1 seasonal ORV routes will reopen in Cape Hatteras National Seashore.Some ORV routes may be temporarily closed due to a few remaining resource closures, per the park's Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Management Plan, for sea turtle...


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District Office in Las Vegas is changing the hours of operation for its Public Room to open at 8 a.m. and close at 4:30 p.m. The Public Room is the location where people can purchase maps and America the Beautiful passes, file and pay for claims, leases and other land related items, access land records and obtain other public land information.


Federal Jury Convicts Brothers In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: Defendants Made And Distributed “Spice" To Various “Smoke Shops" And Convenience Stores.


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Trina Matthews, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2014, to 5 years in prison by United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Matthews had previously pled guilty for her involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...


News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.