News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, TN - On Sept. 29, 2014, Lonnie Gene Greer, Jr., 36, of Jonesborough, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison, Greer will be subject to supervision by the U.S. Probation Office for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: MONTE VISTA, Colo. -The Bureau of Land Management is consolidating three of its offices into one new San Luis Valley Field Office, located at 1313 E. Highway 160, Monte Vista, Colo. BLM is reducing its office footprint by approximately 6,600 square feet, helping save taxpayer money and meet the Administration’s freeze the footprint policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: Grand Rapids businessman admits forging endorsements on $750,000 of US Treasury Checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - David Walter Fee, 22, of Fresno, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, for aiming a laser pointer at a California Highway Patrol airplane, announced U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: During October the Liberty Fine Art Gallery will host an exhibition featuring artwork from the Artist-in-Residence programs at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Black Rock Desert High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA). The show, titled "Corner to Corner", will...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment last week charging Rachel Hardy, 35, with Food Stamp Benefit Fraud, two counts of Theft of Federal Public Money, and Theft of Educational Funds announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Hardy self-surrendered today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Julie Dianne Farmer, 46, of Bakersfield, today to three years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for her involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that ran from January 2004 to September 2007...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Lucero, 44, an enrolled member of the Acoma Pueblo, pleaded guilty this morning to a federal assault charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore is planning a controlled burn near the Estero Trailhead on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard on Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 10 am until 3 pm. This fire will be rescheduled if conditions are too dry, windy, or if the conditions will not provide good smoke dispersion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Norris, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on Sept. 22, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: The name of the hiker's body that was found by park rangers yesterday in the Zion Canyon Narrows in Zion National Park has been identified as Douglas Yoshi Vo, 34, of Westminster, California. Vo and a companion had attempted a hike in the Zion Canyon Narrows on Saturday morning, Sept. 27, when they encountered a flash flood. The companion was able to make it out of the canyon. But Vo was trapped on high ground by the flood.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Paul Edward Parnell, 47, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Parnell to serve four years of supervised release, pay a $1,000 fine, and forfeit the firearm and ammunition he illegally possessed. He was found guilty after a bench trial on Aug. 19, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: As assistant administrator, Volz will shepherd NOAA’s programs to build and launch the next generation of environmental satellites: the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R), and other missions, including the Deep Space Climate...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to United States Trade Representative Michael Froman, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) asked the Obama administration to update Congress on efforts to ensure that foreign export-import banks are in compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: A man who opened the Fragrance Hut smoke shop pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Norris, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Sept. 23, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: Richard James Kurtz, 69, formerly of Clarkston, Michigan, was charged in a criminal complaint with production, transportation, and possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Marquis Antwan Mack, a/k/a “Ice," and “Goldie," age 31, of Dover, Delaware, today for use of the telephone and interstate travel in the commission of a murder for hire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: New Hiring Grants Place Special Emphasis on Community Policing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Miguel Macias aka “Flaco" pleaded guilty today and Alejandro Miranda pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2014, to distribution and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
