News from September 2014
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, Grand Canyon National Park will dedicate the park as a Globally Important Bird Area as part of its 7th Annual Celebrate Wildlife Day.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Progreso Produce Limited 1 L.P., Boerne, Texas, for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Vienna, West Virginia man who possessed heroin and a pistol in November of 2013 was sentenced today to five years in federal prison, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Robert Lamar Bates-Porter, 27, previously pleaded guilty in May of 2014 to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on Aug. 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the 40th anniversary of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and an honorary Congressional Co-Chair of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Preparedness Month, released the following statement to highlight the beginning of National Preparedness Month this September...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced the conviction of another defendant in connection with a wide ranging investigation into corruption and fraud involving compliance with federal environmental laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Stephanie Finley, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, confirmed today that a federal investigation is ongoing into the death of 23-year-old Victor White III, who died in March while in the custody of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office. The coroner subsequently...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an 80 count indictment charging Frank Aquila, 76, of Amherst, N.Y., with engaging in a scheme to defraud the Buffalo Educational Support Team (BEST), a union representing approximately 900 teacher’s aides and assistants in the City of Buffalo School District. The defendant was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott and was released on his own recognizance.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the USDA Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee will meet Sept. 29-30, 2014, in Arlington, Va. The meeting will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 29 and from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on September 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jordan Warunek, 22, of Lancaster, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute fentanyl and was sentenced to two years probation by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Jameane Bolton-Williams, 39, and Joe Murl Douglas, Jr., 54, both of California, have been sentenced in federal court by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess, as the result of their respective roles in a scheme to steal identities...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Michigan woman who rented a Huntington apartment as part of a heroin conspiracy pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Lakeisha Sherell Williams, 31, entered a guilty plea to maintaining a residence for the purpose of distributing heroin. Williams pleaded guilty in a hearing conducted by Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that the grand jury handed up a two-count indictment charging Tre Smitherman, 21, of Buffalo with committing a murder in aid of a racketeering enterprise and possessing and using a firearm in furtherance of this murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two more members of Laguna Pueblo have entered guilty pleas to crimes arising out of the drive-by shooting of an Acoma Pueblo home in Dec. 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Burglary of a Post Office was sentenced on Aug. 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: SILVERTON, Colo. - While many people are enjoying recreation activities as cooler temperatures arrive, the Bureau of Land Management is busy responding to reports of encounters with livestock protection dogs and along the Colorado Trail by working closely with Permittees to ensure public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Escape from Custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Antelope Valley man who admitted that he used his camera phone to make videos while he molested a 3-month-old relative was sentenced this afternoon to 250 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NATIVIDAD MENDEZ, also known as “Coca," 38, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge...
