News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -Eleven individuals have been convicted in federal court and sentenced, and six Providence area convenience stores have been disqualified from participating in the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), concluding a more than two-year federal investigation...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2014
News Release: SITKA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK -On Saturday, Sept. 27, tens of thousands of volunteers will visit their favorite parks, beaches, wildlife preserves, or forests and chip in to help improve these treasured places. They will be taking part in National Public Lands Day (NPLD), the largest, single-day...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SAN DIEGO — Today, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas concluded a three-day trip to California where he conducted operational site visits at U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities, received briefings and met with DHS personnel.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2014
News Release: The Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center autumn operating hours will be 8:00 am to 5:00 pm daily from October 19 through November 1. Free interpretive programs will include a daily geology talk at the visitor center at 10:00 am, evening programs at the campground amphitheater, and other programs as staffing allows. Check the visitor center for times and details.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2014
News Release: Kids and families are invited to join National Park Service rangers for Halloween-themed arts and crafts on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, at the historic Maritime Center, part of Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA.This free, three-hour program will begin at noon...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2014
News Release: Youth Courts meet at Syracuse University College of Law.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2014
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers are helping to provide training this week for 10 park officials from Cambodia and Thailand in partnership with the State Department Global Women's Issues Office, the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP), and ranger instructors from the National Park Service (NPS)...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2014
News Release: Park rangers recovered the body of an 18-year old male visitor on Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man was sentenced Monday to 84 months in federal prison for committing an armed robbery at a Topeka restaurant, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I thank the Senate for confirming Chip Fulghum as Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. Chip has served as Budget Director and Acting Chief Financial Officer for the Department, where he has acted as a steward of taxpayer dollars, cutting waste while ensuring that the Department runs efficiently and effectively.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Sept. 24, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Columbus, Ohio to meet with community leaders and state and local law enforcement to discuss the ongoing collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security to counter ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Public Meeting Announced WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the reappointment of four individuals to serve on the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council (NGRAC), a subcommittee of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. The newly appointed and returning members of the NGRAC will meet from Sept. 23 through Sept. 25 in Ames, Iowa.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2014 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, joined U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to announce a competition to designate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara announced that Adel Abdel Bary, aka “Adel Mohammed Abdul Almagid Abdel Bary,” aka “Abbas,” aka “Abu Dia,” aka “Adel” (“Bary”), pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: A federal court in Los Angeles has permanently barred a Rancho Cucamonga, California, man from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in the Oct. 9, 2004, retaliatory firebombing that killed six members of a federal witness’s family, including four children. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: A Pennsylvania accountant was sentenced today to serve 40 months in prison for conspiring to defraud FirstPlus Financial Group Inc. (FirstPlus), a Texas-based financial services company, which had been targeted for extortionate takeover and looting by a group led by Lucchese organized crime family member Nicodemo S. Scarfo.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Today, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney S. Amanda Marshall for the District of Oregon and Special Agent in Charge Teri L. Alexander of Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-Criminal Investigation announced the unsealing of two indictments against nine individuals involved in two tax fraud schemes, each of which claimed more than $1 million in fraudulent tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against two former officials of and one broker for the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the Department of Justice announced today. Stewart Parnell, of Lynchburg, Virginia, and Michael Parnell, of Midlothian, Virginia, were convicted of conspiracy, mail and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: A campaign manager was arrested late yesterday and accused of paying voters to vote in the November 2012 school board election in Donna, Texas.
