News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Crater Lake National Park will celebrate the National Park Service Centennial on Aug. 25, 2016 by hosting a "pop up" museum. A "pop up" museum is a temporary exhibit created by anyone who chooses to participate. For this event, Crater Lake Staff invite you to bring your Crater Lake memorabilia to share.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Dalvin Michael Davenport, Jr., age 23, of Greenville, South Carolina, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Anderson, to conspiracy to commit access device fraud and money laundering, violations of Title 18...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Conference registration is now open for the 13th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). HeldOctober 4-6, 2016at the Jackson Lake Lodge, the conference can accommodate 350 participants. Full conference participant registration is $350 with a student registration rate of $250. Student lodging may be available at no cost. Please see the website for registration information.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Robert Brooks Tipton, Jr., 38, formerly of Broken Bow, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 2 years in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for making false statements or representations to an agency of the United States. After his release from prison, Tipton will serve 3 years of supervised release and still be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Ph.D. chemical engineer from Sunnyvale, Texas, Dr. Mattias Tezock, 53, who admitted unlawfully possessing trade secrets from his former employer, Voltaix LLC, has been ordered by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to pay approximately $4 million in restitution to this former employer...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: National Park Service News Release. Fort Stanwix National Monument: Frank Barrows, 315-336-3113. Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Megan O'Malley, 518-758-9689 ext. 2002. Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Larry Turk, 845-229-9115 x 2013. Saratoga National Historical Park: Amy Bracewell...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Council Bluffs, IA - On Aug. 18, 2016, Jason Gregory Johnson, a 22-year old resident of Overland Park, Kansas, was sentenced by United States Senior District Court Judge Robert Pratt, to 63 months in prison for transporting a person with the intent to engage in prostitution announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Judge Pratt also ordered Johnson to serve a term of 10 years of supervised release upon release from prison, and to pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Daniel Allen Coats, 34, of Turlock, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to one and a half years in prison and ordered to pay $8,938 in restitution for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by filing false claims for federal tax refunds, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - U.S. Marshal Brian Underwood and U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson will hold a community open house meeting Tuesday, Aug. 23, at the Old Town Pavilion in Pocatello. Underwood and Olson will be at the Old Town Pavilion, 420 N. Main, from 5 - 6 p.m. to meet and visit with persons interested in learning more about federal law enforcement in Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: On Aug. 25, 26, 27, and 28, 2016, Haleakalā NP will waive entrance fees as the National Park Service marks its Centennial birthday. In addition, on Aug. 25, 2016, the park will offer numerous events commemorating the Centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Eric M. Swancutt, 38, formerly of Belleville, IL, pled guilty to a three-count Superseding Indictment charging him with two counts of Receipt of Child Pornography (Counts 1 and 2) and one count of Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 19, 2016, Gregory Harold Moore (Moore), 47, of Surgoinsville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 360 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine, hydrocodone, oxycodone...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Eric M. Swancutt, 38, formerly of Belleville, IL, pled guilty to a three-count Superseding Indictment charging him with two counts of Receipt of Child Pornography (Counts 1 and 2) and one count of Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JEFFREY A. GREEN, 46, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, pled guilty today to offering a bribe to a public official at Tinker Air Force Base, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Council Bluffs, IA - On Aug. 18, 2016, Tyler Jon Cross, a 25 year old resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States Senior District Court Judge Robert Pratt, to 120 months in prison for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon announced...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - A Salvadoran MS-13 gang member unlawfully present in the United States who is wanted in his home country on murder charges was removed from the United States Friday by deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Aug. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announce that U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez sentenced Matthew Scott Holt, age 35, to serve 660 months (55 years) and sentenced his co-defendant Jordain Larsen, age 27, to 540 months (45 years).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah Gilg announced that an indictment was unsealed charging Charles McSpadden, age 42 of Omaha, with bank robbery. The indictment alleges he took by force, violence and intimidation, approximately $5,376.00 of United States currency belonging to and in the care, custody, control...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Charles F. Hubbard has pled guilty to extortion and drug trafficking conspiracy charges. The defendant was an officer with the Auburn, Georgia, Police Department who used his law enforcement position and his patrol car to intercept and steal drugs and money.
