News from April 2013
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today’s announcement is one part of the Department’s efforts to strengthen the rural economy.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has jobs for 11 teenagers this summer. The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program is a work-learn-earn program for 15-18 year-olds. Deadline to apply is May 4, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Howard, age forty-one (41), of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before District Judge Richard J. Arcara for cocaine trafficking in 2008 and 2009. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Kevin M. Cavitt, 45, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was recently sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. The Court sentenced Cavitt to 84 months in prison, followed by six years...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that 2000 Avondale Foods LLC satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging a Cleveland woman with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Oxycodone, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By State Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the State Department’s announcement for a reward of up to $5 million for the apprehension of the murderous leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony and other top leaders.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Oregon and Washington is seeking public nominations for open positions on three of its Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), which advise the BLM on public land issues. The BLM will consider nominations until April 28, 2013. The BLM's RACs, composed of citizens chosen...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man was sentenced today to life in prison for the fatal shooting of bank teller Tramaine Gibson during a bank robbery at the Illinois Service Federal Savings and Loan on the city’s south side on May 22, 2007. The defendant, DAVID VANCE, was convicted at a trial in July 2011 of the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today that National Park Service (NPS) contract crews, DOT Construction/Barnhill Contracting Company, have begun repair work on several popular beachside parking areas and beach access ramps on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands this week.The work, expected to be completed...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Kenneth Koehler, age 43, of Baltimore, today to 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent loans were obtained on...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: A nine-count criminal information was filed charging an Aurora, Ohio, man with crimes related to a scheme of at least $225,000 involving construction projects, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: A criminal information was filed charging a Walbridge, Ohio, man with falsely labeling a package containing wildlife items, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: The challenge of making concrete greener-reducing its sizable carbon footprint without compromising performance-is just like the world's most ubiquitous manufactured material-hard!
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Allen, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for assault with a knife on Feb. 23, 2013, and for sexual abuse in the spring of 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An individual found by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: The free software, known as the Chemical Reactivity Worksheet, predicts potential hazards from mixing chemicals. This significant update is the result of a two-year-long collaboration between NOAA chemical response specialists and technical experts at Dow Chemical.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Agri-Sales Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned an indictment charging 12 defendants with conspiracy to traffic 280 grams or more of cocaine base and 500 grams or more of cocaine within the Perry Housing Projects. The defendants are also accused of utilizing three apartments within the Perry Housing Projects and a juvenile to further their drug trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A West New York, N.J., man was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for robbing a TD Bank branch in Weehawken, N.J., on May 31, 2011, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
