News from April 2014
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is now accepting applications for the 2014 summer Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program.Eight YCC enrollees will be recruited.These positions will be located at Spring Canyon, Fort Spokane, Gifford, Evans and Kettle Falls.Please indicate on your application the...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Triple A Grocers Inc. for failure to pay for produce.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today the temporary off-road vehicle (ORV) access closure of Cape Point area in accordance with the requirements of the ORV Management Plan for Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dora Martinez, 50, of Chimayo, N.M., was sentenced in federal court this afternoon to three years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her heroin trafficking conviction.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: More than 100 leaders from the saltwater recreational fishing community met with NOAA Fisheries leadership at the summit, held April 1-2 in Alexandria, Virginia, to provide an opportunity to assess recent progress, identify future directions and further strengthen the relationship between the two groups. With nearly 11 million saltwater anglers in the United States, recreational and non-commercial fishermen represent one of NOAA’s largest organized constituencies.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after Portia Wu was approved unanimously by the Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training. Wu was approved by the Senate HELP Committee in February 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A former Cambridge resident was charged today with defrauding mortgage lenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that CORTNEY DAWN WILSON, age 22, of Vian, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Distribution of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1); 841(b)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. Section 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - Yesterday afternoon, a federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against Kafi Rhaman Farrakhan for counterfeit credit card and manufacturing and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The investigation was conducted by the United States Secret Service.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) and Ranking Member Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) today introduced the Strengthening Education through Research Act (H.R. 4366), legislation that will reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act and make it easier for states and school districts to access timely information on successful education practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Shannon Collins, 41, of Logan, West Virginia, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in Charleston for committing thirty-five counts of mail fraud, access device fraud, social security fraud and aggravated identity theft while employed by the Logan office of the West...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Daniel.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Adam.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Angel Gonzalez, 38, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum 40 years, a fine of $5,000,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Kareem McBride, a/k/a "Alif Holmes," 32, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for robbery and gun charges. McBride pleaded guilty on May 20, 2013 to robbery which interferes with interstate commerce, using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jerrileta Singer, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Farmington, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her robbery conviction. Singer also was ordered to pay $400 in restitution to the victim of her crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Hyde Park male pleaded guilty today to transporting a woman from Massachusetts to New Jersey, Vermont and Pennsylvania for the purpose of prostituting the woman.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the House Budget Committee marks up the Fiscal Year 2015 budget resolution today, U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) slammed the proposal, saying it “would cripple the U.S. transportation system and leave millions of individuals and businesses stranded with little to no transportation options."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Partnership Between the Social Security Administration and Department of Justice Increases Criminal Prosecution of Fraud in SSA’s Title II and Title XVI Benefit Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today the sentencing of Daniel Alan Jines, 37, of Whitestown, on federal child pornography charges, including 10 counts of producing child pornography, one count of receiving child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography. Jines was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William Lawrence to a total term of imprisonment of 680 months. (56.5 years).
