News from August 2014
By DOT News Wire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: FHWA 25-14 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced $333.9 million in emergency funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help 21 states make repairs to roads and bridges damaged by storms, floods and other unexpected events. “We are making good on our promise ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Three former Beaumont Independent School District employees have been indicted for embezzling money from a program receiving federal funds in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Construction To Begin On Gardiner Gateway Project Improvements.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Bernard T. Grucza, 38, of Elma, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of a firearm by a person subject to as domestic violence order of protection, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay $223,000 in restitution to his former employer Toys R Us.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, August 6, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: TRAIL RESTORATION PROJECT. (Pipestone, MN)Superintendent Glen Livermont announced today that construction for the Circle Trail Restoration Project will begin August 11th and end approximately August 29th, 2014. By widening the trail, and complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has handed down an indictment charging 17 members and associates of the Schuele Boys Gang, a group which operated in the Schuele Street area of the East Side of Buffalo, with conspiracy to possess with intent ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Bossier City Parish man pleaded guilty to illegally possessing multiple firearms, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today. Donald W. “Duck" Reyenga, 49, of Bossier City, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks to one count of possession of a firearm ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Elias Atencio, 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to federal firearms charges under a plea agreement that requires the imposition of a 22 year prison sentence. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 1st Judicial District Attorney Angela R. “Spence" Pacheco, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Mark Murray of the Phoenix Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe is encouraging law enforcement and child welfare agencies to take advantage of a new model policy that addresses what actions should be taken to help children deal with the trauma associated with the arrest of a parent. The policy was released Thursday by the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and is available at.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has handed down an indictment charging 17 members and associates of the Schuele Boys Gang, a group which operated in the Schuele Street area of the East Side of Buffalo, with conspiracy to possess with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Elias Atencio, 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to federal firearms charges under a plea agreement that requires the imposition of a 22 year prison sentence. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 1st Judicial District Attorney Angela R. “Spence" ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: CSU Channel Islands (CI) and Channel Islands National Park (CINP) invite the campus and community to a dedication and open house for the Santa Rosa Island Research Station -A California State University Channel Islands Undergraduate Research Campus (SRIRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury returned a verdict earlier today finding Miguel Bustamante-Conchas, 39, a Mexican national with legal permanent resident status in the United States, guilty on heroin trafficking charges after a six-day trial, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: This op-ed by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was published this afternoon at CNN.com.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects to develop technologies and methodologies for geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: The Northern Arapaho Tribe and Rocky Mountain National Park invite you to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the historic 1914 Arapaho Pack Trip to Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand Lake, with a series of special events on Saturday, August 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: A five-count indictment was filed in federal court charging the owner of a Sandusky winery with crimes related to the securing and repayment of loans for the winery, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Anthony Mohatt, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Thirteen defendants, including nine former police officers, have been sentenced to federal prison this week for accepting thousands of dollars in cash payments to provide protection during staged drug deals that were part of a federal undercover operation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service Northeast Region's 2013 Appleman Judd Lewis Awards for Excellence in Cultural Resource Management have been awarded to Lucas Flickinger, Gettysburg National Military Park for Maintenance Employee of the Year,.
