News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury in Providence on Wednesday returned a five-count indictment charging Alfredo Balestier-Sanchez, aka Negro, 32, of Woonsocket, with trafficking heroin, fentanyl, morphine and codeine, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey and John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England field division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Jean Claude Roy, a/k/a “Dredd the Don," and “Dreddy," age 31, of Germantown, Maryland, late yesterday of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, three counts of interstate transportation for prostitution, and witness and evidence tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 20, 2014, Daniel Greatwalker Jr., 24, Belcourt, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of second degree murder and a charge of altering, destroying, or concealing a tangible object in a federal investigation. Greatwalker pleaded guilty to the charges on Nov. 8, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
Release: Washington, DC, March 20, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new funding opportunities for state agencies and Indian tribal organizations to develop innovative strategies to prevent hunger and food insecurity. The demonstration projects under the new initiative are designed to find solutions so that no child goes hungry.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: While surfing the Web, consumers often see ads promising "one tip to a flat belly." But the real tip is accurate consumer information about the products that are being marketed.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - David Busby was sentenced today to ten years in prison for downloading and viewing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Department of Energy John R. Hartman, and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) today awarded $17 million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects to help small businesses...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced a Kirbyville, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Stephen Richard Colson, 48, of Biloxi, pled guilty in federal court on March 19, 2014, to falsifying, concealing, and covering up material facts in connection with a scheme to defraud two banks and the Bankruptcy Court in violation of Title 18 Section 1001, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: The Glen Lake Community Library, 10115 Front Street, in Empire, Michigan, will host a special exhibit “Footprints in the Sand - Tracing the Path that Led to the Birth of the Village of South Manitou Island" from April 4 through May 17, 2014. The exhibit tells the story of the Village using historical...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that J. W. Jung Seed Company, Randolph, Wis., has paid $525 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Arthur Sanchez, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon to 15 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his heroin trafficking conviction and for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Sanchez received an enhanced sentence because of his status as an armed career criminal.
By State Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: Brussels, Belgium - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after being sanctioned by the Russian government.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Jefferson City, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: Tally Sheets Showed Sales of $14.5 Million of Marijuana;.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Leaders on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew requesting more information about the Treasury Department’s decision to unilaterally delay ObamaCare’s employer mandate, after testimony from a Treasury official indicated that no serious legal review was conducted before the delay was issued.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Dominic Matthew Martinez, age 28, of Salt Lake City, and Jennifer Meradee Tryon, age 43, of Price, with a Nov. 26, 2013, armed robbery of Smith’s Food and Drug located at 1075 East Main Street in Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) subpoenaed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for documents relating to the ATF’s nationwide storefront sting operations yesterday evening. ATF carried out these storefront sting...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Utah Group is pleased to announce Serena Supplee as the 2104 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Curtis Bernard Donaldson, aged 33, of Camilla, Georgia, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, to serve 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, cocaine and cocaine base. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Court Judge, in Albany, Georgia.
