News from October 2014
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Building on the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, the Energy Department today announced $25 million in funding to advance concentrating solar power (CSP) system technologies. This investment will fund research and development (R&D) projects to improve the performance and increase the efficiency...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Reed, 49, of Bradford, PA, who was convicted of conspiracy to transport firearms outside state of residency, was sentenced to time served and two years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to six months imprisonment to be followed by six months home detention and three years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: In San Antonio today, 31-year-old Michael Floyd White was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $112,362 restitution for his role in an aggravated identity theft and mail fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Special Agent in Charge Steven McCullough, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, San Antonio Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHRISTINA CHAI, the supervising pharmacist at Stanley Pharmacy in Yonkers, New York (“Stanley Pharmacy"), and HI JONG LEE, the owner of Stanley Pharmacy and also a pharmacist, were found guilty Monday in Manhattan...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Essex County corrections officer today admitted his involvement in a scheme to smuggle marijuana, cell phones and tobacco into the Essex County Jail, a federal pretrial detention facility, in exchange for cash bribe payments, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. -Joseph Floyde DeArmond, 51, previously of Medford, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to 36 months in federal prison for an offense he committed in 1997 - possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Upon his release from prison, DeArmond will be on supervised release for three years.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Although Oregon Caves is priceless, we are proposing to increase cave tour rates to adjust for inflation. The current cave tour rates have been in place since 2006. Did you know that with inflation, $8.50 in 2006 is the equivalent of $10.04 in 2014? Click for more information on the proposed rate increase.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. -- United States District Judge Anna J. Brown sentenced, in separate proceedings, Jose Antonio Soto-Vasquez, 29, and Jesus Manuel Soto-Vasquez, 27, each to ten years in federal prison on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Earlier this year, both co-defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: An estimated 38 pairs of piping plovers, Charadrius melodus, nested along the Maryland portion of Assateague Island National Seashore during 2014 and fledged 59 chicks. The resulting productivity numbers, 1.6 chicks fledged per pair, are the highest since 2004. Several factors may be attributed to the success of this year’s number of fledged chicks, including mild summer weather and effective management.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: United States and Brazil Reach Agreement to End WTO Cotton Dispute (USTR).
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
Release: China’s growing middle class and rising demand for high-quality food products have led to a boom in the country’s dairy sector. With the help of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the Cochran Fellowship Program, U.S. alfalfa hay producers have been able to capitalize on this expanding dairy market.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing crack cocaine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Reed, 49, of Bradford, PA, who was convicted of conspiracy to transport firearms outside state of residency, was sentenced to time served and two years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Today, in separate proceedings, Jose Antonio Soto-Vasquez, 29, and Jesus Manual Soto-Vasquez, 27, were each sentenced in U.S. District Court to ten years in prison. Earlier this year, both men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: HELENA - The Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice (NIJ) today announced it has awarded nearly $63 million to school districts and research organizations across the country through the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI). Bozeman School District #7 received $3.3 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams yesterday sentenced Terrance Smith (38, Duval County) to 36 months in federal prison for his involvement in passing multiple counterfeit business checks, and for violating the terms of his federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Laura Romina Delgado has been sentenced for filing false tax returns that claimed over $3.6 million in fraudulent refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Reed, 49, of Bradford, PA, who was convicted of conspiracy to transport firearms outside state of residency, was sentenced to time served and two years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
