News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict earlier today finding Rio Arriba County Sheriff Thomas R. Rodella guilty on criminal civil rights and firearms charges after a five-day trial. The jury’s verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division.
By State Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that Antonio Cuevas-(47, Sacramento, California) pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiring with others to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Cuevas-Navarro faces a mandatory minimum term of 10 years’ imprisonment, up to a maximum penalty of life.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Dear Chairman Broadbent: We are writing concerning the ongoing International Trade Commission investigation requested on Aug. 2, 2013, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1332(g)) regarding India’s industrial policies that discriminate against U.S. trade and investment. We...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: U.S. ATTORNEY GOODWIN, U.S. MARSHAL FOSTER AND OFFICIALS WITH STATE POLICE TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY CHECKS IN KANAWHA COUNTY.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: The historic mission grounds at Tumacácori National Historical Park will be open under the light of a full moon on the evening of Wednesday, October 8. The park will be open as usual from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., reopening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for visitors to enjoy the evening on the peaceful mission grounds.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a free ranger-guided tour focusing on a crucial Civil War story associated with Moccasin Bend on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.The mile and a half, two-hour walking tour will begin at 1:30 pm at the Brown's Ferry Federal Road Trailhead off Pineville Road on Moccasin Bend. To find the trailhead, follow the "Special Event" signs beginning on Manufactures Road.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Washington--The National National Park Service (NPS) seeks applications from artists interested in performing during the national Christmas Tree music program. From Wednesday, December 10 through Monday, Dec. 22, musical entertainment, featuring performances by volunteer choirs, bands and dancers will be held nightly on the Ellipse stage.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Congaree National Park is one of 39 national parks selected to receive a 2014 America's Best Idea grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Inspired by Ken Burns' critically acclaimed documentary "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," this program builds partnerships between national parks and community, state, and other public organizations and engages diverse audiences in meaningful and relevant ways with national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Two men were charged today with participating in a string of ATM robberies in which they used power tools and a truck to forcibly open safes inside drive-up ATMs and steal nearly a half million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 24, 2014, Luis Armando Collins-Avila, 43, of Mexicali, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James A. Soto, to 46 months confinement followed by 3 years of supervised release. On June 23, 2014, Collins pled guilty to trying to smuggle the 6000 rounds of ammunition into Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 25, 2014, the final defendant was sentenced in connection with Operation Push the Pawn - an investigation of a Phoenix area drug rip crew conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Internal Revenue Service and the Phoenix...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A former office manager for the Chatham Fire Protection District, Dawn D. Sanchez, 45, of Auburn, Ill., pled guilty today to using her position to take more than $50,000 from the district for her personal use. Sanchez waived indictment and entered a plea of guilty to one count of mail fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Schanzle-Haskins.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today published in the Federal Registe r a Notice of Availability (NOA) of the draft Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS). Publication of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Pierre Ramone Washington, age 29, of Temple Hills, Maryland today to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for bank robbery. Chief Judge Chasanow also ordered Washington to pay restitution of $13,861.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Finance Committee today sent letters to organizations representing Medicaid health plans seeking input on best practices related to access to and quality of care. The leaders hope to gain a better understanding of the role of managed care plans in Medicaid and learn from innovative methods used to serve different populations covered under the program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on Sept. 25, 2014, Tamekia Hall, 38, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -A Shreveport man pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing an assault rifle and ammunition after being convicted of multiple felonies, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Isolated lakes in the Mississippi Delta can be transformed into farmer-friendly landscape features that trap agricultural pollutants, according to research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). These findings by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ecologist Richard Lizotte and his colleagues can help producers control the impacts of field runoff on downstream water bodies as far as the Gulf of Mexico. ARS is USDA's chief intramural scientific agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent letters to organizations representing Medicaid health plans seeking input on best practices related to access to and quality of care. The leaders hope to gain a better understanding of the role of managed care plans in Medicaid and learn from innovative methods used to serve different populations covered under the program.
