News from April 2015
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking dairy producer organizations and other interested parties to nominate candidates to serve on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Nominations must be submitted by May 15, 2015. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will appoint 12 individuals to serve on the board. The appointees will replace board members whose terms expire on Oct. 31, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Union Official Extorted Port Workers for Christmastime Tribute Payments.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND OVERSIGHT JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Mike Caldwell has selected Paul DePrey as superintendent for Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts and Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, located in Saugus, Massachusetts. He will also serve as the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Defendant allegedly placed hidden cameras in the bedroom and bathrooms of victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - According to the acting Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank, Michael McCarthy, future indictments surrounding the bank’s activities are possible, including additional indictments related to former loan officer Johnny Gutierrez. McCarthy made these comments to lawmakers during a joint House Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The Outer Banks Group of national parks join other parks, programs, and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com.Recently launched by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 1563, the Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2015, which unfairly targets federal workers and also undermines the government’s ability to collect unpaid taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Defendant Threatened Victim, Left, and Returned to Fire at Him.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - The Plea and Sentencing Hearing has been rescheduled for Duke Energy Business Services, LLC, Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC to May 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the federal courthouse in Greenville, North Carolina. The companies were charged with multiple criminal violations of the Clean Water Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 15, 2015 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Obama Administration’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022, released on January 27. Witnesses included Governor Pat McCrory...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Robert Lawrence Noll, 40, of Brownwood, Texas, appeared today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy M. Koenig and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: On Monday, the Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office welcomed back John F. Ruhs for a four-month assignment as Acting State Director.Ruhs will be acting in place of Nevada State Director Amy Lueders, who is serving as Acting Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning Directorate in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Victor Manuel Blancas-Rosas, 40, of Mexico, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of being unlawfully present in the country after having been previously deported or removed, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A McAllen federal jury convicted Blancas-Rosas Dec. 3, 2014, after only two hours of testimony and 15 minutes of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BRANDON WATKINS, age 31, a resident of Hammond, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to distribution of cocaine and possession and sale of a stolen firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Ayotomide Ajifowobaje filed at least 200 fraudulent tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Charleston, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s) against the following.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: KINGSPORT, Tenn., April 15, 2015 - Agriculture Under Secretary Lisa Mensah today announced the selection of 31 community-based organizations in 17 states and the District of Columbia for grants to help small rural communities create jobs and boost economic development. The grants are being made available through USDA Rural Development's Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Scranton, before Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, to the charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Vestavia Hills man to three years and nine months in prison for laundering money by pawning a 3-carat diamond that was among a cache of jewels he collected a $2.6 million insurance payment on in 2004 after reporting them stolen in a Mountain Brook Jewelry store robbery.
