News from April 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: The new $3.6 million research multi-agency effort is designed to be an early warning system for toxic and nuisance algal blooms in freshwater systems by using satellites that can gather color data from freshwater bodies during scans of the Earth. Based off this information, state and local agencies can...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the evidence does not support pursuing federal criminal charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Danroy Henry, Jr. Mr. Henry, a student at Pace University, was killed during an encounter with...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Blair County resident was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Charles Coci, 26, of Abilene, Texas, appeared today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Scott Frost 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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Carl R. Smith, Jr., 30, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to transportation in interstate commerce for purposes of prostitution and possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A convicted felon from Jersey City, New Jersey, today admitted selling 33 firearms to a confidential informant, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the April 2015 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Cashed over two million dollars in fraudulent income tax refund checks.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that it is accepting applications for fiscal year 2016 funding for five export market development programs. Applications for the Market Access Program, Foreign Market Development Program, Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program, Quality Samples Program and the Emerging Markets Program will be accepted until 5 p.m. EDT, June 8, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Yanira Lopez, 29, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for a tax fraud and identity theft scheme in which she and her husband, Rafael Henriquez Polanco, sought more than $1.7 million in fraudulent tax refunds. Polanco, 32, was sentenced on Feb. 17, 2015 to 51 months in prison...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Global Construction & Engineering Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Stole Over $500,000 In Federal HUD Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Monroe County, Kentucky farmer was charged in a federal Information today, with crop insurance fraud announced Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Employer name: American Spincast Inc. Inspection site: Belton, Texas. Date inspection initiated and what prompted the inspection: This inspection, which includes both safety and health, began October 2014 as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Site Specific Targeting program, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Earnest Elonzo Hamilton, 46, and Kevin Joseph Riggs, 44, both of Houston, have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to the aggravated robbery of two area Wells Fargo banks, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE- John Nyunt was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and over $10,000 in restitution for charges filed against him in connection with his position as Commander of the Pacific Grove Police Department (“PGPD"), announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a former Ketchikan resident was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment for methamphetamine conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA -The fifteenth season of Biscayne National Park's multi-award winning Family Fun Fest wraps up this Sunday, and appropriately, the theme of the event is Quinceañera, highlighting the program's growth and maturity through analogies with the popular coming-of-age rituals for Hispanic...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: In Austin today, a federal grand jury indicted Williamson County Court at Law Judge Timothy L. Wright, III, on various firearm violations and making false statements to a government agent. That announcement was made today by Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Robert Elder, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero.
