News from April 2015
By USDA Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
Release: Orlando, FL, April 1, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has awarded $31.5 million in funding to local, state, and national organizations to support programs that help participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program increase their purchase of fruits and vegetables.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Mark E. Rodgers, 52, currently of Houston, Texas, and the former Chief Executive Officer and President of Samarion Solutions, Inc., in Ridgeland, MS pled guilty on March 25, 2015 before U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to one count of conspiracy to defraud investors in the sale of securities (18 U.S.C. §371), announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -National Park Service rangers are searching for a teenage boy who was last seen trying to help another swimmer Lake Mohave near Placer Cove.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: With the donation of materials from the Sandy Hook Foundation, Gateway National Recreation Area will repair and rebuild Sandy Hook's popular Observation Deck beginning Wednesday, April 1. The park expects the deck to be available to the public by the Memorial Day weekend.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Agricultural Research has been a flagship publication of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) since 1953. This month, ARS debuts a new, all-digital version of the magazine called AgResearch that will make better use of information delivery and technology to meet the needs of an increasingly tech-savvy, time-pressed global audience.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for running a real estate investment scheme that bilked victims out of more than $5 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALVARO D. CAMPOS, age 39, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - On Friday, March 27, 2015, a federal jury in Albany convicted Shakir Michael, age 37, of Albany, New York, of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge Delano A. Reid of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding Chickasaw Country Club of approximately $736,000. There is no parole in the federal prison system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a criminal information was filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging Adam Castro, age 28, of Hazleton, with possession with intent to distribute heroin in Hazleton between September 2014 and January 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ Martin Margarito-Casimiro, 28, of Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping and being an alien in possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA:Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a free program on Civil War pontoon bridging on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 9:30 am.The program, led by Park Historian Jim Ogden, will take place on Moccasin Bend National Archeological District...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Crystal Burch, 22, of Cushing, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to making a false statement to a government agency.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will offer two Night Sky Programs, one of which is a special Meteor-Watching event for the Lyrids Meteor Shower. Both programs offer the opportunity to explore the stars under dark-sky conditions, far from city lights.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Mohammed Abdullah Alomaim (43, Saudi Arabia) today pleaded guilty to physically assaulting a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer, a felony under federal law. U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Jose Vargas, 29, of Springfield, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin, and possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin. U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for July 2, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that 27 individuals have been indicted following a lengthy investigation into a drug trafficking organization dealing methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: A Detroit resident was sentenced yesterday in federal court to more than eight years in prison for his role in an armed robbery of an Iraqi diplomat and his wife, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement after the White House announced the commutation of the sentences of 22 individuals - each of whom had been convicted of drug offenses...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: An Illinois man who purchased a handgun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in Marion, Iowa, was sentenced to more than three years in prison yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
