News from April 2015
By DOT News Wire | Apr 17, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 17, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 17, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced with its agencies, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a package of targeted actions that will address some of the issues identified in recent train accidents ...
By DOT News Wire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: FHWA Providing Funds for Freight Movement Pilot Programs. The Federal Highway Administration announced the availability of up to $200,000 in research funds to pilot the implementation of off-hours goods movement and delivery programs in urban areas with emerging or growing congestion problems. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned an Indictment charging Mufid A. Elfgeeh, 31, of Rochester, NY, with three counts of assault. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man who owns property in Jackson County, Kan., was sentenced Friday for violating the federal Clean Water Act, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Belleville resident, Steven M. Zachman, an active duty airman stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, pled guilty in federal district court today to a one-count felony information charging that he knowingly transported obscene matters in interstate commerce, the United States Attorney for the Southern...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Augusta, GA: Tyrone A. McDonald, 35, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced earlier this week by United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to a total of 137 months in prison: 77 months for trafficking narcotics and for possessing a firearm as a felon; and an additional 60 months for possessing a...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Tamira Fonville, 34, of New York City, who lied on loan applications, helped to run a check kiting scheme, and filed for public assistance benefits while living in a luxury apartment, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison. Fonville pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, 2014 to conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that 10 individuals will be awarded Department of Justice Certificates of Appreciation as part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) 2015. The two ceremonies honoring these individuals will take place during NCVRW, April 19-25, where...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX - The National Park Service(NPS) invites public comment on a proposed rule to revise off-road vehicle regulations at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (NRA).The off-road vehicle regulations were last amended in 1971.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: REDDICK, Fla. - Electrician's apprentice and lifelong Oxford resident Christopher Lee Dasher was testing and repairing electrical transformers at a substation in Reddick when he was electrocuted by more than 10,000 volts. Dasher, a 36-year-old husband and Duke Energy Florida Inc. worker, was a person who lived to make others happy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A criminal complaint was filed today in U.S. District Court in Maryland charging Ronald Anderson, age 48, of Suitland, Maryland, with kidnapping, murder, using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and causing death by use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Kathleen Creel, a former employee of Wilhelmsen Ships Service Inc., has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of 10 counts of wire fraud in connection with defrauding her former company, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Creel, of New York City, N.Y., pleaded guilty Feb. 6, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A former employee at Big Spring Correctional Center (BSCC), who admitted smuggling contraband into the facility for an inmate, the inmate, and another individual involved in the scheme, were sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
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 | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Kwa Mister, 38, from Fairview Heights, Illinois, pled guilty to an Indictment that charged Making A False Statement to the United States Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General, and to the U. S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on April 17, 2015, Joshua Carl Lee Suggs, age 24 of Oswego, Illinois, was sentenced for Interference with Flight Crew Members. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Suggs to the custody of the United...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, April 17, 2015.Spring in West Virginia highlights one of the earth's greatest natural treasures, the biologically diverse southern Appalachian forest. Next weekend's 12thannual New River Gorge Wildflower Weekend is a celebration of this amazing natural heritage,April 24 -27...
