News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-United States District Court Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Ubaldo Esparza-Ortiz, 28, to 45 months in prison for illegal reentry into the United States, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Chief Judge Frizzell also imposed three years of supervised release following Esparza-Ortiz’s prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions (HBCUs/OMIs) projects to receive funding for fossil fuel research through its Crosscutting Research Program.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: In its continuing effort to safely expand and support commercial unmanned aircraft operations in U.S. airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration has now granted more than 1,000 Section 333 exemption approvals. As of today, the agency has issued 1,008 such exemptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: A man who imported pseudoephedrine from Canada to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced on Aug. 3, 2015, to more than 12 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JIMMY LEWIS PERKINS, age 50, of Idabel, Oklahoma, pled guilty to FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: THURMONT, MD- The Catoctin Forest Alliance, Cunningham Falls State Park and Catoctin Mountain Park will host Artists In Residence in August and September.The artists will share their talents during public presentations at Catoctin Mountain Park, Cunningham Falls State Park and the Thurmont Regional Library.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: (BLOWING ROCK,NC) - The Blue Ridge Parkway announces the release of the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Developed Area Management Plan. The plan, approved by National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin, records the decision of the NPS to provide a long-term management strategy for the historic natural and cultural resources in and around the Memorial Park, located at Milepost 294 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Two defendants charged for their role in August 2014 shooting at Hennepin County Medical Center. 10z and 20z gangs engaged in multi-year war with Bloods and Bogus Boys.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Antonio Donyal Tarver, age 39, from Sandersville, Georgia, was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment Aug. 3, 2015 by the Honorable Leslie J. Abrams in Macon, Georgia. Mr. Tarver was found guilty by a jury on April 8, 2015 of one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base (“crack") and one count possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Alleged to Have Falsely Represented to Customers that Silicone was Medical Grade and that Injections were Safe.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing a Raytown, Mo., bank.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Good morning and welcome. I want to thank all of our witnesses for joining us this morning for this important hearing on the Federal Bureau of Prisons. I especially want to thank Jerome Dillard for traveling from Madison, Wisconsin to testify this morning. In 1980, the Federal Bureau of Prisons spent...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - On August 4, 2015, at approximately 2:30 pm the U.S. Park Police received a report of a fight in progress at the intersection of 17thand Independence Avenue, SW. Once on scene, witnesses advised officers of possible shots fired from within a vehicle at the intersection of 17th and Independence...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Kan., brother and sister were sentenced in federal court today for the armed robbery of an Excelsior Springs, Mo., bank, which was followed by a high-speed chase until the robbers’ vehicle crashed.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: As members of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy’s technical assistance team, Sherry Stout and Jared Temanson of DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently traveled to the Native village of Rampart, Alaska, to fulfill the Tribe’s request for technical assistance with strategic energy planning.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a prior sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for sexually abusing five separate child victims in the Philippines. “This sexual predator abused an untold...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Alexis C. Norman, 47, of Midlothian, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today reintroduced the Electrify Africa Act. With nearly 600 million Africans without electricity, this legislation, originally offered in the 113th Congress, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following statement during a committee hearing exploring alternatives to help families and children reduce reliance on foster care group homes...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-The results of the August 2015 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
