News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Darius Jerome Perry, 31, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting possession of heroin with intent to distribute.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Washington - Chairman Ron Johnson sent a letter today to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting information that will allow an examination of whether undue outside pressures, particularly from the White House, may have led to the FCC’s decision to reclassify broadband as a public utility. The chairman made these remarks on the letter...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Found to be stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from local construction companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Baigert recorded himself engaged in sex acts with fourteen and fifteen year old victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Robert Alan Berry, 60, is set to appear in federal court following his extradition from Spain on charges of wire fraud and money laundering in relation to an international real estate scam, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Berry, a U.S. citizen formerly in Calistoga, Calif., is charged with two counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: “Protecting our country’s reputation as a leader in sustainable fishing is at the heart of the President’s efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and seafood fraud around the world," said Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere, and NOAA...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today the completion of the federal corruption investigation of Wayne County government. Joining McQuade in the announcement was Paul M. Abbate, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Director of the Bureau of Land Management Neil Kornze today joined California state and industry leaders to “flip the switch" on the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, the nation's largest solar project on public lands that is now delivering clean, renewable energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today that Francis Block, 45, of Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to life in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney for various drug and witness tampering charges. Block was convicted following a four-day jury trial that concluded on Oct. 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Booker Tarvin, 38, and Bianca Harris, 30, both of Jackson, pled guilty today, before U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III, to conspiracy to steal mail and to commit identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jerome R. McDuffie with IRS Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Kenneth Dewitt Newman, 32, of Huntington, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: In celebration of President's Day, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will host a cooperative program with the American Eagle Foundation about the majestic bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Meet on Monday, Feb. 16, at 1:00 p.m. (CT) at the Gateway to the Big South Fork Visitor...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2015
News Release: Missing person investigation remains open at Grand Canyon.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Twenty-one year old Drake L. Kramer remains missing at Grand Canyon National Park;and a six day search by the National Park Service has turned up no additional clues as to his whereabouts.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 We live in the most extraordinary, powerful and prosperous nation on earth, and the 2015 National Security Strategy laid out by President Obama provides equal measures of strength, vision and resolve to continue to advance our leadership in the world.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Recognising the continuing challenges to the mutual security of our countries, and following successful discussions in Monterey, California in 2013, the United Kingdom’s Home Secretary, Theresa May, Australia’s Attorney-General, George Brandis, ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Grants Will Help Diversify American Agriculture Albany, GA, February 6, 2015 – Today, Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden announced over $9 million in grant funds will soon be available for outreach and technical assistance to minority and veteran farmers and ranchers. This funding will enable community-based ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: YAZOO CITY, Miss., Feb. 6, 2015 – A newly released study says the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) effort to create habitat on private lands for migratory birds following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has provided significant benefits to ducks, geese and other birds. The independent ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, February 6, 2015—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement after USDA's Economic Research Service issued new data showing that agricultural exports support more than one million jobs here at home : "More than one million people go to work every day thanks to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Medical device manufacturer Medtronic Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $2.8 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that Medtronic caused certain physicians to submit false claims to federal health care programs for a medical procedure known as “SubQ stimulation,” the Justice Department announced today. Medtronic Inc. is a medical technology company based in Minnesota.
