News from March 2015
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sold contracts for the extraction of 9.6 million tons of sand and gravel from the Lone Mountain Community pit.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: On Thursday, March 5, NIST Gaithersburg is closed with limited access due to expected heavy snowfall.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on March 5, 2015, charging Eilin Montano Castillo, 33, of the Dominican Republic with possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, and illegal entry by an alien, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has jobs for 12 teenagers this summer. The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program is a work-learn-earn program for 15-18 year-olds. Deadline to apply is April 24, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. - Two temporary workers injured in an explosion at Polychem Services Inc., were unable to return to work for months after being hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns after their work site was ignited by a gas-powered forklift.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOSE EDGARDO CANALES-MADRID, age 25, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: DENVER - The death of a 52-year-old man, killed when a scrap metal baler started while he worked inside, could have been averted if his employer, Atlas Metal & Iron Corp., had made sure the machine was shut down properly, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined. After a September 2014 inspection that followed the incident, OSHA investigators found 12 safety violations at the Denver-based scrap-processing facility.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. March 10: Live Webinar on International Hydrogen Infrastructure Challenges. Webinar Sponsor: Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled “2nd International Hydrogen Infrastructure Challenges Webinar" on Tuesday, March 10, from 8:00 a.m. to...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Near the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter outside of Riley, Oregon, archaeologists recently discovered evidence suggesting one of the oldest known human occupations in the western United States.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: This happens to be a benchmark year for Grand Teton National Park's NPS Academy Internship Program. In 2011, Grand Teton developed the first-ever NPS Academy as a pilot program for college students from diverse backgrounds and successfully launched the initiative through collaboration with The Student...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - SANDRA KAY BRYANT, Saint Louis County, pled guilty this afternoon and admitted setting fire to her family’s home at in Florissant, Missouri, on Nov. 16, 2001. Bryant’s 15-year old son, Zachariah Andrew Kemper, became trapped in the basement and was killed during the fire. Bryant pled...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA Special Agents and Tempe Police Narcotics Detectives working as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) Strike Force, and in partnership with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, recently completed a 30-month investigation resulting in the dismantling and ‘take down’ of an extensive drug trafficking network.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lawrence Anthony Martinez, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Martinez will be sentenced to 72 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: “Operation Saltvegas" Has Led To The Conviction Of Twenty-Eight Individuals For Distributing Methamphetamine In Southwest Virginia And Northeast Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the owner of an Independence, Mo., business has pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to report business income on her federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: Three people were indicted on five counts of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with the operation a Cleveland-based ambulette company, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Octavius R. (35, St. Petersburg) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: San Juan Island National Historical Park has announced three paid, full-time summer intern positions through the Youth Conservation Corps, according to Jerald Weaver, park chief of Integrated Resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI, OHIO -- James Jeremy Savage, 41, originally from Springfield, Ohio, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the amount of $148,307.04 for filing false claims for income tax refunds...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Devin Jasperse, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to the armed robbery of the First Financial Credit Union located on Coors Boulevard in Albuquerque, and to brandishing a semi-automatic pistol during the commissioning of that crime.
