News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Richard Doman, 46, of Lorain, Ohio, with failing to properly register as a convicted sex offender, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Steven Foster, 28, of Alton, Illinois was sentenced to 98 months in federal prison on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 for selling crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Help is on the way to revive native trees and plants in the western end of the Santa Monica Mountains, thanks to a $94,469 grant by the Ventura County Tree Mitigation Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today introduced the Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015. They were joined by Senators Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., John Boozman, R-Ark., Bob Casey, D-Penn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. This bill will extend the short line railroad track maintenance tax credit that expired in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CID"), announced today that TARIQ TAHIR, the owner and operator of...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is now seeking public comment on a coal lease modification 30 miles southeast of Craig.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: If there’s a common economic theme to take away from the town halls and meetings I hold in Oregon, it’s that people feel stuck. They worry about being able to afford necessities like childcare and college tuition. They say they’re struggling to make ends meet, and they’re unable to save.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: “Thank you very much Mr. Chairman and good morning to everyone. It is a little earlier than we usually start these hearings, but this is such an important topic that it was important to all of us to have the opportunity for the full two hours with the distinguished panel. I am so thrilled to welcome Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, Drs. Fauci, Volkow, Insel, Lorsch, and Gibbons, to discuss the 2016 budget request for NIH.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: GUNTOWN, Miss. - Raymond Marvin Reece was a husband and father who enjoyed pleasures like family boating trips, camping and stock-car racing. Tragically, the 46-year-old maintenance worker at H.M. Richards Inc. was fatally electrocuted on Oct. 1, 2014, as he disconnected wiring on a saw at the company's temporary facility on Towery Road in Guntown.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting a brown-bag luncheon presentation on a recent graduate study that evaluates the feasibility of suppressing invasive lake trout in remote backcountry lakes in order to maintain healthy native bull trout populations. The free presentation is Tuesday, March 10, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the park’s community building in West Glacier.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he welcomed upcoming Senate consideration of his bipartisan bill requiring congressional review of any comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of bank robbery and armed bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senator floor in response to the Republican attempt to defend corporate interests instead of standing up for workers who want to gain a seat at the bargaining...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Ricky Allen Fisher, 35, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced today to 99 months in federal prison for bank robberies he committed in Ontario, Oregon and Cottonwood, Idaho, announced U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson. U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge increased Fisher’s sentence from...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOEL CANUL-CAUICH, age 26, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Yosemite National Park was one of four national parks to receive a 2015 Subaru Outback thanks to a partnership between the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, and Subaru of America, Inc. Yosemite National Park added the Subaru to its existing vehicle fleet. This fuel-efficient Subaru will help the park reach its goal to become more sustainable and reduce gasoline consumption during normal park operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Lois Patricia Patton (a/k/a “Trida" and Lois Patton-Haynes), 45, of Boston was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 54 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with her participation in a fraudulent credit card scheme, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Enjoy a pancake breakfast with pure maple syrup at this year’s Maple Sugar Time at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. In addition, to the free ranger-led tours of the sugaring operation at historic Chellberg Farm, a pancake breakfast will be available for purchase from the Chesterton Lion’s Club. The farm will be bustling with maple sugaring activities from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on the weekends of March 7 & 8 and March 14 & 15, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ryan D. Wright, 39, and Courtnie Lea Goins, 25, both of Springfield, MO have pleaded guilty in federal court to their role in conspiracies to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County, Mo., and to promote prostitution in Boone County.
