News from October 2015
By DOT News Wire | Oct 13, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, Oct. 13, the White House, in conjunction with the United States Department of Transportation, will recognize 11 individuals from across the country as “White House Transportation Champions of Change.” These individuals, who were selected by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and the White House for their achievements, will be honored for exemplary leadership and innovation in transportation.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Will push for stronger track inspector training
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Alfred Thornhill, 41, of Wesson, Mississippi, pled guilty on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to tampering with a consumer product, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Patrick Munday, Acting Special Agent in Charge, USDA - Office of Inspector General (OIG).
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Melville man pleaded guilty last week to storing child pornography on electronic devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jerome Walker, 30, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with distribution of cocaine base “crack," possession with intent to distribute cocaine base “crack," and cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Clubhouse was center of organized crime illegal activity for decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will continue the Committee’s listening tour as part of the comprehensive copyright review. The House Judiciary Committee will travel to Silicon Valley ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TRAVIS SCOTT, a/k/a “Trap," a/k/a “Slim," age 31, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to the Third Superseding Indictment charging him with racketeering conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy, and firearms violations. He was the final pending defendant in this RICO prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Columbus, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty to one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that AUSTIN ROMAIN, a former New York City Correction Officer, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to 41 months in prison for narcotics, bribery, and honest services fraud offenses arising from...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, David Shepard, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Special Agent in Charge CJ Porter of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced today that Rafael Beamud, age 34, formerly of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in connection with pharmacy robberies in Nashua and Manchester in 2013. During a hearing before U. S. District Judge Joseph A.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -A criminal complaint has been filed charging Donta Betts, age 19, of Baltimore, with attempted arson of a police cruiser, civil disorder and unlawful making of a destructive device. The criminal complaint was filed on October 6, 2015 and unsealed today. Betts was arrested on July 7, 2015, on unrelated state charges. Betts will make his initial appearance on the federal charges on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Calling all Nike veterans and Cold War and military enthusiasts! We need your help! Everglades National Park (Park) houses one of the best preserved relics of the Cold War, a Nike Hercules Missile Base (HM-69).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River will be observing Veteran's Day on Wednesday, November 11. Superintendent Niki Stephanie Nicholas has authorized one night of free camping at the Alum Ford Campground (Big South Fork) and Rock Creek Campground (Obed) as well as for all backcountry permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Peter B. McKinley, Jr., 32, of Princeton, West Virginia, plead guilty in federal court in Bluefield to conspiracy to distribute hydromorphone. McKinley admitted that from July of 2014 to September of 2015, he and a co-defendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: PRESS CONFERENCE. INDIANAPOLIS--United States Attorney Josh Minkler will hold a press conference TODAY, Oct. 13, 2015, at 1:00 pm, at the former site of the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubhouse, 305 North Jefferson Avenue, Indianapolis, IN. The clubhouse will be demolished as part of a federal asset forfeiture...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Charleston, WV - A Charleston man pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. John Stanley Ford, 25, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston.
