News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Alvin Vazquez Rojas, 23, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release by U.S. Senior District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a drug dealer and leader of a mail theft ring in Anchorage was sentenced on 16 counts of fraud, drug distribution, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP), in cooperation with the California State Lands Commission (CSLC) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), is seeking public review and comment on a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA)/Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for a proposed habitat restoration project located along the lower Colorado River near Needles, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Pablo Rocha, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 151 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today appointed three members to the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors. Two members will serve 3-year terms and one member will serve a 2-year term beginning January 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Daniel H. Williford, 57, of Fleetwood, N.C. was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 to 110 months in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded nearly 100 investors, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. ordered Williford to serve three years of supervised release and to pay $17,915,013.35 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA- Lewis Jackson, 61, of Brunswick, Georgia was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to serve 21 months in prison on his second conviction for violating the Lacey Act by stealing viable sea turtle eggs from Sapelo Island, Georgia. The Lacey Act forbids...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Christopher Salkey, 31, of Suffolk, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Legislation to Improve Medicare and Medicaid." The subcommittee will continue its efforts to protect Medicare and Medicaid for the most vulnerable and ensure government operates as effectively and efficiently as possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in transporting goods stolen through a string of commercial burglaries throughout northern and southern New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, Chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today approved S. 611, The Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - companion legislation to H.R. 2853, a bill introduced by Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS). S. 611 would help alleviate the financial burden EPA’s drinking water regulations have placed on small and rural drinking water supply systems.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Legislation to Improve Medicare and Medicaid." The subcommittee will continue its efforts to protect Medicare and Medicaid for the most vulnerable and ensure government operates as effectively and efficiently as possible.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Inhofe, Boxer Statement on Surface Transportation Legislation
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is investing $3.7 million to help rural families repair and rehabilitate their homes. The funds are being awarded through the Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program in 46 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to support the renovation of 1,147 units.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the decision by The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research to create a new rapid response program to help protect farmers and consumers from threats to our food supply.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that a jury convicted WILLIAM ELDRIDGE ASKEW, III, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute heroin. The jury returned its verdict following a trial in federal court before United States Chief District Judge James C. Dever, III.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry -today met with Academy Award-winning actor and longtime hunger advocate Jeff Bridges to hear firsthand his interest in ending childhood hunger. Senate Agriculture Committee members Sens. John Boozman (R-AR), Robert Casey (D-PA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) also joined the conversation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the United States Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the United States Department of Justice, and the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, held a day-long training for local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement, as well as advocacy...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service for taking a major step forward toward restoring three National forests in Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that effective immediately, Assistant United States Attorney Clint Carte will be the primary contact for media inquiries concerning the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. AUSA Carte will serve as the Public Information Officer, in addition to his duties as a criminal Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District’s Charleston Office.
