News from October 2015
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee joined advocates, parents and workers across the country on a “Call to Action" on the need for affordable, accessible, and high-quality child care in America.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Hollister, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with the armed robbery of Central Bank in Branson, Mo.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Fire Scheduled To Occur On or Before Oct. 28, 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Federal agents with the San Diego Tunnel Task Force and Mexican authorities Wednesday night shut down one of the longest and most sophisticated smuggling tunnels ever discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border, seizing 12 tons of marijuana and arresting 22 suspects.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - On Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015, after a three day jury trial, Christopher Raynard Kidd, 27, of San Bernardino, California, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams of more of actual methamphetamine and distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, announced U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today approved a drilling permit and offered a right-of-way grant (ROW) for the proposed Greater Mooses Tooth Unit oil and gas development project (GMT1), opening the way for the first production of oil and gas from federal land in the National Petroleum Reserve in...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Patchogue, NY - Educators of all disciplines are invited to a free Educator's Open House Sunday, October 25 to learn about Fire Island National Seashore's education materials and how the Seashore can be used as an informal classroom.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: South Florida Man Who Engaged in “Sextortion" Sentenced to 139 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Money was used to pay personal expenses and make wire transfers to individuals in South Africa.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation delivered a report on its Gold King Mine technical evaluation to the Environmental Protection Agency today. EPA requested an independent review to assess the cause of the August 2015 Gold King Mine Blowout near Silverton, Colo. and provide recommendations to prevent future incidents from occurring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Two defendants were sentenced for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker asking whether any oil exchanges with Mexico have actually been approved, months after the Administration announced in August it would allow such transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Oct. 20, 2015, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a superseding indictment charging the following individuals with federal narcotics offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Beverly Smyre, 72, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, Smyre’s mother died in November 1989 but Smyre received the Social Security benefits intended for her mother until August 2015 when the fraud was discovered. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $111,273.10.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Earlier today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, voted to move forward on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure to move forward on the bill, 83 to 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Adam Bradford Linch, 35, of Anmoore, West Virginia, was convicted of heroin trafficking and unlawful possession of a firearm today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Xzavion Dayshaun Ragsdale, a/k/a “Yung Billy," 19, was charged in a federal indictment that was just unsealed with two counts of attempted sex trafficking of a child and one count of attempted transfer of obscene material to a child. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Estibe Garcia-Perez, 30, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Oct. 21, 2015, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Garcia-Perez was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received time served, plus ten days, was ordered to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney David Finn (619) 546-7342.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 17 members and one alternate member to the United Soybean Board. All but one appointee will serve 3-year terms beginning December 2015.
