News from September 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) released the following statement on today’s Census Bureau report showing that the poverty rate was unchanged in 2014, with 46.7 million people living in poverty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Chambersburg man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg on a charge of theft and fraud regarding federal workers’ compensation benefits he received from 2011 through 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 15, 2015, Basil Edwin Williams, 20, of Sacaton, Ariz, a member of the Gila River Indian Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 102 months in prison, followed by a term of 15 years of supervised release. Williams pleaded guilty on July 15, 2015 to aggravated sexual assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Johnny Blackshell, Jr., 21, Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with Hobbs Act robbery, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of seven years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy is announcing up to $70 million in funding for the next Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which will be focused on smart manufacturing. With this investment, the Department aims to support research and development advancements that can...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Glacier’s diverse landscape is an ideal outdoor research center, helping scientists explore how climate change affects an intact mountain ecosystem.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD -Wind Cave National Park recently completed a minor boundary revision and purchased a 7.16-acre parcel improved with a three-bedroom house and pole barn along the park's southern boundary. The property is adjacent to Highway 385 and located within the authorized boundary of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Raymon Carter, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal crime of rioting on April 27, 2015, including the arson of the CVS Pharmacy located at 2509 Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: The 23rd Annual "Haunting in the Hills" Storytelling Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Make plans now to join thousands of folks who will come to the Bandy Creek field and enjoy the beautiful Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area for a fun-filled day of stories, music, crafts and more. Craft classes and concerts are free and open to the public.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: Today, the Department of Energy announced the selection of five projects that will study the feasibility of using salty water - or brine - from carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites to produce fresh water.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Terrance Rinaldi, 32, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 36 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, handled the case, stated that Lamica was a babysitter who advertised his services on Care.com and Craigslist.com. A family the defendant was working for discovered that Lamica was engaging in inappropriate behavior with nine-year-old son and terminated the babysitting contract. Thereafter, the defendant attempted to approach the boy at school.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed an involuntary manslaughter charge against a Riley County man in connection with a shooting death at Fort Riley, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that most U.S. railroads will not be able to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) technology by the current Dec. 31, 2015, deadline, and that legislation extending the deadline is necessary.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA - The National Park Service, the Fort Vancouver Historic Trades Guild and the Friends of Fort Vancouver will host two days of historical blacksmithing demonstrations in the reconstructed Blacksmith Shop at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, October 3 and 4, 2015, from 9 am to 4 pm each day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA- Joseph Adens, 32, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 27 years in prison for his involvement in two drug conspiracies, a money laundering conspiracy, and his possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Adens pleaded guilty on May 8, 2015, after...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact on the Natomas Central Mutual Water Company’s Sankey Road Check Structure Automation Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: HILADELPHIA - Mohammed Abuawada, 27, of Philadelphia, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to 18 months in prison for defrauding the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program. The defendant pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic in SNAP benefits and commit wire fraud; wire fraud; and aiding and abetting trafficking in SNAP benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Sandy Jenkins, a former executive at the Collin Street Bakery (“the Bakery") in Corsicana, Texas, and his wife, Kay Jenkins, were sentenced today on felony convictions stemming from Sandy Jenkins’s embezzlement of approximately $16 million from the Bakery, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Volunteers are needed Sept. 26 to help improve wildlife habitat near Eagle, Colo.
