News from April 2016
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for the Christmas Tree Promotion Board. Selected representatives will serve three-year terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jenaro Moctezuma-Galicia, age 30, a native of Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton on April 12, 2016, for allegedly re-entering the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Hooversville, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ probation and restitution ordered to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $98,127.60, on his conviction of income tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Police Officers in Dec. 24, 2014 Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Today’s hearing gives us an opportunity to study how the International Trade Commission handles patent disputes and whether it sufficiently protects American innovation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Insta-What? InstaMeet is a word for inviting people to a certain place at a certain time to take photos and short videos and upload them to social media using designated hashtags. Homestead will have an InstaMeet on Saturday, April 23, from 1:00 -3:00 p.m.This National Park Week social media event is...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: This afternoon, FBI agents arrested 67-year-old Eagle Pass City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr., on federal bribery and obstruction charges related to his participation in a “pay-to-play" scheme involving a Maverick County landfill contract, announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Controversy exists over whether all sweeteners produce the same metabolic effects in consumers despite the sweeteners' chemical similarities. A study conducted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers indicates that consuming lower amounts of added sugars is a more effective approach to health than finding a sugar that is more neutral in terms of its health effects.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: UPDATE: The Boyhood Home reopened for tours on Friday, May 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALLAN WENDERLAY DOMINGUEZ, age 33, a citizen of Honduras, was charged today in a one-count Indictment for reentry of removed alien previously convicted of an aggravated felony.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will close the South Cow Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area to general recreation use and through traffic from Friday, April 15, through Sunday, April 17, to provide for public safety during the Sawmill Enduro and Crosscut Family Enduro motorcycle events.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Thursday to discuss the federal perspective on the state of our nation’s biodefense. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Miguel Angel Carbajal, age 27, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable P. K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), a former Chair of the Committee, today introduced H.R. 4939 to prioritize the U.S.-Caribbean relationship. Their bill would require the Secretary of State...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Edward Hundley, 50, of Birmingham, and Richard Freeman, 39, of Montgomery, were sentenced Wednesday, April 13, 2016 for bank robbery, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Hundley was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison. Freeman was sentenced to 48 months.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service and Friends of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park will host a special barbecue and dance at the LBJ Ranch from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm on Saturday, May 7, that will feature the Fort Griffin "Fandangle Sampler." Aroma from The Salt Lick BBQ's rotisserie will fill the oak grove...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Believed to Be First Municipal Bond-Related Criminal Securities Fraud Charges Ever Brought.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell and Attorney General Lynch...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Gulfport, Miss -Willie Eugene Russell, age 39, of Biloxi, was sentenced on April 12, 2014, by Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to serve 74 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Orlando Gutierrez (619) 546-6958.
