News from April 2016

By USDA Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 145,544 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on April 4, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rossy Noriega, 50, of Providence, R.I., owner of New Diamond Work, Inc., a temporary employment agency based in Fall River, Mass., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to charges that she failed to pay $720,923 in employment and personal income taxes due the IRS. Noriega...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of a Kansas City, Mo., restaurant pleaded guilty in federal court today to filing a false tax return as part of a scheme to avoid paying more than $566,000 in corporate taxes.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting, one count of Prohibited Person in Possession of Ammunition, and two counts of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on March 28, 2016, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Hicks, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 46 months in prison for robbing the US Bank Branch located on Carlisle Blvd. NE in Albuquerque, in Jan. 2015. Hicks will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason Martinez, 27, of Roswell, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On April 7, 2016 Rafael Zapien, 23, a Mexican citizen, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken, to possessing heroin and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for engaging in a “sextortion" campaign against a Boston-area college student.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The Federal Highway Administration, the state of Georgia and local government organizations are partnering with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to sponsor a one-hour Safety Stand-Down at Georgia construction sites in conjunction with National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week from April 11-15.

By State Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, convened a hearing Wednesday to examine the strategic challenges mounting national debt poses for the United States. As interest on the debt and spending on entitlement programs increasingly crowd out ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA -A Maryland man, who authorities said was responsible for selling heroin that led to at least six overdoses in the Winchester, Virginia, area, three of which were fatal, was sentenced today in federal court, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Winesburg Builders LTD, 6834 County Road 672, Millersburg, Ohio
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAJOUN JULIOUS, also known as “Snuggles," 23, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 87 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Jon Christopher Stoune (44, Jacksonville) guilty of attempted online enticement of a child to engage in illegal sexual activity, advertising for child pornography, and attempted production of child...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Patrick Lee Jewell, 34, of Jerome, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Jewell pleaded guilty to a one count information filed by the U.S. Attorney on Jan. 21, 2016.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Reward offered for historic sign recovery at Yosemite.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Joseph Kurowski, 23, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with production, receipt and possession of child pornography. In addition, Jose Cisneros, 30, of Buffalo, NY, was also arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production and receipt of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentenced of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years and a $250,000.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that PRENTISS MARTIN, age 51, of Marrero, pled guilty today to theft of government funds.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Chamizal National Memorial Celebrates National Park Week April 16 - 24.