News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TORREY LEDELL DAVIS, age 44, who last resided in Metairie, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to interstate transportation of a minor for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay $309,679 in Restitution.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today applauded the Senate Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The co-owner of a mortgage company that was responsible for a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions in losses was sentenced today to 21 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - An air quality test and harnesses properly tethered to a lifeline for rescue might have prevented tragedy for three workers overcome by a lack of oxygen inside a rail tanker on Oct. 8, 2015 in New Orleans, federal workplace safety and health investigators have determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Albuquerque, New Mexico, man was sentenced in federal court today for transporting a 13-year-old victim from Henry County, Mo., across state lines to engage in illicit...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today applauded the Senate Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Michael Sullivan, 51, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 10 months in prison for one count of failure to report and pay payroll taxes. Sullivan had failed to report and pay payroll taxes for employees of the Fireside Tavern, South Marshall Street, Philadelphia. Sullivan was an owner and operator of the Tavern. Sullivan was a judge for the former Philadelphia Traffic Court.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers advise people to be careful near the Boise River as flow continues to increase daily.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today applauded the Senate Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: A criminal information was filed charging Trashon Autman, 19, of Toledo, with transportation of a minor to engage in prostitution, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: BOISE, ID - There will be plenty of action at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse Corrals in Boise on Friday (8 a.m.- 4 p.m.) and Saturday (8 a.m. to noon). Selected horsemen and women from nine different states will pick up their assigned mustang gelding to begin training and gentling to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: BOISE, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Four Rivers Field Office announced today the opening of about 54,200 acres of public land north of Mountain Home to motorized entry. The 2013 Pony and Elk Fires affected these BLM-managed lands. The BLM had restricted motorized entry to support fire rehabilitation efforts and to protect wintering big game and sage-grouse habitat.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - About 600 sheep are grazing at the Cronan Ranch located along the lower South Fork American River. Sheep will be there until late June.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), have scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, April 13, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Gonzales, 30, of Dexter, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating federal firearms laws and possession of contraband in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted Wednesday on a federal firearm charge that is alleged to have occurred within months of his release from federal prison in a similar case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 5, 2016, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Randall J. Frisque (age: 58) of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Paul Tanaka, the Onetime Undersheriff at LASD, Faces up to 15 Years in Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: A wildland fire is A wildfire is burning in the Grandview area of New River Gorge National River. The Turkey Spur Fire was discovered this morning around 10:00 am and is estimated to be 20 acres as of 4 :00 pm. The fire is actively burning in extremely steep, rugged terrain through a mixed hardwood forest.
