News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Files Suit Against Sterling Heights, Michigan, Over Denial of Zoning Approval for a Mosque.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to the appointment of Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to head the Department of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BISMARCK - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Dec. 14, 2016, Derick Colin Wilkinson, 26, New Town, ND, was convicted by a federal jury on charges of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor today celebrated milestones for two collaborative efforts the Interior Department has spearheaded to help secure sustainable water supplies for future generations. They made the announcements at the Colorado River Water Users Association meeting in Las Vegas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia G.F. Peterman, III announced Rickey Goodwin, age 43, of Hamilton, Georgia was sentenced Dec. 12, 2016 to 212 months imprisonment for transportation of a minor by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge, in Columbus, Georgia. Mr. Goodwin pled guilty to Count Four of the indictment on Aug. 3, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS), at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore), plans to expand accessibility at key points within the Platte River corridor. The project will provide a universal experience for their facilities at the Loon Lake access, Platte River Campground, Platte...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the final year-end report of the Obama administration's results creating jobs and investing in rural communities nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: The administrator of a Miami-area home health agency was convicted today for his role in a $2.5 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Blue Daniel Densmore, 39, and Avery Allen Erickson, 47, both of Boise, Idaho, were arrested yesterday on federal firearms and drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Tomorrow they make their initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy W. Dale in the U.S. District...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Washington - On Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 shortly before 8:00 p.m. a woman was flagged down as she drove down Joyce Road west of 16th Street NW. The woman reports that a man flagged her down and asked if she could help him by jump starting his car, a dark red colored older model SUV with a large silver grill. As she retrieved jumper cables from her trunk, the man produced a silver colored handgun and demanded her wallet and other valuables.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Napa, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces a new exhibit at Lake Berryessa’s Dufer Point Visitor Center. Wild About Wetlands is an exhibit on loan from, and developed by, the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Carmichael, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Bundle of 500 Cards Discovered by TSA Screeners.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Victim's Sweatshirt Was Grazed by One of the Bullets.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this week recognized more than 100 staff members for their service to the country. Among the honorees are researchers who have made advances in measurement science that will improve medical treatments, energy efficiency, safety, ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Today, the Energy Department announced $19.7 million, subject to appropriations, to support research and development of advanced vehicle technologies, including batteries, lightweight materials, and advanced combustion engines, as well as innovative technologies for energy efficient mobility. Investments...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia G.F. Peterman, III announced William C. Jones, age 61, of Americus, Georgia was sentenced by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge, in Columbus, Georgia,December 8, 2016 to 120 months imprisonment for possession of child pornography which had been shipped or transported for interstate commerce. Mr. Jones pled guilty to Count One of the indictment on Aug. 2, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Colorado Safety Association. Colorado Safety Association. Alliance description: OSHA's Denver and Englewood area offices and the CSA are renewing...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance announced today that the Northern District of Alabama collected $5.09 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2016. Of this amount, about $3.7 million was collected in criminal actions and $1.4 million in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina - Acting United States Attorney, Beth Drake, announced today that Justin David Crenshaw, age 31, of Salem, was indicted earlier this week for illegally possessing ammunition as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Forest Laboratories and Forest Pharmaceuticals to Pay $38 million to Resolve Kickback Allegations Under the False Claims Act.
