News from February 2016
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Wisconsin are helping dairy farmers weigh the merits of protein supplements available for their cattle.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Amy Hilty, 38, formerly of Stanley, N.C. and now residing in Dalton, Ohio, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for stealing nearly $400,000 from her former employer and for tax evasion, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Cory M. Saddlemire, age 35, of Nassau, New York, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of firearms, and to possessing firearms while subject to a protective order.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Feb. 24, 2016 BOS 2016-029. Employer name: Budney Overhaul & Repair, Ltd. Inc., specializing in the repair and overhaul of a wide variety of aviation engine and airframe components. Inspection site: 131 New Park Drive, Berlin, Connecticut. Investigation findings: Responding to a complaint, OSHA inspectors...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced today George W. Lewis, Jr., 50, of St. Thomas, to four months in prison and one year of supervised release for impersonating a federal officer and blackmail, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez also ordered Lewis to perform 400 hours of community service, and pay a special assessment of $125.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: A new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describes how researchers analyzed a major 2011 Texas wildland fire using a rigorous and scientifically based post-fire data collection approach, a system they believe will lead to improved defensive measures and strategies for significantly reducing structural damage and property loss.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today released the results of a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) expressing concerns with lax oversight and weak eligibility controls of Obamacare’s data hub and federal exchange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARCUS BRUMFIELD, age 31, of Hammond, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to charges of possession with the intent to distribute twenty-eight grams or more of cocaine base, felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Witnesses. * Christy Goldfuss, Managing Director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. * Michael Bean, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior. * Brian Ferebee, Associate Deputy Chief for the National Forest System, U.S. Forest Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Stanislav “Steven" Yelizarov, age 26, of Pikesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a robbery conspiracy, kidnapping, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with the robbery of a jewelry store, including a carjacking and kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mitchell Parrott, 43, of Forestport, NY, who was convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking activity, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Conspired with Others, Including Her Son, to Claim Fraudulent Tax Returns Claiming More Than $4 Million in Tax Refunds Using Stolen Names and Social Security Numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Fifteen individuals are in custody today charged federally with participating in a methamphetamine distribution and money laundering scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing addressing the growing threat of the Zika virus. The alarming spread of the Zika virus continues to pose a serious threat...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ernesto Flores, 44, of Hagerman, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. He will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections Silver State Industries hosted the first of this year’s three saddle-trained horse adoption events on February 20 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) south of Carson City, Nevada.Seventeen wild horses from ranges...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Natural Resources Committee is holding its third hearing on Puerto Rico’s financial and economic crisis tomorrow. A representative from the U.S. Treasury Department will testify and present the Obama Administration’s assessment of the Commonwealth’s debt crisis. Democrats...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Diaz-Balart and Ranking Member Pricefor holding this hearing. I would like to welcome Secretary Foxx before the Subcommittee today, and thank you for your service to the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Laverne Singletary, 49, of Rochester, NY, who was found guilty following a federal jury trial of possessing marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 57 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
