News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Forrest Rindels, age 60, of Waterloo, Iowa, has been charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and three counts of possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on February 8, 2016, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site is one of 36 National Parks featured in the Google Cultural Institute, a digital platform which makes hundreds of historically and culturally significant objects available online. Contributors to the site include the Palace of Versailles, UNESCO World Heritage...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Defendant Forged Signature of New York Mets COO Jeffrey Wilpon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Nebraska man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a conspiracy to purchase genuine Apple iPads from large retail stores, return counterfeit iPads for a full refund, and resell the genuine iPads for cash.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new step to support farmers transitioning to certified organic production, by expanding a crop insurance option to allow producers to purchase insurance coverage that better reflects their product's actual value. The expanded coverage is...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Orlando Jose Chapa, 37, of Dallas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 13 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in November 2015 to indictment charging one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Leon Ray Burkholder, doing business as Burkholder Builders, at 580 Indiantown Rd., Ephrata, Pennsylvania
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on President Obama’s decision to travel to Cuba...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed six members to serve on the National Mango Board. They will serve 3-year terms beginning immediately, and ending on Dec. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Earlier this week, through a court order, the United States government demanded that Apple Inc. help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) develop software in an effort to break the encryption on an iPhone that was recovered after the recent shootings in San Bernardino, California. The government ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Lake Mead National Recreation Area welcomed 7.2 million recreation visitors to the park in 2015, an increase of 5 percent compared to 2014, according to figures released by the National Park Service Feb. 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two women today admitted their involvement in schemes to bribe corrections officers to smuggle contraband to inmates inside the Essex County Jail, a federal pretrial detention facility, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Conspirators Promised to Assist Distressed Homeowners Pay Their Mortgages, But Allegedly Did Not Negotiate with the Homeowners’ Lenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio this week 31-year-old Michael McKinney had his initial appearance before U. S. Magistrate Judge Henry J. Bemporad on charges of possession of stolen mail, access device fraud, financial institution fraud and aggravated identity theft announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Team Leader Michael R. Martinez-Partida.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued a solicitation for construction of the dam safety modifications to Stampede Dam to address hydrologic concerns. Stampede Dam will be raised 11.5 feet using mechanically stabilized earth walls. Two small dikes will be constructed along the south reservoir...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that an indictment has been returned charging a Palmer man with multiple drug felonies, including one count of distributing heroin that led to the death of a young man who used the heroin.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will hold a special meeting on March 4, 2016, in Washington, D.C., to consider and make recommendations on OSHA's draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service has released an environmental assessment (EA) on proposed improvements to facilities at Log Cabin Resort, a concession-operated resort on the north shore of Lake Crescent.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: ST. LOUIS - -The St. Louis DEA division and FBI offices hosted a private movie screening of the DEA/FBI produced “Chasing the Dragon" video. The invited audience consisted of over 70 school superintendents, principals and educators from both public and private schools in the greater St. Louis area, as...
