News from February 2016
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 190,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Colombia during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A former government contractor employee was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for his role in a bribery scheme involving a federal program in Afghanistan and conspiracy to structure financial transactions to avoid currency transaction reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ashemba Frett, 22, of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in a complaint with encouraging and inducing aliens to illegally enter the United States, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. Judge Miller released Frett to the custody of a third-party custodian and ordered him to post a $10,000 unsecured bond.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
Release: Students like these in the Ivory Coast will soon enjoy school meals provided by FAS McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Are you looking for something different to do over the noon hour? Well then, grab your lunch and wander over to the MonDak Heritage Center in Sidney, Montana!.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Crossville-Cumberland County Visitor Center and Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area to host guest speaker, Brock Hill, on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 11:00 a.m. (Central Time). Mr. Hill is the Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Parks and Conservation for the State of Tennessee. He will...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 255 months in prison for transporting an underage boy across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Robyn Lynn Merchant, a/k/a Robyn Lynn Winterroth, 52, from Vinton, Iowa, has been charged with one count of providing a firearm to a prohibited person. The charges are contained in a Complaint unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids. The Complaint alleges that, on or about Feb. 23, 2015, Merchant provided a Walther HK MP5 22LR semiautomatic rifle to her son, D.W., a minor child.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Former Employee of U.S. Contractor in Afghanistan Sentenced on Bribery and Structuring Conspiracy Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 43-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of importing 75 kilograms of methamphetamine into the country hidden within a load of squash and cactus, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Daniel Salvador Gomez-Reyes pleaded guilty Oct. 29, 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications from farmers, growers, and other producers for its 2016 Farmers Market, which will open on Friday, May 6, 2016. Applications will be accepted through March 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Poplar Grove, Ill. resident was indicted in federal court in Rockford on charges of mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and access device fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: WOODLAWN, Ill. - The death of a 20-year-old worker killed when a tree fell on him during logging operations could have been prevented if his employer had removed damaged trees prior to conducting logging operations on a 40-acre site in Woodlawn, federal inspectors determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Ohio Man Convicted for Engaging in Child Exploitation Enterprise.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Perhaps fortunately, most folks haven't noticed that 85% of the Milky Way is missing: The kind of familiar, ordinary matter we know - made up of protons, neutrons, electrons, and their kin - amounts to barely one-sixth of the total mass of our galaxy and others, according to repeated astronomical observations.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Free event will focus on student conservation efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Mexico, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of reentry of removed alien, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Bethel, AK - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, held a field hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in Bethel to examine the advancements that rural Alaska is making in energy innovation. Murkowski was joined by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and five of her Senate colleagues to hear how Alaska is a leader for the nation in energy innovation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that, on Feb. 12, 2016, a Las Vegas man was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 13 years in prison for his participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving methamphetamine and a related money laundering conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: The public is invited to attend a community meeting hosted by Haleakalā National Park on.
