News from July 2016
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
Release: Columbia, MO, July 22, 2016 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urged all State Health Officers to use the resources and opportunities provided through their Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) agencies in their substance misuse prevention efforts. Vilsack made this announcement at a town hall in Missouri to discuss the opioid epidemic, which accounted for more than 28,000 deaths nationwide in 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust (Trust) are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the shooting of a burrowing owl on the Caja del Rio Plateau near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S Fish and Wildlife Service are investigating the case.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Hyde Park - Roosevelt-Vanderbilt-Van Buren National Historic Sites announce changes pertaining to motor vehicle access. Entrance gates located at Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, and Roosevelt Farm Lane Trail on RT 9 and RT 9G will be subject to closure 30 minutes prior to sunset. The grounds will continue to remain open to pedestrians until sunset.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Marquese Underwood, 21 of Pittsburgh, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin while under court supervision for a prior offense, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Tri-Districts Long-Term Excess Capacity Contracts for public review and comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against a previously convicted felon from Redlands who attempted to distribute over three pounds of methamphetamine and illegally possessed various firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun and an AK-47-type rifle without a serial number.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Wasilla man was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 95 months in prison for bank robbery.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Friedman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Energy and the American Public Power Association (APPA), ensuring collaborative efforts to electrify personal and fleet transportation in public power communities throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Former Deputy at Bullitt County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s Office Convicted of Civil Rights Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 38-year-old resident of Mission has been ordered to prison for 120 months following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jose Manuel Ochoa pleaded guilty April 7, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Ryan Lannen, 34, resident of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 78 months in prison, to be followed by a 15-year term of supervised release, for two counts of distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that James L. Minter III, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to time-served and two years of supervised release to include six months home detention subject to electronic monitoring. The defendant also was ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution to victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Lawrence County resident has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Defendant and Co-Conspirators Allegedly Kidnapped, Tortured, and Murdered Victim for Drugs and Drug Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Robert Snyder Faces 5 years to 20 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - After a nine-day jury trial, Jovanni Varestin-Cruz, a.k.a. “Jova," Rocky Martínez-Negrón, Edgar Collazo-Rivera, and Carlos Raymundi-Hernández were found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue announced that park rangers are actively investigating several thefts from vehicles that happened within the park in the past week. In each case thieves broke windows and stole items from cars that were parked at...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced federal criminal charges against eight individuals accused of making six different residences on a...
