News from July 2016
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Virginia Avenue Transit Center project to help reduce border congestion
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Regarding the confirmation of Blair Anderson, Undersecretary for Policy, Department of Transportation
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: DOT Approves First Scheduled All-Cargo Service to Cuba. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approved FedEx’s uncontested application to become the first all-cargo airline to provide scheduled flights to Cuba. FedEx has thus far been the only all-cargo carrier to seek scheduled authority to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Joseph Hassan Farrokh, 29, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Farrokh was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to a Spouse, Intimate Partner, or Dating Partner was sentenced on July 11, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former Fox News commentator who has falsely claimed he spent 27 years working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for major fraud against the government, wire fraud, and a firearms offense. Simmons was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release, to forfeit two firearms and $175,612 in criminal proceeds, and to pay restitution to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Steven Headden Young has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and has agreed to pay full restitution, penalties, and taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -The Chicken Strip, a remote backcountry airstrip in Death Valley National Park, is temporarily closed due to washouts in the runway.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A superseding indictment was filed yesterday charging three men with dealing in firearms without a license, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Darien Montae Thompson, 22, Omar Tarik Davenport, 24, and Sekou Maliek Davenport, 21, all of Philadelphia, are charged with selling ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Keith Dunmore, age 47, of Washington, D.C., today to 162 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite and Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. announced that BRANDON LICCIARDI, age 31, of Mereaux, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute Schedule IV controlled substances with the intent to commit crimes of violence, including rape, before the Honorable Jane Triche Milazzo, United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the investment of more than $9 million in loans and grants to support job growth and economic development in 12 states. The funding is being provided through USDA's Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program, through which USDA provides zero-interest loans and grants to utilities that lend funds to local businesses for projects to create and retain employment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Faces at Least 20 Years in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite and Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. announced that BRANDON LICCIARDI, age 31, of Mereaux, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute Schedule IV controlled substances with the intent to commit crimes of violence, including rape, before the Honorable Jane Triche Milazzo, United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana.
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding the terrorist attack yesterday in Nice, France.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to commit a series of armed robberies against victims who were contacted via craigslist, which culminated in the shooting of two victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury as a result of a federal jury trial in Rapid City on July 12, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Quantifying the vital food supply for threatened and endangered fish has been complicated for scientists. But that may be changing. Through a Bureau of Reclamation prize competition, five ideas were selected that have merit and may lead to breakthroughs quantifying the drift invertebrates in river and estuary systems.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Just as many of us might be resigned to clogged salt shakers or rush-hour traffic, those working to exploit the special properties of carbon nanotubes have typically shrugged their shoulders when these tiniest of cylinders fill with water during processing. But for nanotube practitioners who have reached...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: With the higher temperatures and drier weather, fire managers are diligently monitoring the low-intensity Big Hat Fire. Located in the southwest corner of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, the lightning-caused fire remains at 235 acres.
