News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Mark Bazemore, a/k/a Uncle Mark, age 31; and Michael Smith, Jr., ak/ka Mikey, Lil Mike and Mik, age 30, both of Baltimore, and Timothy Hurtt, a/k/a Uncle Tim and Tim, age 45, of Baltimore County, today for participating in a racketeering conspiracy and drug...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is looking for educators who want to partner with the park. Educators will assist the National Lakeshore with developing educational programs that can be used both in the classroom and for field trips. Interested educators can email Joshua Schultz at joshua_schultz@nps.gov.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Darla Sidles has been named superintendent of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, according to Sue E. Masica, Intermountain Region director for the National Park Service (NPS). Sidles, superintendent of Saguaro National Park in Arizona since 2009, will begin her new assignment on Aug. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Michael Vincent Woodbury Bent, 37, Dennis Sharkey II, 50, Adam Fullbright, 37, Chris Nauman, 30, John Husemann, 51 all of Dubuque, Iowa, Heather Harris, 37, Zach Miller, 27, and Jacob Burton, 35, all of Waterloo, Iowa, and Edward Behrens, 50, of Benton, Wisconsin, have been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Bent and Fullbright have been charged with an additional count of conspiracy to commit money laundering..
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced today to nine months in federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Shane Patrick Masters, 46, previously pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a domestic violence crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Preparations: Tropical Storm Colin formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, and is predicted to take a northeasterly path over the next few days. Early regional forecasts show the storm producing heavy rains with the potential for localized flooding, sustained high winds, and strong rip currents. Due...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An electrical engineer from Glendale who was found guilty of violating the Economic Espionage Act for stealing and distributing trade secrets belonging to his former employer was sentenced today to federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The sole proprietor of a company that purportedly provided internet research and technology consulting services to the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation (NWCDC) today admitted that she failed to report substantial income she received from the NWCDC, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
Release: Quality Ethnic Foods is a Baltimore-based small business that is successfully selling its frozen foods, sauces and other products overseas thanks to the support of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). CEO Afraz Ahmed notes that exports are extremely important, but that reaching international customers...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Release Date: June 7, 2016. Contact: Kelly Carroll. Phone: 671-688-9703. Night Under the Stars - Astronomy Night at Asan Beach - Saturday, June 11, 2016. War in the Pacific National Historical Park will host its very first "Night Under the Stars" Astronomy Program at 7:00 pm on Saturday, June 11, 2016.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Washington - The Obama Administration today named the final nine Promise Zones across the country - high poverty areas in select urban, rural and tribal communities. Through the Promise Zone Initiative, the Federal government will work strategically with local leaders to boost economic activity and job growth, improve educational opportunities, reduce crime and leverage private investment to improve the quality of life in these vulnerable areas.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 125,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Stillwell, Kansas, man pleaded guilty today to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of theft of government funds, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall of the District of Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence against Native Women; Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of Prison Sentence within the Range of 210-262 Months.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable policy discussion on Thursday to discuss the implementation of Title VI of the FAST Act, which reauthorizes the federal surface transportation research programs of the U.S. Department of Transportation and includes reforms and new competitive grant programs to promote the use of transportation technology.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former University of Missouri employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $716,000 from the school over a nine-year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Victim Suffered 28 Wounds to Face and Body.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Rolando Cantu, 40, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 151 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Kevin Wain (41, Tampa) to four years in federal prison for credit card fraud. The Court also ordered him to pay $585,028.99 to the approximately 48 affected financial institutions. Wain pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2015.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker today announced an upcoming rebate program that will help general aviation pilots equip their aircraft with NextGen technology.
