News from March 2016
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Mills, Wyo. -- The annual filling of Alcova Reservoir will begin on Wednesday, April 1, 2016, according to Wyoming Area Manager, Carlie A. Ronca.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Miguel Colon, 55, of Woonsocket, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin and cocaine, and for carrying a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities. At the time of his arrest in April 2015, law enforcement seized three kilograms of cocaine and a loaded firearm found stashed inside a hidden compartment inside Colon’s vehicle and nearly 900 grams of heroin hidden inside a self-storage unit rented by Colon.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for peanut producers and industry representatives to serve on the Peanut Standards Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the shooting deaths of three persons during a home invasion in Independence and the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the home.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: AVON, Ohio - Each time a worker mounts a scaffold they risk a dangerous fall, the leading causing of death in the construction industry. One in four who died working in the construction industry in 2014 died in a fall.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Secretary Lew, I join Chairwoman Granger in welcoming you here today, and I thank you for your service to our country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Robert Majors, 58, of Spring Hill, Tenn., pleaded guilty on March 10, 2016, to two counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle more than $600,000 from his former employer, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Washington -On March 3, 2016, the United States Park Police received a report of an attempted abduction at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.A group was leaving the north entrance of the museum when a white male grabbed the hand of one of the children.After walking a few steps with the child...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, March 15, 2016 - Schools across the United States purchased $789 million in local foods from farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and food processors and manufacturers in school year 2013 - 2014, according to results from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm to School Census released...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a retired high school teacher in Sedalia, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to arranging to meet a woman and her 14-year-old daughter (actually an undercover...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Butler County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months incarceration and three years supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Bryant Christopher Ford of Mableton, Georgia was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, after having pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of federal...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office is planning to conduct a prescribed fire this spring 20 miles southwest of Kremmling to improve wildlife habitat and reduce hazardous fuels.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing to review the President’s budget request for foreign assistance. The hearing is entitled, “Review of the FY 2017 Foreign Assistance Budget: Aligning Interests, Ensuring Effectiveness and Transparency." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Anthony Jermaine Creech, of Blackville, South Carolina, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Charleston, to providing marijuana to inmates at Estill FCI, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1791. United States Magistrate...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 15, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment against Leona M. Dixon (age: 32) of Keshena, Wisconsin, charging her with one count of theft of property in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Sections 661 and 1153. If convicted, the defendant faces a sentence of up to 5 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and up to 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Michael Alan Carver, age 30, from Collinsville, Illinois was sentenced to eighteen 18 months in prison for the offense of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today. Additionally, Carver was ordered to serve three years supervised release following his release from prison and ordered to pay restitution totaling $7,655.28.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: A Guyanese national was convicted following a federal jury trial on charges stemming from his leadership and participation in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Vera Kuzmenko, 46, of Loomis, today to 14 years in prison for multiple counts of mail and wire fraud, witness tampering, and money laundering associated with her involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost financial institutions over $16 million, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced today that United States District Court Judge James M. Moody Jr. sentenced Kattie Jordan, 51, of Dermott, to more than five years in federal prison for her role in the widespread scheme to steal money intended for feeding children in low income areas.
