News from March 2016
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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that the DEA will host a Pharmacy Diversion Awareness (PDAC) in Wilmington, Delaware as part of the DEA’s mission to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury today indicted Dontae Small, age 42 of Baltimore, on charges of conspiracy, carjacking, and destruction of government property, after he allegedly rammed a stolen car into a security gate at the National Security Agency in Ft. Meade, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Melissa Daley, 45, of Nashport, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 12 months and one day in prison and ordered to pay approximately $103,000 in restitution and a $25,000 fine for filing a false income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), wire fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Defendant had approximately 27,000 victims’ personal identifying information in his possession.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is initiating the 2016 basin study selection process and requests letters of interest from eligible non-federal entities interested in participating in a new basin study. A short letter of interest is due to the respective regional office by April 4, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Grand Teton National Park biologists have detailed a new long-distance mule deer migration route that spans two states and traverses the Teton Range. The route was the latest of four long-distance migrations that park biologists have documented since 2013 in an effort to better understand mule deer, the routes they use to access winter ranges, and conservation risks along those routes.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. electric energy industry comprises more than 7,000 power plants representing 1,151,812 megawatts of generation connected to more than 360,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines. Understanding the basics of this industry, specifically transmission...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Randy A. Collins, 44, of Scituate, RI, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence to interstate travel for illicit sexual conduct, admitting to the court that on Sept. 2, 2015, he left his place of employment in Franklin, Mass., during his workday, to meet with and have sexual...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Jackson, TN - A Jackson man who fatally shot his wife has been sentenced federally for unlawful possession of multiple firearms. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Marangola, who handled the case, stated that in February 2015, the Rochester Police Department was alerted to text message communications between the defendant and a 14 year old girl as well as the exchange of provocative photographs on Facebook. The minor victim later told police that the two exchanged naked photos and one video.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Today’s hearing focuses on whether the Supreme Court’s articulation of judicial deference in Chevron is a concept that should be retained in federal administrative law. I believe the Chevron doctrine should be retained for several reasons.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement applauding the Obama Administration for removing the Atlantic Ocean from the proposed 2017-2022 offshore oil and gas drilling program. The previous version of the program included leasing federal waters to oil and gas companies off the coasts of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Jeffrey Sean Nazari, age 44, of Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to charges of distributing a controlled substance analogue, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Nazari admitted that death resulted from the use of the acetyl fentanyl analogue that he distributed.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Devils Tower Climbing Routes Temporarily Closed to Protect Nesting Falcons.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office announces spring 2016 park events and Park Ranger interpretive programs at Lake Berryessa in
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- On March 14, 2016, Tito Charles, 30, of Greeneville, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Charles will be supervised for 10 years by U.S. Probation.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: EDGERTON, Wis. - Some may argue the belief that the number "13" brings misfortune is just superstition, but there is no doubt that fall safety violations by a Wisconsin roofing contractor found in 13 inspections in 10 years are a tragedy waiting to happen. Falls are a leading cause of death in the construction industry, accounting for nearly 40 percent * of fatalities in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Joseph Rosko, III, 36, of Ambler, PA, was charged by Information, filed on Feb. 19, 2016, with misapplication of bank funds and conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources members issued the following statements in response to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program proposal for 2017-2022.
