News from March 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter this morning to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy urging her to take immediate action to stop the flow of radioactive water from the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service's Southeast Utah Group (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) has announced an application submission deadline for 2016 commercial use authorizations (CUAs).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A previously convicted felon has been ordered to serve 10 years in federal prison following his convictions for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Doroteo Ray Garcia, 38, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty to the charges Sept. 28, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area recently received a grant to support the park’s Centennial Challenge: 100 Miles for 100 Years. In honor of the National Park Service’s Centennial, Eastern National expanded their funding program to include additional opportunities for programs and initiatives that help visitors connect with America’s national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- The results of the March 2016 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Enrique Martinez Mathews, a former Registered Nurse at Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center Miami, was sentenced on March 2, 2016, to 60 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to altering and falsifying VA Computer Records (obstruction and computer related fraud), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1519 and 1030.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing Tuesday to review the President’s budget request for foreign assistance. The hearing, entitled “Review of the FY 2017 Foreign Assistance Budget: Aligning Interests, Ensuring Effectiveness and Transparency " will take place on Tuesday, March 15 at 10 a.m. in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Marcel Joshua Kiza, 58, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for engaging in a sophisticated scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program. Kiza was ordered to pay $35,187.80 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A previously convicted felon has been ordered to serve 10 years in federal prison following his convictions for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Doroteo Ray Garcia, 38, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty to the charges Sept. 28, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: For Further Information, Contact Assistant U.S. Attorneys Todd Robinson (619) 546-7994 and David Leshner (619) 546-7921.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: “This case demonstrates the ever-growing ways in which the virtual world is intersecting with, and being exploited by, real life crime and criminals," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “Those involved in such illicit activities should know that law enforcement is prepared to track them into the deep and dark portions of the web in order to bring criminals to justice.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 23, of Starkville, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Velasquez and Co-Conspirator Executed Two Brothers in Brentwood on Dec. 18, 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Each year in the spring (March -June) Grand Canyon National Park experiences an increase in turbidity in the drinking water. This increased turbidity is caused by snow melt and spring rains recharging the aquifer and the increased water flows through the rock formations to the point...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney John Walsh, with IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Preston “Cordale" Lamb, discussed IRS fraud scams, focusing on the fraudulent calls threatening arrest if the call recipient fails to pay.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today that table grape producers in California voted to amend their federal marketing order program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: A Broward County resident pled guilty today for his role in a Jamaica based telemarketing fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old Mexican citizen caught entering the U.S. illegally has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jesus Hernandez-Ramos pleaded guilty Jan. 4, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Buffalo National River Urges Visitors to Use Caution When Recreating Due to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Sampling Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Michael Bowman Will Spend 240 Months in Federal Prison.
