News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today, that Michael Johnson of East St. Louis, Illinois pled guilty in federal district court to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, and coercion and three counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Marcos Antonio Rodriguez-Mejia, a/k/a, Brady Rodriguez-Cruz, 33, of Irving, Texas was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle for his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy involving a 12 year old female. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, MD (March 11, 2016) - Capping a collaboration between federal, state and local law enforcement partners, prosecutors with the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Unit and the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Violent Crimes Section have secured state and federal grand jury indictments against 21 individuals. Sixteen defendants have been charged with state narcotics trafficking offenses, and five are facing federal narcotics trafficking charges.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation plans to increase releases below Nimbus Dam into the lower American River from 15,000 cubic feet per second to 20,000 cfs to manage space in Folsom Reservoir to accommodate inflows from Sierra runoff. Additional releases may be required based on actual and forecasted inflows into the reservoir.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Tomato Specialties LLC, doing business as The Avocado Company International.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: A project to improve and repair the popular Sulphur Banks Trail and boardwalk in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has begun.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Fire officials from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Unit are planning a number of prescribed fires this spring if the conditions are right.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: The Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC) announced that it is seeking input from the public on “crisis situations" that involve the Cleveland Police to gather information that will be used to help develop police policies. The MHRAC, in partnership with the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Division...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will perform drilling operations at the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam in support of the Crow Tribe hydropower development project. The drilling operations will be conducted from March 22 through March 31, 2016, pending weather and unexpected delays.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in conjunction with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office seized two stolen Indian statues Friday, believed to be from the 8th and 10th centuries A.D. The artifacts were recovered...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MATTHEW VADO was sentenced in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, March 9, to 30 years in prison for production, receipt, and possession of child pornography. VADO pled guilty to eight counts of producing...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of March 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that James Levesque, 55, of Sanford, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 8 months in prison and three years of supervised release for distribution of oxycodone. Levesque pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 28, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mohammed Ali, 54, of Herndon, and Obdayel Hoque, 49, of Alexandria, who owned and operated multiple Subway restaurant franchises in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns. Mohammed Rahman, 43, and Mohammed Siddique, 53, both of Alexandria, also pleaded guilty in the case.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS:The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on March 26, 2016. The demonstrations will show the challenges faced and creative solutions developed by those Americans who lived in the area from the 1700s to around 1840.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jeremy Eaton, 39, of Stonington, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to setting fire to a lobster boat.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Charles Jerome Wiggins, age 25, of Cottage City, Maryland, late yesterday of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today published in the Federal Register a notice identifying and describing Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) proposed within the Desert Renewable Energy Plan (DRECP) area. The public is invited to comment on these ACECs during a 60-day public comment period.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week to examine the fiscal year 2017 budget requests for the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), and the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas man and a Colorado man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to claim more than $254,000 in fraudulent tax refunds.
