News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Matthew Voloshin, 30, of East Haven was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking marijuana and unlawfully possessing firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - Winds and weather cooperated this afternoon for a successful recovery off the south flank of Mount Rainier. Attempts earlier in the week were suspended due to high and erratic winds on the upper mountain preventing safe operations. A ground crew of four rangers climbed to the unresponsive individual at 10,600 feet on the Gibraltar Ledges route where they worked with the crew of a Hughes 530F out of Northwest Helicopters to accomplish the mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Alabama Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography Involving Multiple Victims.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement ahead of the upcoming nuclear security summit in Washington...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha today announced the filing of federal criminal charges against five individuals for their alleged roles in the operation of butane hash oil (BHO) labs in Rhode Island. At a news conference to announce results of several joint federal, state and ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. -. The Bureau of Reclamation will conduct negotiations for a storage contract with the city of Fernley, Nevada. Under Title II of Public Law 101-618, Section. 205(b)(1), Reclamation is authorized to enter into contracts for the use of space in Truckee River reservoirs. Contracts must...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing a bank in Prairie Village, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Throughout April, Acadia Centennial Partners will host many special events to celebrate the park's 100th anniversary.The events include a book launch for Creating Acadia National Park at the Jesup Library in Bar Harbor from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on April 7, and a youth writing workshop with Island Readers...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - More than 15 defendants, including three fathers and their sons, are facing federal or state drug charges for their alleged roles in dealing wholesale amounts of heroin and cocaine in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, authorities announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation and the Crow Tribe have entered into a Storage Allocation Agreement Wednesday, March 30, 2016 which defines the terms and conditions for the Tribe to utilize their stored water from Bighorn Lake near Fort Smith, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today returned conspiracy and armed carjacking charges against the surviving member of a Missouri couple that was sought for crimes in four states earlier this year before being apprehended in a hail of gunfire in Florida in February, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: California Wholesale Executive Pleads Guilty for Role in $9 Million Bank Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: The proposed rule is available at www.blm.gov/plan2.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Trevor John Satrom, 33, from Oran, Iowa, has been charged with one count of possession of a National Firearms Destructive Device Not Registered to Possessor.¬ The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on March 23, 2016, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced the filing of federal criminal charges against five individuals for their alleged roles in the operation of butane hash (BHO) labs...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Donald Frey, 31, of Easton, Pennsylvania, was charged yesterday by Indictment with one count of possession of destructive devices, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Northampton County District Attorney John M. Morganelli. The defendant is alleged to have knowingly possessed two destructive devices, specifically two pipe bombs, on Jan. 10, 2014, in Lower Saucon Township, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument will sponsor an 8-week long Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program this summer. Youths 15 to 18 are encouraged to apply, provided that they do not reach their 19th birthday before August 5, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jordan Gilmore, Wade, North Carolina, was sentenced to 70 months in prison. Gilmore previously pled guilty to recruiting two Kentucky people and driving them to Missouri, Colorado, Indiana, Illinois and other states to steal mail and pass altered checks. He appeared today in St. Louis for sentencing before United States District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, along with Matthew Barden, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 20th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Cody Hiland, Van Buren County Sheriff Scott Bradley, and...
