News from March 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In the midst of a tumultuous budget and appropriations process, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and all 17 Democrats on the Natural Resources Committee sent a joint letter the Appropriations Committee today to urge full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Thomas J. Drewniak, 38, Eau Claire, Wis., was sentenced Friday, March 4, 2016, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 1 year and a day in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The prison term will be followed by two years of supervised release. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 20, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Simon E. Zablah, 29, of Boca Raton, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Senior Judge Daniel Hurley in West Palm Beach to one year and a day in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to two counts of impersonating a federal official and one count of access device fraud. Zablah was also order to pay $3,500 in restitution.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the Commerce Department’s imposition of a virtual embargo against exports to ZTE, China’s second-largest telecom company...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Christopher Michael Stewart, 40, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 480 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2015 to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Worked With Others to Seek Over $1.5 Million in Fraudulent Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Kirt Omar Gibbs, age 26, of Hyattsville, Maryland today to three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with a conspiracy to distribute marijuana through the U.S. mail by bribing a U.S. Postal Service employee. A federal jury convicted Gibbs on December 7, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - In honor of Women's History Month, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Richard Martinez, Jr., 39, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court for failing to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Martinez was indicted by a federal grand jury on Aug. 11, 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, March 7, 2016 - As schools around the county take part in School Breakfast Week celebrations this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commemorates the 50th anniversary of its School Breakfast Program by shining a light on the positive impacts of school breakfast. Over the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the guilty plea of a Roanoke man to a federal firearms charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Allen, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on March 4, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the guilty plea of a Roanoke man to a federal gun charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Richard W. Mar, 64, of Monterey, California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, and a $2,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announced today that Point Reyes National Seashore is seeking applications for this summer's Youth Conservation Corps Program (YCC).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jacob P. Wheeler, 25, of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an armed bank robbery charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Charles Eugene Allhands, 52, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced today to eight months in prison for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Allhands to serve three years of supervised release. Allhands pleaded guilty on December 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Casey Tyler Nagy, 29, originally of Missouri, was convicted of drug trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. March 10: Live Webinar on Plug-In Electric Vehicle Charging at Colleges and Universities. Webinar Sponsor: Vehicles Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Higher Ed Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Webinar," on Thursday, March 10, from 3:30...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Assault of Intimate Partner by Strangulation.
