News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jeremy Scott Danielson, 35, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to striking a California Highway Patrol plane with a powerful green laser beam, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: TRENTON N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted shoplifting Barnes and Noble merchandise, selling the goods on eBay and failing to report the illicit proceeds to the IRS, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Convicted sex offender Richard Doman, 47, of Lorain, Ohio, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison after he failed to properly update his registration status, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
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 6, 2016
News Release: 31 Dogs Seized by Law Enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program at Catoctin Mountain Park.This is an exciting opportunity for high school students to spend their summer doing meaningful work in a National Park site!The YCC program is scheduled to last for eight weeks beginning on June 27, 2016 and ending on Aug. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2016
News Release: MIAMI - Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, (PBSO) announce the filing of federal charges against nine defendants...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA -The National Park Service (NPS) and The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) today launched a new online What's Out There Cultural Landscapes Guide to Philadelphia, the first of four new online What's Out There Cultural Landscapes Guides begin created in honor of the NPS' 100th anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Authorities from Ohio and Marshall Counties in West Virginia recovered large quantities of prescription painkillers and United States currency today when they arrested Suhip E. Ebrahim, 26, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2016
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA -.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 4, 2016 – Today, the Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research (ICHNR) released the first Nutrition Research Roadmap designed to guide federal nutrition research. The 2016-2021 National Nutrition Research Roadmap encourages an increased focus on research that can lead to more individualized advice for promoting health and preventing disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Corderro Cody, 28, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for running a sex trafficking operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia indicted a woman for impersonating an FBI special agent in connection with an international lottery fraud scheme based in Jamaica, the Department of Justice announced today. Vania Lee Allen, 30, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the city of Fort Worth, Texas, has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that Fort Worth discriminated against persons with disabilities when it refused to allow a group home for individuals recovering from drug and alcohol addiction to operate in a single family residential zone in the city.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Middle District of North Carolina returned an indictment March 1 charging a Greensboro, North Carolina couple, who operated an online sales business with tax fraud as well as bank and wire fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: A federal judge in Colorado has ordered a tax return preparer to be held in custody until he closes his tax preparation business. At the conclusion of a hearing today, Senior District Court Judge John L. Kane for the District of Colorado found Gerardo Herrera in contempt for violating an earlier order ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Department of Justice Spokesman Kevin Lewis released the following statement on the department’s measures to increases access to counsel for individuals facing removal proceedings in immigration court: “As the Justice Department works to safeguard American security, we are equally committed to upholding American values, including the protection of vulnerable populations.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON--The federal banking agencies today issued an advisory to clarify expectations for the use of property evaluations by banking institutions. The advisory responds to questions raised during outreach meetings held by the agencies last year pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday proposed a rule to address the risk associated with excessive credit exposures of large banking organizations to a single counterparty. As demonstrated during the financial crisis, large credit exposures, particularly between financial institutions, can spread financial distress and undermine financial stability.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the February 2016 Employment Situation report released today: “February’s report demonstrates the nation’s continued economic vitality, with the addition of 242,000 new jobs. The longest recorded streak of private-sector ...
