News from March 2016
By DOT News Wire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: USDOT Launches National Transit Map Initiative. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has launched an initiative to create a National Transit Map, which is a critical missing element in the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. The National Transit Map will display stops, routes, and schedules ...
By DOT News Wire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Comprehensive training to emphasize safety and driving efficiency, resulting in lives saved, emissions and vehicle maintenance cost reductions, and industry-wide performance improvements
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Eli Traufield, age 42, of Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, was ordered held without bond by U.S. Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang earlier this week after being arrested based on an indictment alleging the distribution and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Division...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Columbia, SC - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Brandon Jamar Samuels age 31 of Columbia, South Carolina, was found guilty after a jury trial of conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. According to testimony presented during the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Leo Grondin, 49, of Biddeford, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 51 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for transporting an individual in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution. Grondin pleaded guilty on Sept. 29, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The next commercial-free day at Haleakalā National Park will occur on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 (Nana, Muku Moon). As specified in the park's Commercial Services Plan, commercial-free days are opportunities for Kanaka Maoli to conduct traditional cultural practices in the park without commercial tours present.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo.-The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council Oil and Gas sub-group will meet Wednesday, March 16, at the Montezuma County Annex (107 N. Chestnut St.) in Cortez at 10 a.m. and at the Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School (11274 Colorado Hwy. 140) in Hesperus at 6 p.m. This is the third public meeting to discuss federal oil and gas leasing and a potential master leasing plan in western La Plata and eastern Montezuma counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: A Boca Raton attorney pled guilty to evading the payment of approximately $1,501,724 in income tax due to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for calendar years 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2004 through 2007, by concealing his income, assets, and liabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Dr. Richard Ferdinand Toussaint, Jr. Practiced at Forest Park Medical Center and Doctors Hospital in Dallas.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Dear Chairman Broadbent: The Committee on Ways and Means is interested in obtaining current information on relevant factors affecting the global competitiveness of the U.S. aluminum industry. The U.S. aluminum industry remains a globally successful producer of aluminum products. A healthy and growing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Corderro Cody, 28, of Allentown, PA, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for running a sex trafficking operation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Cody pleaded guilty on Oct. 30, 2015, to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, 12...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Case Is One of Many Using Hobbs Act to Combat Violence in Southern Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Deon Dovell Roberts, age 35, of Fairfax, South Carolina was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment in federal court. On Nov. 2, 2015, Roberts plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud/cause a train wreck/interfere with...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 12 members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. The appointees will serve for three years beginning immediately and ending on Dec. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Defendant’s Brother Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Related Offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s February 2016 jobs report...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook including high winds and heavy rains. A series of systems will move through this region and include the following areas of concern.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced for drug trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: There's a new and expanded Arts residency program at the Gettysburg National Military Park. In 2016, the National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF), through the generous support of The Gettysburg Foundation, and with the cooperation of the National Park Service, is bringing eight innovative artists to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Byron McCollum, age 68, of Lake Worth, Florida, was convicted, following a four-day jury trial, on March 3, 2016, for the June 2, 2015 armed robbery of Regions Bank on Veterans Parkway in Columbus, announced Acting U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman, III. The Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge presided over the trial in Columbus.
