News from March 2016
By DOT News Wire | Mar 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, version 4.1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Fourteen people have been charged in a federal indictment alleging a large-scale conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes. Twelve of the fourteen defendants were arrested earlier today, and the two remaining defendants are expected to surrender in the near future. The indictment had been returned on Feb. 18, 2016, but remained sealed until the arrests today. The defendants are primarily from New York and the Atlanta area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Nevada has charged 14 additional defendants in connection with the armed assault against federal law enforcement officers that occurred in the Bunkerville, Nevada, area on April 12, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former director of information technology for Clarkson Construction Company was sentenced in federal court today for a $442,000 fraud scheme in which he used the firm’s credit card to purchase equipment that he re-sold for personal profit.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Aubrey Brown, IV, 40, of Woodbridge, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The 2016 theme for Women’s History Month which runs through March honors women who have shaped America’s history and its future through their public service and government leadership. Iowa had such a leader in Eunice Viola “Ola" Babcock Miller. Today the United States Attorney’s Office commemorated the month with an examination of this leader’s great accomplishments during a program at the federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced today Michael Lewis, 36, to 75 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez ordered Lewis to pay a $100 special assessment and perform 400 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Radames Perez, 38, of Springfield, was arrested today after being indicted on Feb. 4, 2016 in U.S. District Court in Springfield for distributing cocaine and conspiring to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 36-year-old Baltimore, MD man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: In El Paso today, 40-year-old Barrio Azteca member Roberto Meza was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for his role in a racketeering enterprise. Meza was the 17th and final defendant to be sentenced to federal prison as a result of this investigation.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced 29 appointments to the National Potato Promotion Board. Each representative will serve for three years beginning March 1, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Seasonally low lake levels have exposed quagga mussels on Lake Powell's rocky shorelines. Eventually, quagga mussel shells will also wash up on beaches. Quagga mussel shells are very sharp and can cut through skin, clothing and pet paws. Wearing water shoes and preventing pets from walking in quagga infested areas are good recommendations for Lake Powell shorelines. Pets must be restrained on a leash not exceeding six feet in length as required by regulation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Thirteen individuals, most from the Wichita Falls, Texas, area, charged in a federal indictment with offenses stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, remain in federal custody after making their initial appearances in federal court in Fort...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On March 1, 2016, defendant Diomedes Joshua Alcantara-Troche was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jay A. Garcia-Gregory to serve a term of imprisonment of 2 years, and 3 years of supervised released, for his participation in an extortion scheme, announced today Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: I want to thank our witnesses for testifying today. I know Mr. Wehrey just returned, I think maybe this morning from Libya or last night, with pretty fresh input. We appreciate that very much.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS - William Kristofer Wolf, 53, of Bozeman, Montana, was sentenced today in Billings federal court for the illegal possession of an unregistered machine gun. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Watters sentenced Wolf to 72 months incarceration and 3 years supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
Release: During a recent trip to Haiti, FAS Administrator Phil Karsting had the opportunity to see USDA school feeding efforts in action. He joined U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Peter Mulrean and U.S. Senate staff members on a visit to the National School of Ganthier, outside Port-au-Prince, where the World Food Program is providing healthy and nutritious meals to 600 students with the support of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program.
