News from March 2016
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We write to commend you for your decision to travel to Buenos Aires in March to meet with newly elected President Mauricio Macri. As you work to renew the partnership between the United States and Argentina, we would like to suggest that you use this visit as an opportunity to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT/MONROE/ALEXANRIA/LAKE CHARLES/LAFAYETTE, La.: United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana Stephanie A. Finley and the Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force announced today that the Department of Justice, the Office of Justice Programs and the Bureau of Justice Assistance is seeking applications for funding of a grant under the Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program, also known as Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The DOE-NE Voucher Program for eligible small businesses is open for applications. As part of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative, the NE Voucher program will provide up to $2 million in this pilot year for access to expertise, knowledge, and facilities...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former supervisor with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) who conspired with his ex-wife to smuggle goods into the United States in exchange for bribes has been sentenced to serve 45 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of LEVI DAVID LINDEMANN, 40, for stealing from investment advisory clients. LINDEMANN was indicted on Dec. 22, 2015, for one count of mail fraud and one count of money laundering. He pleaded guilty today to the entire indictment against him before U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minn. A sentencing date has not yet been determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Kenneth Grandison, 42, of Pensacola, pled guilty late yesterday to conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to utilize a telephone facility to further a drug trafficking offense. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Sholondrell Taylor has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds in a $1.6 million food stamp fraud scheme. Taylor’s stores allowed customers to exchange their food stamps for cash, buying Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) vouchers at less than face value and redeeming them at full price.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that walnuts have fewer calories than previously thought.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to associate myself with your comments about our jurisdiction.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a competitive oil and gas lease sale on March 8, at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Grand Exposition Hall, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno. Registration and assignment of bidding numbers begins at 8 a.m. and the sale begins at 9 a.m. The oil and gas sale includes...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Ted Duckett, age 31, of Landover, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for: conspiracy to commit a commercial robbery; conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Francis J. Moloney, an Irish citizen living in Marlborough, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to one count of misuse of a social security number. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for June 16, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor in support of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). Murray emphasized the importance of including...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Darlene E. Bush, 48, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court on charges that she conspired to possess methamphetamine ice for distribution during 2013 and 2014. Court documents reveal that Bush sold drugs...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Ted Duckett, age 31, of Landover, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for: conspiracy to commit a commercial robbery; conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opened the nomination period for Round 16 project proposals funded under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). The nomination period opens on March 1 and closes April 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Cyberstalker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Leslie Chin (Punta Gorda, 35) guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five or more kilograms of cocaine and a substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 6, 2016.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing on a set of programs that tap into one of our best attributes as a nation. National service is a core American value. It makes this country exceptional. Service provides an unparalleled richness for those that participate, and gives citizens the greatest potential to change the face of the communities they serve.
