News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - CHRISTOPHER MINOR, 32, of Newalla, Oklahoma, was sentenced by United States District Judge David L. Russell to serve 120 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee for April 25-26, 2016, in Washington, D.C. The Outreach and Training Work Groups will meet April 25 and the full committee will meet April 26.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: For the third season, a group of University of Vermont students traveled to the Outer Banks to assist the National Park Service with service-oriented cleanup projects as part of the Alternative Spring Break program. These energetic, young students performed valuable work and provided much-needed assistance...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Gathering shed antlers is a popular and lucrative activity for many people--with antlers used for items ranging from chandeliers, to knife handles, to dog chews. It is that time of year again for monument staff to remind antler hunters that all objects, including deer, elk, and moose antlers, within...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: On March 22, 2016, Ryan L. Gibbs, a/k/a "Blood," 37, of Carbondale, was sentenced for a cocaine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Two leaders of Colombia’s largest and most influential BACRIM (banda criminal or criminal group), CLAN USUGA (formerly referred to as Los Urabeños), were sentenced to 20 and 24 year prison terms for their involvement in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. It is celebrated during March, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -A dust devil tore through Texas Springs Campground on the afternoon of Monday, March 28, causing property damage and one injury.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Employers name: Landfried Paving Inc., 172 Crestview Drive, Greenville, Pennsylvania
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced today Jemichael Lovelle Strong, 34, of Charlotte, to seven years in prison, followed by two years of supervised release on firearms charges for robbing a Charlotte-area bank in July 2015, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Today, former Tallassee, Alabama, Assistant Police Chief, Chris Miles, 41, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for depriving a suspect of his federally protected rights by beating the suspect with a phone book-sized packet of paper during an interrogation and then lying about the incident to an FBI agent investigating the matter. Miles was also sentenced for selling marijuana that he stole from the police evidence room.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary McDonald: How are you, Mr. Secretary? I’m writing to you today to request information regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (the VA’s) efforts to address the closure and bankruptcy of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Corinthian). Specifically, I seek to better understand how the VA...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston residents and one man from Brownsville have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the attempted smuggling of a large amount of U.S. currency. Victor Flores, 45, and José Juan Saavedra, 40, both of Houston, and Ricardo Cavazos-Garza, 51, of Brownsville, previously pleaded guilty in August 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that BINDER TAL, BALDEV TAL, a/k/a “David Tal," a/k/a “Ashok Kumar," and SHARIFUL MINTU each pled guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud before U.S. District Court Judge Vincent L. Briccetti.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a final rule that updates requirements for personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers in general industry, shipyards, longshoring, marine terminals and construction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today that, effective immediately, Department of Justice Equitable Sharing payments will resume to local and state law enforcement agencies throughout the Northern District of West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A multi-convicted felon, Roderick Johnson, 35, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor to 10 years in federal prison, following his conviction at trial in December 2015 on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a "piezo-optomechanical circuit" that converts signals among optical, acoustic and radio waves. A system based on this design could move and store information in next-generation computers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 42-year-old man residing in Navasota has been detained on charges of production, transportation and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released Final Environmental Documents for the proposed long-term water transfers by Arvin-Edison Water Storage District, Lower Tule River Irrigation District, and Terra Bella River Irrigation District to the County of Fresno for delivery to the proposed...
