News from March 2016
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - On Tuesday, March 29, in Chicago, the U.S. Department of Energy will host the first of eight public meetings around the country intended to help design its consent-based siting process for federal facilities to manage our nation's nuclear waste. These meetings are intended to allow the public, communities, states, Tribal Nations and others to help inform the Department’s thinking as it develops this process.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the Administration's announcement of new sanctions against individuals and entities who have supported Iran's ballistic-missile program and facilitated Iranian-sponsored terrorism...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Holyoke man and a Chicopee man were charged in U.S. District Court in Springfield yesterday in connection with operating a scheme to transport drugs and cash between Texas and western Massachusetts that were concealed in secret compartments of vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Guilty Plea Related to King Range National Conservation Area Environmental Damage Caused by Illegal Marijuana Cultivation Operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite and FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey S. Sallet announced that ROY AUSTIN, 69, of St. Tammany Parish and a retired Colonel of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office (“OPSO"), was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON - Timothy M. Longmeyer, the former Secretary of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, solicited and accepted over $200,000 in kickbacks during his tenure, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are advising people to exercise caution as flows will be increasing daily along the Boise River beginning Tuesday, March 29, from current flows of 250 cubic-feet-per-second at the Glenwood Bridge to approximately 2,250 cfs by Friday, April 1.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada is accepting nominations for open positions on its three Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) until April 29, 2016.Resource Advisory Councils are citizen-based groups that make recommendations to the BLM regarding public land and resource management, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio indicted 126 people on firearms charges last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Steven Joshua Dinkle, 30, a former Exalted Cyclops of the Ozark, Alabama chapter of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), was arraigned in federal court on March 22, 2016 on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. The arraignment follows an indictment by a federal grand jury earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOHN TOKOSH, age 54, from Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to smuggle turtles out of the United States and to violation of the Lacey Act, as well as using a fictitious name and address in a mailing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JOSHUA JOHN KILLBLANE, age 33, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: Operation "Home Of The Brave" Charges Include Drug Conspiracy, Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Methamphetamine Distribution, Use Of A Communication Device In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking, And Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn tax preparer pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns without her clients’ knowledge and pocket the excess refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: Woman in contact with nannies4hire.com and care.com produced child pornography of an infant at another man's request.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 23, 2016, Jamarcus Lavelle Jackson, 26, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison. Jackson was previously convicted at trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - After four preventable work-related deaths since March 9, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging Husker state employers to carefully review safety and health programs, and their procedures to stem the tragic tide.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS:Natchez Trace Parkway Chief Ranger Sarah Davis has received the Southeast Region's first award to recognize performance excellence among chief rangers. The Southeast Region encompasses about 66 parks that range in size from large national parks to smaller historic sites.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: New Report from USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service Helps Communities Measure the Economic Benefits of Local Food Investments With Real-World Examples and Measurement Tactics CHICAGO, March 24, 2016 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled a new resource created by the U.S. Department of ...
