News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Six co-conspirators have been sentenced. Six of nine defendants expected to be sentenced this week for conspiring to provide material support to ISIL have now been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. HAMZA AHMED, 21, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison. ADNAN FARAH, 20, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michelle Cho, an officer of Far East Construction Corporation (Far East) and other construction companies, pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of conspiring to commit wire fraud. Cho also agreed to pay forfeiture in the amount of $169,166 and pay a criminal fine in the amount of $35,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Nov. 15 (Manchester) - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Manchester will be the fifth city in the Nation to initiate a comprehensive Diversion Control, Law Enforcement and Prevention “360 Degree Strategy" to help cities dealing with the fentanyl, heroin, and prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Shawn Preston Previously admitted to Illegally Possessing a Firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif. -- A shooting area along Iron Mountain Road in the Keswick Area west of Redding will be temporarily closed Wednesday, Nov. 30, while crews from the Bureau of Land Management are working in the area.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing as part of the ongoing Disrupter Series to examine the potential of self-driving cars. The hearing provided an opportunity to better understand how this innovative...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Breeannyn Nicole Pederson, 26, of Parma, Idaho was sentenced today to 18 months for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Following her period of imprisonment, she will be placed on three years of supervised release. Pederson was indicted on December 8, 2015, in a superseding indictment and entered her guilty plea on June 2, 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta is encouraging travelers to Fly Smart this holiday season.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: The study, conducted by NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS), established a national baseline for monitoring the effects of climate change on estuaries. NERRS conducted this study at 16 sites in 13 coastal states.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Nov. 14, 2016, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced BGF leader Mark Bazemore, a/k/a Uncle Mark, age 31, of Baltimore, to life in prison for racketeering and drug conspiracies related to his Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang activities. Judge Bredar sentenced Michael...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE - A Drug Enforcement (DEA) led task force conducted raids at 14 locations across King and Pierce Counties, as well as locations in Oregon, following a two-year investigation of a drug trafficking organization. Law enforcement searched residential and business locations in Maple Valley, Enumclaw, ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., this week sent a letter to President Obama regarding ongoing delays of agriculture biotechnology product approvals in China.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Derek Lamar Reddick, 28, of Boynton Beach, Florida, was sentenced to 235 months in prison yesterday afternoon for sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to transport a minor for prostitution. After incarceration, Reddick will serve a 20-year term of supervised release and be...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tracey Beaver, 38, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Pinehill, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to involuntary manslaughter charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two Eagle Butte, South Dakota, women convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury were sentenced on November 7, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding possible FCC decisions during the presidential transition.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that President-elect Trump may request top secret security clearances for his children...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced they will begin another round of discussions and analysis on the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) project with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners and Dakota Access, LLC. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is awarding $200 million to more than 70 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand export markets for U.S. farm and food products through the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program.
