News from November 2016
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Civil War Christmas at Ferry Hill Plantation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John Coffin, aka “Body," age 47, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 125 months in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A Greene County, New York, woman pled guilty today to stealing at least $3.1 million from Cargill, Inc. (“Cargill") over 10 years and causing at least $25 million in losses. The woman was an accounting manager at Cargill, the country’s largest privately held corporation, based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A Montgomery woman was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for her involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was invited to participate at the Pacific Islands Law Officers Network (PILON) Meeting in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on October 25-28, 2016. PILON is a network of senior public law officers...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy today announced nearly $25 million for 13 projects aimed at advancing technologies for energy-efficient electric motors through applied research and development. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Next Generation Electric Machines projects will...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Three years ago 21st Century Cures started as an idea. The goal: to bring our health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st century, delivering hope for patients and their loved ones, and providing the necessary resources to researchers who are looking to discover the next generation of cures and treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Kody Ray Gibbs, 29, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 78 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release, for possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Gibbs pleaded guilty on June 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Jonathan Robert Blackman, age 32, of Frederick, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, powder and crack cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the appointment of Lisa Zornberg as Chief of the Office’s Criminal Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: 21st Century Cures is an innovation game-changer. This legislation brings our health care infrastructure into the 21st century, delivering much needed hope for patients and their loved ones. It accelerates the cycle of discovering, developing, and delivering new cures and treatments and ensures that America remains the global leader in biomedical innovation. The bill provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help researchers change the way we fight disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Willie Griffin, 44, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Griffin will be sentenced to five years in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Joshua Francisco Miranda, age 29, of Waldorf, Maryland, admitted committing two bank robberies in March 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Amy Hakola, 42, of Orono, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to allowing her residence to be used as a place to use powder cocaine and to distribute cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Phoenix, Ariz. - The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is extending the public comment period for the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Navajo Generating Station - Kayenta Mine Complex. The new deadline for interested groups and individuals to provide comments is Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. The original open public comment period was scheduled to close November 29. 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -- Craig Kenkel, Superintendent of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, has been appointed Acting General Superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and a coalition of law enforcement agencies and community groups will host the 8th Annual Cyber Crime Prevention Symposium tomorrow. The day-long seminar for more than 400 educators, parents, and middle and high school students is being held at the California Endowment in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Adam Flanagan, of Bala Cynwyd was charged on Nov. 22, 2016, by Indictment[1] with twelve counts of damaging protected computers announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park is proposing to redesign the South Entrance Monument site and adjacent parking area in order to enhance visitor safety, expand cultural resource protection measures and help mitigate factors contributing to vehicle congestion experienced at the South Entrance. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Former Healthcare Employee Sentenced to Prison for Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme.
