News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Defendants Played Role in Bringing Drugs into SW Virginia from China, Florida, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Darnell Lee Washington, aka “Dale," 26, of Leesburg, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his distribution of heroin and fentanyl.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host a special event marking the 10th anniversary of the Fernald remediation on Saturday, Oct. 29, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Fernald Preserve Visitors Center, 7400 Willey Road, Hamilton, OH, 45013. Please join us on the footprint of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon announced that Assistant United States Attorneys Ava Dustin and Ann Rowland will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: FBI Releases 2015 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was charged Tuesday in federal court here with the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Jeffery Anthony Arguello, 47, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 105 months for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also sentenced Arguello to five years supervised release. Arguello pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 2, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) released a report today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), detailing the state of water infrastructure in selected midsize and large cities with declining...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal information was filed today charging a New York man who was staying in northeastern Pennsylvania at the time of his arrest, with attempted sex trafficking of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Ely, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District has concluded the Pancake Emergency Gather. The BLM removed 297 excess wild horses from the Big Sand Spring Valley portion of the Pancake Herd Management Area (HMA), located about 30 miles west of Ely or 80 miles northeast of Tonopah, Nev.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 706,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment here Tuesday charging a Salina man with producing and distributing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with Matthew Barden, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Little Rock District Office; and Jeffrey B. Reed, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - A Fort Worth, Texas, resident, Robert Blaine Harris, 50, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 172 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in July 2016 to an indictment charging one count of enticement of a minor and aiding and abetting, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Canada’s Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) today announced the opening of a new 1 Megawatt Thermal (MWth) facility to test an advanced process to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants. The announcement was made during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility in Ottawa.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial was established to honor those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812, and to celebrate the long-lasting peace between Britain, Canada and the U.S. The Memorial, a Doric column, rising 352 feet over Lake Erie is situated 5 miles...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) released a report today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), detailing the state of water infrastructure in selected midsize and large cities with declining...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Penalties and Interest Add $284,000 to Tax Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 156 collection sites in the Pacific Northwest, operated by 146 local law enforcement agencies and other community partners. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Wayne County, West Virginia business owners pleaded guilty today to federal employment tax charges, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Carol A. Casto for the Southern District of West Virginia.
