News from October 2016
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: This extensive study of the Hawaiian deep coral reefs, known as mesophotic coral ecosystems, led to some incredible finds published recently in the scientific journal PeerJ. offsite link These mesophotic coral ecosystems, the deepest of the light-dependent coral reef communities found between 100 and...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: The Outer Banks Group is closely monitoring the path of Hurricane Matthew. As of 8:00 am today, regional forecasts show that Hurricane Matthew is projected to approach and impact the Outer Banks at the end of this week. Park staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial are currently preparing for potential storm impacts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - After a five-day trial, on Sept. 30, 2016, a federal jury on St. Croix convicted Lt. Col. Kenneth Alleyne, of wire fraud, theft of government money, and making a false statement to the government, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former president and CEO of the Sherman Oaks-based Morgan Peabody, Inc. brokerage and investment firm was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for federal wire fraud charges stemming from an investment scam in which defendant misappropriated nearly $6 million from more than 100 investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Bruce D. Brandler, former Chief of the Criminal Division, has been appointed United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania effective Oct. 2, 2016. Mr. Brandler was appointed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a deceased female that was found in a tributary of Mud Creek in Ottawa County, Ohio on Oct. 22, 1975. On Oct. 22, 1975, at approximately 6:10 p.m., two hunters came...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.- White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan and U.S. Forest Service (FS) leadership today hosted anational media call on wildfire activity in California and nationally. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s flawed and lackluster priorities related to improving forest health and mitigating increasingly catastrophic wildfire.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Tavon Slowe, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 27 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for charges arising from two murder for hire contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - John Baker Rose, 75, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was arrested today in St. Paul after a grand jury in Fresno, California returned a three-count indictment charging him with online coercion and enticement, interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and receipt of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | October 4, 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- As part of the Department of Justice’s commitment to building stronger relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve, on Tuesday, October 4, the District of South Carolina U.S. Attorney’s Office held a day long series of round table discussions and...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: On Oct. 2, a 55 year old male was caught in a rip current and pulled into the ocean off a Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach in Salvo. Chicamacomico Banks Water Rescue and the United States Coast Guard responded quickly, but were unable to locate the swimmer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - George H. Bell, former Georgia Department of Transportation (“G-DOT") Assistant Area Maintenance Foreman, was sentenced today to four and a half years’ imprisonment for accepting bribe payments in exchange for allowing more than 2,600 dump truckloads of unsuitable dirt to be dumped in DeKalb County, resulting in substantial environmental damage and more than $1.5 million in clean-up costs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument plans to implement a prescribed burn on approximately 180 acres of monument land along the northern boundary adjacent to Teller County Road 1.The primary goal for the project is to reduce accumulated hazardous forest fuels and to create a buffer near the monument's northern boundary to help protect adjacent neighbors and communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - After a one-day trial, on October 4, 2016, a federal jury on St. Thomas convicted Tomas Liriano Castillo, 44, of Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver and Illegal Entry, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Tavon Slowe, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 27 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for charges arising from two murder for hire contracts.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: A beautiful October day coupled with a great group of area residents and BLM Worland Field Office staff resulted in a fun and successful National Public Lands Day event at the Castle Gardens Recreation Area near Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A Southwest Virginia resident, who previously pled guilty to charges related to the manufacturing of methamphetamine, was sentenced on Sept. 30, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia at Abingdon, Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. and Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced.
