News from October 2016
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applications for two funding opportunity announcements, one for Title XVI Authorized Projects and the other for Title XVI Feasibility Studies. The Title XVI Authorized Projects FOA is for entities that have a congressionally authorized Title XVI water reclamation and reuse project. The Title XVI Feasibility Studies FOA is for entities that would like to develop a new water reclamation and reuse feasibility study.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Jasper man for stealing more than $900,000 from Maloy Ford Lincoln and Maloy Automotive Group, which does business as Maloy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Internal Revenue Service Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: MISSOULA - Cordero Robert Metzker, 28, of Billings, Montana, was sentenced today to 36 months’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release for conspiring to distribute controlled substances-methamphetamine and Suboxone-in the Montana State Prison. Chief United States District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen issued the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Oct. 26, 2016, Dallas Wayne Thundershield, 36, Fort Totten, ND, was found guilty following a six-day trial on a four-count Indictment charging him with 2nd Degree Murder, Assault with Intent to Commit Murder, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Matthew T. Martin, 32, from the Springfield area of Vermont, appeared today in federal court in Burlington to plead guilty to a series of violent robberies he committed in 2015 across Vermont and New Hampshire. Martin, who is being detained, appeared before Judge William K. Sessions III to plead guilty to a Superseding Information charging him with eight robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Stephen Eugene Raeuber, 37, of Park Hills, Mo., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held a successful competitive geothermal lease sale in Sacramento on Oct. 26, leasing 41,203.73 acres, helping to meet the nation’s renewable energy goals. The total area leased was comprised of 18 parcels, 4 in Utah and 14 in Nevada and generated...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Tamara Jones, St. Louis, Missouri, was charged with theft of government funds and misappropriation in connection with her service as a fiduciary representative of an area disabled veteran.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: BOISE - United States Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that Assistants United States Attorney (AUSAs) Jack Haycock, Ray Patricco and Nancy Cook 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas; L. Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI; and David Ethredge, Prosecuting Attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial District of Arkansas, announced that fifteen individuals were arrested today by...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Sonny Ray Taylor, 37, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Oct. 20, 2016, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Taylor was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received 144 months of imprisonment, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Defendant Smuggled Thousands of Kilograms of Marijuana from Canada into the United States for Over a Decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - An Irving, Texas, businessman, Narasimha Bhogavalli, 50, was arrested yesterday morning by special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a federal complaint charging him with engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity in connection with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Eric Pfisterer will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: This year marks the 40th anniversary of the U.S. National Arboretum's National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in the nation's capital. The museum began in 1976 when Japan donated 53 bonsai and six viewing stones to the people of the United States to commemorate the U.S. Bicentennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Armed Career Criminal Possessed Three Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-- JILA physicists and colleagues have identified a long-missing piece in the puzzle of exactly how fossil fuel combustion contributes to air pollution and a warming climate. Performing chemistry experiments in a new way, they observed a key molecule that appears briefly during a common chemical reaction in the atmosphere.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of New York, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE") Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), Robert E. Perez, Director, Field Operations New York, U.S. Customs and Border...
