News from September 2016
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Sep 13, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – Airlines reported 11 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and 10 tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in July, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today. All reported extended tarmac delays are investigated by the Department.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking applications for grants to improve health care in the Delta Region. Nearly $4.4 million in grant funding is available through the Delta Health Care Services Grant Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Shreveport man was sentenced to 97 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing the firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Mexican citizen pleaded guilty last week to a charge that he reentered the United States illegally four times.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement on news that the United States and Israel have agreed to a new 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on military assistance.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised the Office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for challenging billions worth of illegal Chinese subsidies for wheat and other agricultural products, in a new trade case filed with the World Trade Organization (WTO).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jerold “Rocco" Walker, 39, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Junipher Sayers, formerly Junipher Layne, (34, Cape Coral) to three years in federal prison for wire fraud. The Court also ordered her to repay $1,132,160.91 in restitution to the victim, Tigrent, Inc., and an additional $1,132,160.91 to the United States in forfeiture, representing the proceeds she obtained as a result of the offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement on the House Democratic Caucus confirming Congressman Matt Cartwright’s appointment to the Committee on Appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: “This Office will continue to utilize federal resources to protect the public from those who would harm our children," said U.S. Attorney Hochul.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Grayson man pleaded guilty last week to manufacturing and selling firearm silencers.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces that FX10 International Inc. is the selected bidder for the Markley Cove Marina business opportunity at Lake
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Rochester, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jennifer Passeck, 26, pleaded guilty to theft of public money before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The British man who seized the firearm of a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer at a Donald Trump rally in June, pleaded guilty today to two felony charges and will be sentenced in December, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Nathan Robert Wesley Johnson, age 26, of West Fork, was sentenced today to 300 months imprisonment followed by 25 years of supervised release for Production of Child Pornography. The sentencing hearing took place before the Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following the administration’s announcement of a new 10-year military assistance package to Israel, the House of Representatives today passed a measure offered by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) supporting U.S. efforts to ensure Israel maintains its qualitative military edge and ability to defend itself from all threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Rickie Gonzalez, 51, of Campbell, and Michael Zarlingo, 55, of Struthers, with bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Visitors and local residents gather nightly at the Jaggar Museum observation deck in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park to watch the lava lake spatter and glow within the summit crater of Kīlauea volcano, vying for the best parking spot and vantage point.
