News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Maryland man was charged in federal court today with enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity following an Amber Alert issued over the weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $3,617,708.10 contract to Paul Reed Construction Supply, Inc. out of Gering, Neb., for Toe Drain Modification work at Box Butte Dam. Box Butte Dam is located approximately 30 miles northwest of Alliance, Neb., in Dawes County.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced a Bakersfield man to 15 years in prison today for federal hate crimes for firing a shotgun while yelling racist slurs at a Latino man, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division, Thomas Wheeler, and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - Out of the Ashes: Rebirth of a Nation is a living history event to be held at Fort Moultrie on April 29-30, 2017, 9 am - 5 pm each day. Living history demonstrators in period dress will portray life at Fort Moultrie in the years immediately after the American Civil War through living history programs, musket and cannon drills, and flag raising ceremonies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Oliver, 26, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMAR JONES, also known as “Mitch," 35, of formerly of Ansonia and Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin. JONES also was ordered to perform 80 hours of community service during his term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: Today, United States District Court Judge Legrome D. Davis sentenced Ahmed Kamara, 41 of Collingdale, Pennsylvania, to 84 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing false federal income tax returns, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Defendant Kamara pleaded guilty to preparing and filing false federal income tax returns, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft on July 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Newark, New Jersey, has been sentenced in federal court to 180 months in jail and 10 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Candis O’Shaea Lewis, 30, of Dallas has been sentenced 24 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, following her guilty plea in March 2016 to one count of unlawful use of a communication device. Fitzwater ordered Lewis to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on May...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: The BLM Pinedale Field Office regrets to inform the public that a section of Burma Road in Sublette County has washed out.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) scientists have developed a starch-based coating that improves biodegradability and water resistance in products like paper and plastic films.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, reintroduced S. 907, the Second Division Memorial Modification Act, to authorize the modification of the existing Second Division Memorial in Washington, D.C. The bill would allow the Second Indianhead Division Association Scholarship and Memorials Foundation (Foundation) ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: Come to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve on Saturday morning, April 15, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. to become one of our Tallgrass Prairie Junior Rangers. Program is free of charge.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Welcome Spring with a visit to Lassen Volcanic National Park or any other national park during National Park Week, April 15 through 23. “Spring skiing and snowshoeing at Lassen Volcanic National Park are wonderful ways to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful snow covered mountains while having lots of fun," stated Acting Superintendent Martha Crusius.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a marriage fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 10, 2017 - Antonio L. Bender,19, of Nashville, Tenn., has been charged with being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of firearms, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. These charges follow an incident on March 27, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: On April 4, 2017, a Randolph County man was charged with a methamphetamine offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to release the first set of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) facility maps on April 27. The maps will depict areas and altitudes near airports where UAS may operate safely. They will help drone operators improve the quality of their Part 107 airspace authorization requests and will help the FAA process these requests more quickly.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on Friday, April 7, 2017, Justin R. Brennan, 37, of Queensbury, New York, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Burlington following his guilty plea to Conspiracy to Distribute Five Grams or More of Methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Brennan to 33 months in prison followed by three years of post-release supervision.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2017
News Release: Mississippi Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Obstructing the IRS and Filing False Returns.
