News from February 2017
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be conducting a paving project in the Round Spring area from early March through mid-May. All park roadways and parking areas in the main campground, group campsites, picnic area, and river access points will be paved during this project. Work will...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers continue to transform the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) landscape as they tear down two of its four main facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Joel Lara Merida, 31, arrested in August 2016 after a traffic stop in Potter County, Texas, and then found to have 17,388 grams of heroin in bundles in an aftermarket compartment, has been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Organic Avenue LLC.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Thanks to groundwater experts with EM’s Paducah Site deactivation and remediation contractor, local middle school students enjoy an interactive learning experience where they explore a groundwater model to learn about the water cycle, water quantity and contaminants.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Republicans voted to kill Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s (D-NY) resolution of inquiry , H. Res. 111. The resolution would have directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide the House of Representatives with information relevant to President Trump’s conflicts of interest, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Poster Chappell has sentenced Nesly Loute (52, Naples) to 14 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. In addition, the Court ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $2,146,147.23 to the victim automobile insurance companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Tokyo-based Takata Corporation, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive safety-related equipment, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and was sentenced to pay a total of $1 billion in criminal penalties stemming from the company’s conduct in relation to sales of defective airbag inflators.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: (LEWISTOWN, Mont.) - Riparian areas are some of the most productive resources found on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Hannah Carroll, Rose M. Mulholland, Kim Mulholland, Caroline Sherlock, Catherine Carroll, Anthony Carroll, Johnny M. Sherlock, Mary Rita Sherlock, Jimmy Gorman, Leslie Gorman, Leslie Ann Sherlock, Jimmy J. Carroll, Mary...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Today a federal grand jury sitting in West Palm Beach returned a nine-count Superseding Indictment charging three individuals with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and various substantive bank fraud offenses, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 1344.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM is using vegetable oil as a low-cost remediation approach to accelerate chemically-contaminated groundwater cleanup at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Exporter of Microelectronics to Russian Military Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison Following Convictions on All Counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: North Texas Defendants Owned and Operated Novus Health Services.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Houghton, MI - Isle Royale National Park (NP) is now accepting applications for the summer 2017 Isle Royale Teen Artist Exploration. The artistic discovery is geared to all aspiring teen artists who want to develop their art through experiencing wilderness, and is open to all visual and performing artists, writers, and composers ages 13 to 18 at time of participation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that James Allan Kappler, Jr., age 61, of Topeka, Kansas, was sentenced today by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp after having previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. He was sentenced to 5 years, 3 months in federal prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release when his incarceration ends. He was also ordered to pay $911,428.99 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Sami-Joe Daou, 28, of Warwick, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography. A joint federal, state and local law enforcement investigation determined that Daou possessed images of child pornography, some of which he shared via Facebook.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of a new flexible design strategy for relocating campsites at its Oceanside Campground that are lost or repeatedly damaged by coastal storm events. Several new locations within the developed area on Assateague Island...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that VINCENTE RIVERA, also known as “Macho," 37, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine and selling a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Superintendent Tracy Stakely has announced the release of the Congaree National Park Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA addresses a proposal by the National Park Service (NPS) to update, develop and implement a Fire Management Plan (FMP) for Congaree National Park. The FMP addresses fire management operations for the park to include ecological management and wildland fires.
