News from June 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced that up to $9 million in funding will be made available through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) to increase the nation’s energy independence by supporting the development of bioenergy feedstocks, biofuels, and biobased products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for a drug-related gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Thomas Lee Nelson, 48, previously pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total 60,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2016/2017 marketing year and 60,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Eric Donys Simeu, a/k/a Martell Collins, a citizen of Cameroon extradited from France, has been sentenced to four years, ten months in federal prison for a series of “phishing campaigns" which targeted clients of Global Distribution Systems.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In addition to the four #SubHealth bills the Energy and Commerce Committee plans to markup on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 10 a.m., the full committee will also consider eleven #SubEnergy bills aimed at advancing the nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIELLE FAUX, 49, of Weston, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to two years of probation, the first six months of which FAUX must spend in home confinement, for obstruction and tax fraud offenses. Judge Underhill also ordered FAUX to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $3,000 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In addition to the four #SubHealth bills the Energy and Commerce Committee plans to markup on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 10 a.m., the full committee will also consider eleven #SubEnergy bills aimed at advancing the nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In addition to the four #SubHealth bills the Energy and Commerce Committee plans to markup on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 10 a.m., the full committee will also consider eleven #SubEnergy bills aimed at advancing the nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago trader has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing his employer’s proprietary trading code.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO - A Mexican national wanted in his native country for a homicide committed almost two years ago was turned over Friday to Mexican law enforcement officials by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: TALKEETNA, Alaska - Denali National Park and Preserve rangers responded to two concurrent mountaineering incidents starting in the early morning hours of Monday, June 5. In addition to a routine medical evacuation, mountaineering rangers and guides rescued a critically injured climber in a labor intensive, 14-hour crevasse rescue effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH - Four Fort Worth bank robbers were sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge John McBryde for their roles in the Nov. 3, 2016 robbery of a Woodhaven National Bank. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Mississippi correctional officers Romander Nelson and Deonte Pate were sentenced today for their roles in the beating of an inmate and subsequent cover-up at the state’s Parchman Prison, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Adam Brake, 29, of Berwick, Maine pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Mark Reice Anderson, 62, of Sachse, Texas, was sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn to 96 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2016 to one count of transportation and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Rolando Benitez, aka “San Luis," 35, arrested in July 2015 following a law enforcement operation that was led by the FBI, the Dallas Police Department and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, has been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Alfred Laquann “Merc" Thomas, 32, of Rome, New York, was sentenced today to serve 115 months in prison for his possession of ammunition as a convicted felon in connection with an August 2012 drive by-shooting in Syracuse, New York, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, as well as additional legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NICHOLAS MURPHY, 27, of Exeter, R.I., pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of traveling to engage in illegal sexual activity with a minor.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - An illegally present Mexican national previously convicted of felony burglary and twice deported from the United States was indicted in the Middle District of Florida May 31 on a felony charge of illegal re-entry after removal.
