News from March 2017
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, is preparing to place salmonid spawning gravel in the Sacramento River, downstream from Keswick Dam in Redding.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Vantroy Nelson, 36, of Watertown, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve forty-two 42 months (3 ½ years) in prison following his guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation announced they will begin the annual filling of Alcova reservoir on Saturday, April 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Covington yesterday sentenced Quentin Cephus (30, Tampa) to three years and five months in federal prison for forcibly assaulting and inflicting bodily injury on a federal official, while that employee was carrying out his official duties. Cephus pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alexis Javier Centeno-Baez, 22, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and attempt to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with his colleagues Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), requested that Environmental Protection Agency ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar.16, 2017, Steven Dwight Hopkins, aka “Rabbit", 46, of Mooresburg, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 240 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine (meth) in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators representing the Chesapeake Bay Watershed blasted President Trump's budget released Thursday that would zero out funding for the Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program and severely cut funding for other core programs to maintain and restore the health of the ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - In order to improve fire safety, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will mechanically remove approximately 307 acres of invasive pinyon and juniper trees in the Three Peaks Recreation Area, starting April 1, protecting homes in nearby Cedar City, Enoch, and other neighboring communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Matthew Nix, 37, of Rochester, NY, and Earl McCoy, 35, of Brooklyn, NY, of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery; attempted Hobbs Act robbery; Hobbs Act robbery; carrying and brandishing firearms...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: All 24 Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today to request a hearing on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) in order for members of the Committee to hear directly from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the impacts of the bill on the health and financial security of all Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Lawrence Singleton, age 60, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to one count of interfering with the administration of tax laws in violation of Title 26, United States Code Section 7212(a). Facts presented in court indicate...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boylston man was arrested and charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Mustafa Hassan, 34, of Portland, Maine was convicted yesterday following a jury trial in U.S. District Court of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as crack.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Matthew Nix, 37, of Rochester, NY, and Earl McCoy, 35, of Brooklyn, NY, of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery; attempted Hobbs Act robbery; Hobbs Act robbery; carrying and brandishing firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY BENTON, also known as “Tall Man" and “Fresh," 32, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to federal racketeering, drug trafficking and money laundering offenses, and admitted that he participated in four gang-related murders and one attempted murder.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Salem, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Northwest Oregon District is accepting comments on the Thurston Hills Non-Motorized Trails and Forest Management Project. A public meeting will be held on April 13, 2017 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Willamalane Park and Recreation District’s Bob Keefer Center, located at 250 S. 32nd Street in Springfield.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: On Friday, March 31, 2017, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will host a Women’s History Month Concert in conjunction with the Sesquicentennial of the founding of Storer College. The event features legendary jazz pianist and educator, Bertha Hope. Joining Ms. Hope will be Jeff Hiner on bass and Howard Burns on drums.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 16, 2017, Dajuan Parnell, 22, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 130 months in prison for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Parnell was ordered to serve four years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that four Kansas City, Mo., residents were charged in federal court today with kidnapping a man and woman at gunpoint.
