News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Virginia man appeared in federal court today to face charges that he robbed a TD Bank in Ocean City, New Jersey, and a Wells Fargo Bank in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: A Sandusky man was indicted on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: A woman who participated in a scheme to submit a fraudulent insurance claim when her boyfriend intentionally set fire to his vacant house was convicted by a jury today after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Langell Valley Irrigation District will hold a negotiation session on a proposed extraordinary maintenance repayment contract for the Malone Dam repairs. Repairs will consist of grouting of the concrete sluiceway structure and construction of a filter berm and drain on a portion of the downstream face of the earthen dam. The contract will provide financing for the required repairs. The negotiation session will be held...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Josue Tijerina, aka “J," 30, of Dallas, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: GERMANTOWN, Md. - The Spent Nuclear Fuel Working Group (SNFWG) held its fifth meeting on January 24 and 25. This senior-level coordinating group, chaired by the Office of Environmental Management’s Office of Nuclear Materials and the Office of Nuclear Energy’s Office of Nuclear Facilities Management...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after public reports that Pershing Square Capital Management had sold their stake in Valeant Pharmaceuticals...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Acting EM Assistant Secretary, Sue Cange, met with senior Japanese officials last week to discuss continued collaboration on the cleanup of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant since the March 2011 incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mark Q. Stafford of O’Fallon, Missouri, pled guilty to mail fraud and filing a false tax return in connection with a large-scale investment fraud arising out of his company, the Stafford Financial Firm. Stafford appeared before United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey, who set sentencing for June 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Christopher Zane Ordiway, age 43, of Drayden, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed lifetime supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Ordiway admitted to engaging in sexual activity with a minor victim and possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 14, 2017, Billie Jo Bottine (age 39) of Neenah, Wisconsin, was sentenced in Federal Court in Green Bay to 4 years in prison to be followed by 3 years on supervised release. The sentence follows...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - More than 300 engineer wannabes discover a fun way to understand basic engineering principles at the Museum of Idaho-Fluor Idaho Engineering Day on Saturday, Feb. 25.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - The public is invited to provide input on the development of a vegetation management plan for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed public lands within the jurisdiction of the Safford Field Office. The management plan, including an Environmental Assessment (EA), is needed to address the encroachment of invasive plants and noxious weeds into upland and riparian-wetland vegetation communities.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved nine bills and the nomination of Elaine Duke to be deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security during a business meeting Wednesday.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Senior federal and contractor officials from EM’s Office of River Protection at Hanford discussed the progress being made on the direct-feed low activity waste (DFLAW) approach for treating Hanford’s tank waste during a panel discussion here last week at the 2017 Waste Management Symposium.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI B Senior District Court Judge Raymond Finch on March 14, 2017, sentenced, Ketisha Iles, 25, to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to interfere and interference with commerce by robbery, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Judge Finch also sentenced Iles to three years of supervised release and a special monetary assessment of $200.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Steven Butler, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces today that Eric Day, who also serves as the Victim Witness Coordinator for the United States Attorney’s Office, will now serve as the office’s Public Information Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeannette Knightner, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute; and to distribute; heroin within 1,000 feet of public housing authority property, was sentenced to time served by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing on evidence-based home visiting.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Protect Yourself and Protect Bears. Early Wednesday morning, March 15, a park employee observed a grizzly bear between Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower-Roosevelt. This is the first confirmed bear sighting this year, although bear tracks have been observed since February 22. Later in the morning, park staff...
