News from March 2017
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: The Rush Campground will have drinking water available this year and camping fees will be collected. The water system at Rush was turned off last fall for repairs. The repair has been made and water will be available, according to the regular campground schedule, March 15 through November 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, 35-year-old former Central Texas Detention Facility-G.E.O. prison guard Barbara Jean Goodwin faces up to 15 years in federal prison after admitting to having sexual relations with an inmate, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; United States Marshal David Sligh; and, Christopher Combs, FBI Special Agent in Charge, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, 35-year-old former Central Texas Detention Facility-G.E.O. prison guard Barbara Jean Goodwin faces up to 15 years in federal prison after admitting to having sexual relations with an inmate, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; United States Marshal David Sligh; and, Christopher Combs, FBI Special Agent in Charge, San Antonio Division.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Washington - Mi Pueblo Latin Market Inc., operating out of Colorado, has posted a $100,000 cash surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of malicious destruction of property by fire, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Fentanyl: The Next Wave of the Opioid Crisis."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DARRIK FORSYTHE, 37, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in prison-based phone fraud and extortion scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct three prescribed fire projects within the Cody and Worland field office areas this spring. These projects are contingent upon fuel moisture and weather meeting optimal treatment conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest and filing of charges against DAVID OHNMACHT, a 36-year-old registered...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar.13, 2017, Christopher Wayne Alexander, 55, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 78 months in federal prison for maliciously damaging the office and contents of Victory Orthotics, Inc., (Victory Orthotics)...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: “Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now." When time management guru Alan Lakein wrote these words, he likely didn’t have the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP) in mind. But Lakein’s wisdom is exactly the approach of a new strategic plan for the program, a federal effort led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to reduce loss of life and property from windstorms.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), today introduced new bipartisan legislation to give top U.S. agriculture and food officials permanent representation on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The “Food Security is National Security ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marquis McMillian, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of drug distribution, firearms possession and use of violence and threats of violence, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Chile has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of cyberstalking, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas Cox, 49, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school or playground. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), and Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and Mark Meadows (D-NC) released a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessing the planning and implementation of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) SafeTrack Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a superseding indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Benton, Illinois, in the case regarding the May 2014 attempted robbery of the First National Bank in Cairo, Illinois,.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on March 10, 2017, Richard Killebrew, 37, of Newport News, Virginia, was sentenced for the crime of Cyber Stalking. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., United States District Court Judge, sentenced Killebrew to a 41-month term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Killebrew will begin a term of supervised release of 3 years.
