News from November 2017
By USDA Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 12 individuals to serve on the Hass Avocado Board.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate recently approved two of Senator Claire McCaskill’s bipartisan bills with Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana that help eliminate wasteful spending at the Department of Homeland Security.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to issue a 24-month interim Central Valley Project (CVP) water service contract renewal for the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) and has released for public review a draft environmental document on this action.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Efforts are underway to benefit Snake River steelhead, protect natural and cultural resources, and provide reliable water supply through the collaboration on the Lewiston Orchards Project Water Exchange and Title Transfer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who is handling the case, stated that between February 2014 and December 2015, the defendants conspired to conceal aliens working at El Jimador Mexican Restaurant in Farmington, NY, and Molcajetes Mexican Grill, in Greece, NY, in violation of the immigration laws of the United States. El Jimador was owned by defendant Guadalupe Hernandez while Molcajetes was owned by Felisita Hernandez.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - A good spring runoff and heavy rains in October helped boost reservoir storage and irrigation in New Mexico this season.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN VOLOSHIN, 61, formerly of New Haven and Woodbridge, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a fraud scheme and for violating a condition of his federal supervised release from a prior conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old Mexican citizen who illegally resided in Houston was ordered to federal prison for his conviction of trafficking nearly six kilograms of methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jesus Ortiz-Flores pleaded guilty Aug. 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A concert promoter who operated in Dallas, Texas and West Hollywood pleaded guilty this morning to a federal fraud charge for defrauding investors, promoters and performers who invested in concerts and World Wrestling Entertainment events.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Approximately 300 jobs to be filled over the next several months.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Allennie Naeole, 55, a resident of Kaunakakai, Hawaii, and Janell Purdy, 40, a resident of Wailuku, Maui, were arrested on Nov. 13, 2017, as a result of a federal indictment charging them with embezzling more than $1 million from a Molokai federal credit union over a seven year period of time.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued the following statement after President Trump announced his intent to nominate Alex Azar to serve as HHS Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 15 months in prison, and upon his release, to be placed in the custody of Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for deportation, on his conviction of reentry of an illegal alien, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced former Fresno deputy police chief Keith Foster, 53, today to four years in prison for drug trafficking activity with family and friends, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced former Fresno deputy police chief Keith Foster, 53, today to four years in prison for drug trafficking activity with family and friends, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of nine new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC). The AGAC was created in 1973 and reports to the Attorney General through the Deputy Attorney General. AGAC represents the U.S. Attorneys and provides advice and counsel to the Attorney General on matters of policy, procedure, and management impacting the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Simple Assault was sentenced on Nov. 13, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gregory Everett Mosby, of Inwood, West Virginia, has admitted to heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Anthony Lee Gambino, 45, of Farmington, N.M., was sentenced on Nov. 9, 2017, in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to six months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws and making false representations about having received military medals and decorations. Gambino will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg woman who was caught with heroin and methamphetamine in January 2017 was sentenced today to a year and a half in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Megan Kerns, 29, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine.
