News from September 2017
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced that Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson has sentenced four defendants - two from Baton Rouge and two from California - to federal prison terms for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy involving shipments of heroin from California to Baton Rouge. Six other defendants were previously sentenced in this matter.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 15, 2017 - Today, Chairman Rob Bishop issued the following statement in reaction to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke's secretarial order to promote outdoor recreation on federal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: - Defendant Committed Crimes at Various Metro Train Stations -.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Michael Evans, 34, from Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze. Evans was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted John Anderson Rankin, 54, of Circleville, Ohio, of 17 tax-related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Michael Greco, the United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)-Northern Division, and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)-Northern Region have signed a two-year alliance to promote safe practices in Montana and North and South Dakota’s forestry, logging, firefighting, and natural resource industries.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno resident made his initial appearance in federal court Thursday for allegedly engaging in a $3.5 million fraud scheme involving over 8,000 fraudulent PayPal credit accounts, bank accounts, and prepaid credit and debit card accounts he created with stolen identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Brian Landon Brown, 32, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 240 months in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three Kansas City, Mo., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to kidnap and torture an Independence, Mo., man.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management successfully auctioned nine grazing units within the McGregor Range in southern New Mexico. The bids ranged from $27 to $35 per Animal Unit Month, yielding $613,085 for the McGregor Range management and improvements.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy announced today that John Lambert, 65, of Canada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. the charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - An Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident was charged this week by grand jury indictment with sexual exploitation of children announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Pittsburgh contributed to the indictment of a Florida man by a federal grand jury on a charge for violating federal drug laws. HSI was supported by United States Postal Inspection Service and the Pennsylvania State Police.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $264 million in airport infrastructure grants to 95 airports in 31 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Join the Bureau of Land Management at the Anasazi Heritage Center at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23 as Bonnie Schmader, the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument 2017 Artist in Residence, shares the music she composed after her inspirational visit to the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned and indictment charging Pablo Lugo III, 22, of Lockport, NY, with distribution of fentanyl causing death. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: A man who distributed heroin and a fentanyl analogue that caused an overdose death and two serious injuries was sentenced today to over 20 years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is raising awareness that Hurricane Irma disaster survivors, and their friends and family, should be alert for false rumors, scams, identity theft, and fraud. Although many Americans are working hard to help their neighbors now, during chaotic times, some will always try to take advantage of the most vulnerable.
