News from September 2017
By DOE Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Changes were made in Topic Area 4 -Big Data Analytics- to reflect that The Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, GA.) will use two industry-class gas turbine component test rigs to generate first-of-its-kind data for critical gas turbine faults with varying severity levels.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: These instruments, called Deep Argo floats, can collect data down to nearly four miles deep, and promise to lead scientists to a better understanding of how the bottom half of the ocean may influence long term weather, climate, and sea level rise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that three defendants pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Jr. for their roles in a methamphetamine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: George Ivory aka GI, 27, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced today to 25 years in prison, for being a felon in possession of ammunition and other federal drug and firearm offenses, as a result of shooting 62 year-old Cecil Grissette on May 1, 2015, announced Mark H. Wildasin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Although the firearm used during the commission of the crime was not recovered, shell casings found at the scene formed the basis for the charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgetown woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for embezzling over $60,000 from her former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, Special Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 44-year-old Walter Steven Crosley of Lakehills, TX, for using the Internet to post threats to kill individuals working for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and to damage or destroy buildings by use...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Anthony Blevins, 43, Windsor, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to two years of probation for bribery of a public official. Blevins, formerly a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution at Oxford, Wis., pleaded guilty to this charge on June 14, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Terry L. Shellenberger, age 48, of Albany, was sentenced today to 10 months in jail, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for failing to update his sex offender registration.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today released the following statement about the U.S.-Korea trade agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Triplett a/k/a Stuffy, 34, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Conservation Outdoor Recreation Education youth group and the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office completed another successful week of public land improvements this summer in the northern Bighorn Basin. Community partnerships, such as the one between the youth group and the BLM, are an essential component of the agency’s mission to practice shared conservation stewardship on public land.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a North Carolina man from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: A couple who committed fraud against the government were sentenced for fraud and theft of government funds.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management advises that beginning Sept. 11, travel near the Washakie Midstream Gas Plant, approximately 4 miles east of Worland, will be temporarily restricted for public safety due to the potential for high levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against the Mobile Police Department officer (the Officer) involved in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Michael Moore, the Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Metropolitan Police Department Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A leader of the Boston street gang, Columbia Point Dawgs, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for trafficking oxycodone.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding Rep. Dave Reichert’s (R-WA) announcement that he will retire from Congress at the conclusion of the 115th Congress...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - Ozark National Scenic Riverways announces a proposed increase in cave tour fees for the Round Spring Cave and camping fees for the rustic backcountry campgrounds within the park. Additionally, the Jerktail rustic backcountry camping area is proposed to be added as a fee area. The proposed...
