News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Seth Adam Depiano, 36, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a real estate investment Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Bruquanna Griffin (21, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to stealing firearms, and conspiring to steal firearms from federally-licensed firearms dealers. She faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Washington - Using recent temperature data, the current progression of the blooming phases, and the weather forecast for the next ten days, the National Park Service is forecasting the start of the peak bloom period of the cherry blossoms will now occur during March 27-31. On March 1, the peak bloom...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Maria Victoria Perez-Vasquez, 32, a citizen of Mexico residing in Fresno, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 15 months in prison for conspiracy to transfer, possess, and sell false identification documents, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raul Cardenas-Solis (Cardenas), 31, a citizen of Michoacán, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate marijuana on public land, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ariel Blosser, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
Release: BOISE, Idaho - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at the Boise Airport have discovered two guns in two days during the routine screening of carry-on baggage.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Salem, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Northwest Oregon District, Siuslaw Field Office will host an open house on March 19, 2018 as part of pre-scoping efforts for planning and analyzing of future management options for Hult Dam. The meeting will run from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Blachly Grange, located at 20280 Blachly Grange Road in Blachly, OR.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service is planning eight prescribed fires this spring at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Approximately 1,200 acres are expected to be burned. Fire is used as a tool for the park's long-term restoration and hazard fuel reduction efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Mitchell Zong, 45, a former Anchorage resident, has been charged in federal court with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, commenced “Sunshine Week" with a broad review of the unprecedented secrecy of the Trump Administration and the initiation of a series of letters and other actions seeking information that has been withheld from Congress for months. Sunshine Week is focused on efforts to improve government transparency and openness.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today opposing House Republicans’ Right-to-Try legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An associate of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester on extortion-related charges.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders recently sent letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and four hospital accreditation entities following a series of questions raised in a September 2017 article in The Wall Street Journal about patient safety problems at hospitals.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has released two new guides that will boost opportunities to transition its mature cybersecurity solutions and spur community discussion about its research and development (R&D) priorities.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, sent a letter to Environmental Protection ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders recently sent letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and four hospital accreditation entities following a series of questions raised in a September 2017 article in The Wall Street Journal about patient safety problems at hospitals.
