News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Keenen G. Russell, 24, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 78 months in prison by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for the receipt and distribution of child pornography. After his release from federal prison, Russell will be required to serve 5 years on supervised release and register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Furthering the Administration’s goals of restoring trust with local communities and responsibly developing America’s natural resources while easing regulatory burdens, the Bureau of Land Management today issued Records of Decision (RODs) amending land use plans for Greater Sage-Grouse habitat management on public lands, providing special protective measures for nearly 60 million acres of sagebrush steppe.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: A Cleveland woman was sentenced to three months in prison for making a straw purchase of two firearms that were purchased with money from a robbery and used in additional violent crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, NEV. - The Bureau of Reclamation today updated its monthly 24-month study projections, indicating improved hydrological conditions throughout the Colorado River Basin. Current snowpack in the Upper Basin is nearly 140 percent of average, with a forecasted inflow to Lake Powell of 92 percent of average for water year 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Five South Florida Law Enforcement Officers Graduate FBI National Academy.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Furthering the Administration’s goals of restoring trust with local communities and responsibly developing America’s natural resources while easing regulatory burdens, the Bureau of Land Management today issued Records of Decision (RODs) amending land use plans for Greater Sage-Grouse habitat management on public lands,providing special protective measures for nearly 60 million acres of sagebrush steppe.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Education’s notice that they are finally moving to implement the 2016 Obama Administration “borrower defense" ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Norfolk FBI and Broadcast Church Partner to Educate Senior Citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Gibbs Bully, 52, of St. Croix, was sentenced on March 14, 2019, in District Count on one count of Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Kenneth McLay, 47, of Old Town, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for distribution and possession of child pornography. The defendant pled guilty to these charges on Sept. 10, 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Marshall: I am writing to request information related to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) deeply concerning announcement last week that it had confirmed the presence of asbestos in certain Claire’s cosmetics products. Claire’s removed the cosmetics that tested positive for asbestos, ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Honey bees aren't the only pollinators of apple flowers: bumble bees, sweat bees, mason bees and many other species do, too-and the more the better, according to findings of a study recently published in the journal Science.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Two Members of Violent West Baltimore Gang Sentenced to up to Life in Prison for Federal Racketeering and Drug Conspiracies.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on two documents related to the potential deregulation of a soybean variety genetically engineered (GE) for increased yield and resistance to the herbicide glufosinate. The documents ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Christopher Dean Taggart, age 52, of Hampstead, Maryland, today to 57 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, as well as illegal possession of a destructive device.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald issued the following statement in response to the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls is seeking Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs). We have positions in visitor services, facilities and maintenance, interpretation and education, and administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Defendant admitted his role in a drug trafficking organization responsible for fatal overdoses.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the terrorist attacks at mosques in New Zealand...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud, tax evasion, and willful failure to file income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
