News from March 2019
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of nine members and 10 alternates to serve on the American Egg Board. Nine member appointees and nine alternates will serve two-year terms. One alternate appointee will serve the remaining one-year portion of a vacant position.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted two men late yesterday on charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Used the Stolen Identities of Individual Victims and Names of Shell Corporations to Open Bank Accounts and Deposit Stolen and Altered Business Checks, Convenience Checks and Tax Refunds.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: KEMMERER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kemmerer Field Office, in cooperation with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), invites the public to provide input on a proposal to improve the quantity and quality of mule deer habitat. The plan calls for phased vegetation treatments on BLM...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Ira Flowers, 36, of Claremont, New Hampshire was arrested yesterday after having been indicted by a Vermont grand jury for possessing a 9mm semi-automatic pistol after having been convicted of multiple felonies. Flowers appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Andrea K. Johnston, in Concord, New Hampshire, and consented to his detention pending transfer to the District of Vermont.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County man was arrested today on a charge of distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On March 12, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, announced a resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI - A 22-year-old resident of Robstown has been ordered to prison following his conviction of distributing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Trey Escareno pleaded guilty Nov. 29, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District on Tuesday donated 65 desktop and 11 laptop computers, and related equipment to the Lincoln County School District.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Mark Hahn is a Sioux City, Iowa-based radio host.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Good morning. Today will be the first hearing, in a series of hearings on how to protect and enhance Social Security. This is a historic moment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Mohit Devendrabhai Sharma, Julliette Belle Carter, Kunal Jagdishbhai Sharma, and a call-center named Skyz International Outsourcing BPO have been indicted for their alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organization that victimized United States residents through a tele-fraud scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that QUADELL DANIELS, 32, of New London, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) will host a listening session Friday, March 22, to solicit input from stakeholders with an interest in FAS programs authorized under the Trade Title of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a former Chicago Police Department sergeant of participating in a robbery and extortion crew that targeted suspected drug dealers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) effort to find good homes for wild horses and burros removed from public lands, the agency today began offering new financial incentives to encourage qualified people to adopt one or more of the animals. The program is part of the BLM’s efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - John Jean-Gilles, 33, of Midway, was arraigned on Friday, March 8, 2019, in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with 27 counts of aiding in preparing false tax returns, four counts of wire fraud, and aggravated identify theft. The indictment was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Mark Boring (47, St. Petersburg) to seven years in federal prison for his role in a telemarketing scheme. As part of Boring’s sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $75,000, the proceeds of the wire fraud conspiracy. In addition, Boring was directed to pay a total of $895,011.03 to victims of the scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: The Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, the Route 9 connector road through Zion National Park, was closed the evening of March 2, 2019, after heavy rains undercut the road. One lane of the road will temporarily reopen at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, 2019. However, due to safety concerns, buses and RV’s are still prohibited.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Aviation explored what the Nation’s aviation system and infrastructure may look like 30 years into the future. Witnesses representing NASA, aviation and technology companies, and pilots highlighted the need for the United States to remain competitive globally in aviation by...
